Developing career aspirations of information technology students at Deakin University McKenzie, Sophie, Coldwell-Neilson, Jo and Palmer, Stuart 2015, Developing career aspirations of information technology students at Deakin University, in HERDSA 2015: Proceedings of the 38th International Conference of Research and Development in Higher Education : Learning for Life and Work in a Complex World, HERDSA, Milperra, N.S.W, pp. 331-343. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads mckenzie-developingcareer-2015.pdf Published version application/pdf 566.12KB 65 Title Developing career aspirations of information technology students at Deakin University Author(s) McKenzie, Sophie orcid.org/0000-0001-5803-640X Coldwell-Neilson, Jo orcid.org/0000-0002-3602-8334 Palmer, Stuart orcid.org/0000-0002-2517-0597 Conference name HERDSA Annual International Conference (38th : 2015 : Melbourne, Victoria) Conference location Melbourne, Victoria Conference dates 6-9 Jul. 2015 Title of proceedings HERDSA 2015: Proceedings of the 38th International Conference of Research and Development in Higher Education : Learning for Life and Work in a Complex World Editor(s) Thomas, T. Levin, E. Dawson, P. Fraser, K. Hadgraft, R. Publication date 2015 Start page 331 End page 343 Total pages 13 Publisher HERDSA Place of publication Milperra, N.S.W Keyword(s) career development information technology higher education Summary It is important for students to develop informed and realistic career aspirations to gain the most value from their university studies towards achieving their initial career goals. However developing students’ career aspirations, goals, and expectations is a complex and discipline-specific process. In Information Technology (IT) no clear career development framework is evident in the literature. Recent research in Australia argues that electronic portfolios are a useful way for students to develop, articulate and document career objectives to enhance their employability. IT students at Deakin engage in formal training and assessment with respect to developing their professional skills and career understandings. Currently electronic portfolios feature as a useful method for evidencing professional competencies for employability. Through a combined quantitative and qualitative analysis of 306 students’ articulated current career aspirations, qualitative analysis of 7 staff opinions of desired student career competencies, and a quantitative analysis of 28 students’ current work personality traits assessments (Work Personality Index), this work presents an analysis of the current state of IT students’ career development. The results indicate that while students reported short-term career aspirations, navigating to their long-term career goals is going to require addressing difficult barriers such as confidence (self-perception) and motivation. This research will influence a larger program-wide endeavour to build student career competencies for employability in IT at Deakin University. ISBN 9780908557967 Language eng Field of Research 080609 Information Systems Management Socio Economic Objective 930103 Learner Development HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed ERA Research output type E Conference publication Copyright notice ©2015, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30080334 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: School of Information Technology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 18 Dec 2015, 13:50:50 EST Sat, 19 Dec 2015, 04:01:05 EST Thu, 11 Feb 2016, 10:31:41 EST Fri, 12 Feb 2016, 05:06:53 EST Thu, 07 Jul 2016, 16:50:59 EST Thu, 07 Jul 2016, 16:52:17 EST Tue, 16 Aug 2016, 16:17:18 EST Tue, 16 Aug 2016, 16:22:56 EST Tue, 16 Aug 2016, 16:32:14 EST Tue, 16 Aug 2016, 16:40:40 EST Thu, 25 Aug 2016, 09:08:15 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 647 Abstract Views, 67 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 11 Feb 2016, 10:31:41 EST

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