BR3 Work experience, work placements and part-time work among Australian secondary school students
Authors:
Kylie Hillman, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Publication date:
1 October 2001
Publication type:
Briefing paper
Themes:
Students and individuals > Careers and pathways > Pathways to work
Students and individuals > Learner groups > Young people
This briefing paper, which focuses on the labour force experiences of secondary school students in Australia, highlights that: students who undertake short work experience programs benefit in terms of learning skills appropriate to a particular job; work placement programs encourage some students to complete their schooling; part-time jobs are perceived as being useful for developing general employment skills; part-time jobs of less than 10 hours a week do not affect academic performance of Years 11 and 12 students; and students with part-time jobs are less likely to be unemployed at age 19 than those who did not work part-time while at secondary school.
Briefing paper no.3
This report, published by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), is part of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research program.
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