Graduate programs can be rich in scholarship and still prepare students for real-world careers.
The first few weeks of a new job are usually spent absorbing a lot of information. That’s been much more difficult for new hires during the pandemic.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of young people are starting out in the workplace for the first time in isolation and with little to no onboarding assistance. That must change.
The pandemic has hit young people very hard. The long-term costs of having them neither studying nor working more than justify investment in a national program to help them enter the workforce.
Forty percent of employers have moved to virtual internships.
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Although jobs are being cut due to COVID-19-related business closures, there are still clever ways to secure meaningful work experience this summer, an internship specialist says.
Race, region and grades all play a role.
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Internships send an important signal to employers about how ready a college graduate is for the world of work. But for many students, taking an unpaid or poorly paid internship is not practical.
Work-integrated learning experiences provide people with hands-on opportunities to apply concepts learned in the classroom in the real world.
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For post-secondary students, work-integrated learning experiences offer opportunities to gain that first experience on the resumé while planning a transition from school to work.
They might want you, but are they prepared to pay you?
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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?
Canadian medical students graduate with up to $200,000 in debt, and burnout rates are high.
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A 'learn local' strategy, along with increased residency positions and the return of a rotating internship could go a long way towards improving Canada's system of medical training.
It’s not a level playing field.
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Legal or not, unpaid internships are likely to continue as long as people face barriers breaking into the workforce and some employers see the opportunity for free labour.
Students at Monash University are provided integrated medical and surgical teaching in year three of the new curriculum.
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Technology is currently not at the forefront of how work-integrated learning is designed and this is something educators need to address.
Academics who are closely aligned to professional practices in health professions, engineering, teaching and social work also value work integrated learning highly.
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Work Integrated Learning includes placements, internships and work experience. It is increasing as students are expected to be more work-ready and to contribute to the economy post-graduation.
Work for The Conversation and you could be as happy as a stock image model.
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Rust Belt youth often want to stay near home but can't find jobs. The key may be in educational initiatives that help young people find and acquire the jobs that are already readily available.
Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds may find it harder to get unpaid work experience.
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Assistant Professor of Adult and Higher Education, Director of the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor, Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies in the Faculty of Education. Latest books with Rosalyn Black include "Imagining Youth Futures: University Students in Post-Truth Times" and "Rethinking Youth Citizenship after the Age of Entitlement", Monash University