Purpose: The paper aims to close a literature gap by proposing a comprehensive conceptual soft skills competency framework for enhancing graduate intern employability through the cultivation of employability capital. Design/methodology/approach: The study employed a theoretical inquiry and delved into the existing literature on employability, soft…

T his paper presents an assessment of suggestions in international research and media that the modern construction cadetship experience is exploitative and, on that basis, problematises the growing trend of work integrated learning (WIL) in the Australian construction industry. Field research, aligning with the methodologies of major studies in…

This report focuses on one of the State University of New York's (SUNY's) applied learning initiatives that includes work-based activities, e.g., co-ops, internships, work study, and clinical placement (SUNY Works). With funds from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, SUNY asked the Rockefeller Institute of Government to examine applied…

The one most important ingredient that should be included in the training of Industrial/Organizational (I/O) students who will be entering business and industry is practical experience prior to graduation, a conclusion resulting from two surveys. The first survey was sent to recent I/O graduates newly employed in industry, and asked for an…

Summarizes the findings of a 1981 national survey of top news executives to determine their willingness to cooperate in work-study programs, internships, teleconferences, and summer workshops for faculty members. (HOD)

Undergraduates are sacrificing the full experience of college to other priorities and the major detractor is off-campus work. Faculty complain that jobs take time from studies and extracurricular activities; job schedules constrain a teacher's ability to confer with students, to arrange field trips, and student time in the library. (MLW)

This report represents Canada's background report to a review of the transition from initial education to working life. Part 1 is a paper on the context of Canadian education (social, economic, and educational environment) and common issues across Canada. An examination of issues shows that transition is now a more challenging period; the concept…