From employability to employment: A professional skills development course in a three-year bachelor program

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Bates, Lyndel
Hayes, Hennessey
Walker, Stacey
Marchesi, Kate
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2018
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This paper explores the employment and further education outcomes of students studying criminology who participate in professional skills development and work-integrated learning courses at a major Australian university. Three years of data were obtained from the Australian Graduate Survey, which is completed by university graduates four months after they complete their tertiary studies. The results indicate that students enrolled in a Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice who complete a career and professional development course in conjunction with a work-integrated learning course are approximately twice as likely to be engaged in industry relevant employment or further study four months after graduation. They also are more likely to use a wider range of search techniques to find employment. This suggests that it is possible to improve employment outcomes for students by providing a university-based course that focuses on employability and professional behaviors in conjunction with work-integrated learning programs.

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International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning

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19

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4

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© 2018. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning. This is the published version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher, IJWIL.

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Education systems

Higher education

Specialist studies in education

Criminology not elsewhere classified

Employability

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Industry relevant employment

Criminology

Work-integrated learning

University graduates

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