Career development
ALTERNATIVE LABELS
Career advice
Career guidance
Career education
NARROWER TERMS
Report
Social mobility progression report 2022: mind the gap
The study is the latest advancement by KPMG to deepen understanding of social inequalities in the workplace, while sharing its insights with the wider business community.
Report
Working in community legal centres in Victoria: results from the Community Legal Centre Workforce Project - building and maintaining a sustainable workforce
This report explores why people come to work at community legal centres, their experiences and career path, their longer-term aspirations and why people leave, and where they are going. The findings shed light on issues and factors affecting workforce sustainability.
Report
Australian teachers’ perceptions of their work in 2022
This report details findings of the 2022 'Monash University teachers’ perceptions of their work' survey - a study of Australian teachers’ perceptions of their career experiences.
Report
VET and higher education pathways – do outcomes differ for the same occupation?
This report explores occupations that can be entered into via either a vocational education and training pathway or a higher education pathway. It examines whether these individuals do the same job tasks and roles, if there are differences in how well the qualifications prepare them...
Report
Navigating life's career transitions: essential support and services
This report explains the complexities and challenges of the career transitions Australians face and makes recommendations to ensure everyone builds a solid foundation in career management skills.
Report
Working together: the case for universal employment support
This report examines employment support services in the United Kingdom which help people find work. It recommends introducing a new system, the Universal Work Service, which would offer integrated employment support, skills and careers advice services.
Report
Zooming into better work-life balance? Gender and equity insights from New Zealanders’ experiences with working from home
This report assesses the potential implications of the increasing trend towards working from home on wellbeing and career progression, particularly regarding the impact on women.
Report
Australia’s tech jobs opportunity – cracking the code to Australia’s best jobs
This report argues that tech jobs are a key source of social mobility in Australia. They are one of the best and most certain way that any Australian can improve or maintain their standard of living.
Report
Supporting better outcomes – professional career guidance for all New Zealanders
This report draws on evidence from the first eight months of the Direct Career Service (DCS) programme, from October 2020 to June 2021, focusing on its reach and early outcomes for New Zealanders.
Report
Life, disrupted: young people, education and employment before and after COVID-19
This paper explores fault lines that run through the relationship between education and work, such as the contested impact of digital disruption on young people, the rhetoric of soft skills and challenges to the notion of careers, which can no longer be coupled with the...
Report
A novel approach to mapping changes in student attitudes towards science and mathematics in reaction to changes in their learning environment
Micro-surveys of school student attitudes have shown creative, careers-focused learning programs build aspirations and confidence in science and mathematics. This report recommends early interventions to develop students’ understandings of career pathways in secondary school, with a focus on the applicability of subject knowledge across a...
Report
Community media destinations: spotlight on creative industries
This research project interrogates the experiences of people working in the creative and cultural industries - who spent significant time in the Australian community broadcasting sector. Examining the impact of community broadcasting participation on career pathways recognises the historical role that community radio stations have...
Report
The career paths and employment transitions of early childhood education workers
This report analyses the career paths and labour market outcomes of the early childhood education (ECE) workforce. Several data sources are used to complement and cross-check each other.
Report
Career pathways for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce: Northern Territory (NT) workplace case studies report
The Northern Territory case studies spanned urban, regional, rural and remote regions and involved four Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations, and were used to understand people's experiences in the context of their workplaces.
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Career pathways for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce: national survey report
This is the first national survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health staff across all professions, roles and locations, to better understand the development needs and career pathways within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce.
Position paper
COVID-19: Reshaping working Australia
Everyone living and working in Australia, regardless of citizenship, residency and visitor status, has been affected by the COVID-19 health crisis. This position statement raises eight critical issues that impact people’s careers.
Journal article
Preparing early career librarians for leadership and management: a feminist critique
This article explores the opportunities and challenges that early career librarians face when advancing their careers, desired qualities for leaders or managers of all career stages, and how early career librarians can develop those qualities.
Report
Employment and study outcomes after graduation: an Australian higher education equity perspective
Higher education policy in Australia has contributed to positive outcomes for equity groups, in terms of facilitating access, participation and completion of university. This study looks at post-degree employment and study outcomes for graduates in Australia.
Working paper
A delicate balance: optimising individual aspirations and institutional missions in higher education
This working paper offers an analysis of the interviews undertaken as the first stage of CGHE Project 3.2, with senior managers and academic staff, in eight universities.
Strategy
Future ready career education: a student focused national career education strategy
To prepare students for their future careers, Future Ready focuses on the importance of building the skills and general capabilities they will need in the workplace, strengthening school and employer collaboration, and developing students' career management and navigation skills.
Book
How to find work in the gig economy
These are challenging and confusing times for graduates trying to find meaningful employment in today’s workplace and their parents. The same goes for experienced people who are losing what they thought were steady jobs and trying to find new jobs in a workplace they don’t...
Report
Hands up for gender equality
This study explores how gender impacts self-confidence and career intentions in teenagers.
Report
Inquiry into career advice activities in Victorian schools
This inquiry considered how well Victorian schools are preparing students to navigate the world of work and where they could improve.
Thesis
Career progression of Pacific Island people in tertiary institutions
The purpose of this research is to investigate why Pacific allied staff at a tertiary educational institution do not progress into senior roles in New Zealand.
Report
School experiences, career guidance, and the university participation of young people from three equity groups in Australia
Abstract Career guidance and positive secondary school experiences have a significant bearing on equity students’ propensity to enrol in tertiary education. This report provides new, contemporary Australian evidence on the interrelations between equity group membership, school experiences and university enrolment in young people from advantaged...