| Item: | 2114 |
| Title: | Careers in vocational education and training: What are they really like? |
| Authors: | Michele Simons, Roger Harris, Val Pudney, Berwyn Clayton |
| Publication date:  | 22 April 2009 |
| Type: | Research report |
| Themes: | VET system > VET workforce > General |
| Teaching and learning > VET practitioners > General |
| VET system > VET workforce > Professional development (VET workforce) |
| VET system > VET workforce > VET teachers |
| ISBN: | 978 1 921412 94 3 print; 978 1 921412 95 0 web |
As part of a program of research examining the capability of vocational education and training (VET) providers, this study examines the career pathways of a wide range of VET employees. It found that careers in VET are characterised by high levels of mobility and self-directed career behaviour aimed at achieving two outcomes: job satisfaction and security of employment. |
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