Straight to work or a traineeship: a comparison of two pathways

This paper presents a simple theoretical model of the Australian Traineeship System and goes on to evaluate the early career outcomes of young persons who take up a traineeship shortly after leaving school. The trainees are compared to other school leavers who do not undertake any further education...

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Main Authors: Dockery, Alfred Michael, Stromback, Carl
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Centre for Labour Market Research 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10027
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description This paper presents a simple theoretical model of the Australian Traineeship System and goes on to evaluate the early career outcomes of young persons who take up a traineeship shortly after leaving school. The trainees are compared to other school leavers who do not undertake any further education or training after leaving school. Using eight indicators of outcomes, it is found that doing a traineeship does not lead to marked improvements in outcomes although trainees have a stronger commitment to their chosen career and express greater satisfaction with their jobs than young persons who go straight to work.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-100272017-01-30T11:16:22Z Straight to work or a traineeship: a comparison of two pathways Dockery, Alfred Michael Stromback, Carl This paper presents a simple theoretical model of the Australian Traineeship System and goes on to evaluate the early career outcomes of young persons who take up a traineeship shortly after leaving school. The trainees are compared to other school leavers who do not undertake any further education or training after leaving school. Using eight indicators of outcomes, it is found that doing a traineeship does not lead to marked improvements in outcomes although trainees have a stronger commitment to their chosen career and express greater satisfaction with their jobs than young persons who go straight to work. 2005 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10027 The Centre for Labour Market Research restricted
spellingShingle Dockery, Alfred Michael
Stromback, Carl
Straight to work or a traineeship: a comparison of two pathways
title Straight to work or a traineeship: a comparison of two pathways
title_full Straight to work or a traineeship: a comparison of two pathways
title_fullStr Straight to work or a traineeship: a comparison of two pathways
title_full_unstemmed Straight to work or a traineeship: a comparison of two pathways
title_short Straight to work or a traineeship: a comparison of two pathways
title_sort straight to work or a traineeship: a comparison of two pathways
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10027