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Learning at work is work, and we can make it easier.
It’s no secret that most people can’t work their way through college anymore. And while many students still juggle a job, a new report highlights wh
Students’ extracurricular ventures may show enterprise – but they point to growing financial pressures
Is a lucrative college-free job too good to be true?
Students with lower ATARs generally have lower lifetime earnings. But a Grattan Institute report found low ATAR men could earn more doing a VET course than a bachelor degree in their chosen field.
Choosing a career that is unlikely to become automated or done by artificial intelligence, and learning soft skills will give graduates better career prospects in the long run.
Generations Y and Z want interesting and novel work, but they lack the skills and confidence required to manage uncertainty when it occurs.
Often when students leave high school they are not aware of the range of job opportunities available. It is also difficult to hear first-hand from industries about what is involved or potentially be offered a job. A recent series of career events called ‘Got A Trade? Got It Made!’ created these connections.
A university degree is supposed to be a student's meal ticket, a guarantee of future prosperity. But new research suggests the wage gap between a high school certificate and a bachelor's degree is shrinking.
What you wear makes a big impression.
Half of Australia's 25 year olds are unable to secure full-time work, even though 60 per cent of them have tertiary qualifications.
Many uni graduates are frustrated and un- or under-employed. In fact, on average, 30% of uni graduates have not been hired in their chosen industry, despite applying for many jobs consistently for four months after their uni grads. Here are 7 things you should do in your very first semester of your first year of uni.
The percent of students going without food or other necessities has risen since 2012, with students indicating work-study balance was impacting their daily lives, study success and mental health.
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What’s most important on a Ph.D.’s application for a tenure-track job might be least important in applying for many nonacademic ones.
The NSW Government's new online tool, LifeLauncher, lists over 3,500 career options matched to your personality.
Graduating from university does not guarantee you a job. However, you can up the odds that YOU will launch a great career, by following some practical advice. Here are 8 strategic ways to manage your studies and overall student experience, to land you o
Offering unpaid positions for what should be a paid job is against the law in Australia. What should graduates do then if they're looking to get a foot in the employment door?
Recent graduates mean well, are conscious of being new, and simply need someone to explain workplace norms to them, says Alison Green.
Career Advising: Some colleges are using their winter breaks to bring students back to campus for training in how to find a job.
A survey of 120,000 university students finds almost three-quarters got a job within four months of finishing last year — but when it comes to getting students a job, not all courses are created equal.
The Work for the Dole scheme is expanding, with long-term unemployed people required to work longer and less flexible hours. So what's it really like working for the dole?
Working students can’t always choose between a job and an education. Universities shouldn’t make them.
A major new study questions the common wisdom about how we should choose our careers.
Very few of us hold jobs that line up directly with our past experiences or what we studied in college. Take TED Resident Jason Shen; he studied biology but later became a product manager at a tech company. In this quick, insightful talk about human potential, Shen shares some new thinking on how job seekers can make themselves more attractive -- and why employers should look for ability over credentials.
The government claims university degrees are failing businesses, but analysis of the latest graduate outcome and employer satisfaction surveys tells us the problem is with underemployment.
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