A sociologist took a critical look at the cherished career advice to ‘follow your passion.’ What she found is that this advice often brings unintended consequences.
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Schools cannot deal with inequality alone, but can help to provide joined-up support.
Jobs are scarcer and times are hard during a pandemic – so why are job-seekers still left feeling they were the ones who weren’t good enough?
Students picking their subjects for Years 11 and 12 need to understand that science can be useful in a wide range of future jobs.
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.
Research has shown that encouraging people to tell their stories in career counselling settings has direct, positive results.
New research shows double majors beat their peers in one critical way that makes them more attractive to employers. Colleges may have to adapt to that reality to help their graduates compete.
Formal, accessible academic advice systems can help university graduation rates.
Journal Impact Factors are unreliable and may be gamed. But can they still offer value?
To post or not to post? Colleges and employers are increasingly checking social media to get a sense of their candidates. Here’s what you should (and shouldn’t) post in order to secure your future.
Career counselling shouldn’t be a luxury that only certain people can access. It’s actually a necessity in the rapidly changing world of work.
Less than half of young people in Australia go to university, so why do we make this the gold standard that all should strive for?
The unemployment rate for 15 to 19-year-olds is currently 20.1% in Australia. This is over three times the national rate of 6.3% and almost double the unemployment rate of this age group during the first…
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Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Pretoria
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute for Social Change, University of Tasmania
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Merlin Crossley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow in Youth, Research & Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Honorary Fellow in Education Policy, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Department Head and Professor, Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech
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PhD Candidate in Education, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, Initial Teacher Education, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Higher Education, The Ohio State University
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Assistant Professor, James Madison University
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Lecturer, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
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PhD Candidate, Institute of Education, University of Manchester
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Assistant Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science
