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Wednesday, August 10, 2005

SA graduates struggle to find a job

The Advertiser: SA graduates struggle to find a job:

"This was a higher percentage than all other states and territories, and higher than the national average of 20.3 per cent. 'New graduates from South Australian institutions and from institutions in Western Australia faced the greatest difficulties in finding employment,' the study says."

I don't actually find this article helpful, especially when it says more of our graduates go on to study further than interstate ones and more SA graduates are working part time while seeking full time employment. It suggests our graduates would be less likely to move to gain work. Is that true? I would have thought so. South Australians, like Andy Thomas pop up all over the place and I would have said one of the key features of a South Australian is they are not limited or bound in their outlook. I don't actually get what this research is driving at. I would have thought it good to be working part time if you are unable to find full time employment. If SA graduates are finding it harder to find jobs, why is that? Maybe they are not as good, maybe they don't know enough, maybe they have the same skills as everyone else and have nothing to offer, maybe they are life long learners and aren't prepared to work full time. There are a whole lot of maybes. What exactly are the facts? Are we competitve? Are our courses thorough enough? What sort of jobs do they want that they can't get? Are they unrealisitic? I want facts which I can think about. Maybe I should just read the report, heh?

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