Inequality Beyond Networking: Personal Networks and Mobilization of Contacts by Young Job Seekers in Barcelona
2019
How young job seekers mobilize their contacts in the
labour market? We look at mobilization of personal
networks of young adults in Barcelona. We consider
the strength of ties and status homophily as mechanisms of personal networks as for the consolidation
of social capital. Our qualitative analysis of 18 interviews with job seekers explores their personal
networks and labour market trajectories. We applied
Social Network Analysis (SNA). Our analysis of social
capital indicates the existence of a relation between
the cultural and economic capitals of job seekers
and the compositional features of their networks. Results show how networks are similarly heterogeneous
in terms of strength of ties, and mostly homophilous
in educational levels. But these similarities in terms
of social capital come with sharp inequalities in the
patterns of mobilized contacts and their success in
finding a job. These differences can be explained by
the type and volume of capitals of job seekers. Those
with better positions in the social structure and stable trajectories seem to mobilize fewer contacts more
efficiently, getting better outcomes.
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