At the fifth seminar of the project’s seminar series, the PhD student Helena Geisler will present a paper on “Importance and Construction of Fit to Team, Organisation and Supervisor in Hiring: A Mixed Method Study”.
Assessing applicants’ fit with the organisation, supervisor, and team is a core task in the hiring process. This mixed-method study in German-speaking Switzerland examines how different types of fit are prioritised and legitimised. Drawing on a survey of 2351 HR managers across more than 90 occupational fields and interviews with 35 HR managers from six fields, the study shows the particular importance of team fit and the diversity of its legitimations. *Co-authors: Antje Stefani and Irene Kriesi.
Helena is a Junior Researcher in Sociology of Education and Labour Market at the Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training. She has a particular interest in Sociologies of Valuation, such as Convention Theory. Her PhD project focuses on legitimation processes in the hiring of skilled workers and is supervised by Prof. Christian Imdorf.
Please note that registration is required: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpMMubXquo2cgojT9muMAvDnnOx3UqAUddKAOu5WP26cKXCQ/viewform?usp=dialog
The seminar will take place on 23 January 2026 (Friday) from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ЕЕТ online on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87107343705?pwd=ofhYB5cYVZAPqS36LHZmpRnLmHOsrO.1
Meeting ID: 871 0734 3705, Passcode: 798947
The lead discussant will be Prof. Christian Imdorf, Chair of the European Research Area (ERA) at the ProSkills2Work project.
The working language of the seminar will be English.
