Mechanism of Action for Obtaining Job Offers With Virtual Reality Job Interview Training.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Four randomized controlled trials revealed that virtual-reality job interview training (VR-JIT) improved interviewing skills and the odds of obtaining a job offer among trainees with severe mental illness or autism spectrum disorder. This study assessed whether postintervention interviewing skills mediated the relationship between completion of virtual interviews and receiving job offers by six-month follow-up.

Methods

VR-JIT trainees (N=79) completed pre- and posttest mock interviews and a brief survey approximately six months later to assess whether they received a job offer.

Results

As hypothesized, analyses indicated that the number of completed virtual interviews predicted greater posttest interviewing skills (β=.20, 95% posterior credible interval [PCI

SUBMITTER: Smith MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5495604 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature