Perceived employability, job crafting and career success: the case of young professionals in Vietnam

This study aimed to investigate whether career competencies could enhance young professionals’ perceived employability via job crafting and career success. 1008 respondents from different companies in Vietnam answered an online survey with 957 valid answers. Partial least square structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the measurement and structural models and examine the mediating role of career success and job crafting. The results of the study were significant. First, career competencies directly affected both perceived internal and external employability, but the effect on the latter was stronger. Second, career success partially mediates the relationship between career competencies and perceived internal employability. However, career success was not related to perceived external employability. Third, job crafting partially mediates the relationship between career competencies and perceived employability. Nevertheless, the mediating role of job crafting between career competencies and perceived external employability is stronger. The study extends the previous literature on employability to a personal perspective with the effects of personal resources through personal adaptation and personal success leading to HR management indications.