Career advisers need new tactics

Australia’s school career advisers are “stuck in a time warp,” according to the academics behind a new study on reforming the transitioning from studying to work. Despite some “dramatic changes” in education practices, school students remain heavily isolated “from the idea of work,” the report claims. Rather than focusing – as they have for decades – on how students can attain a strong Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR), advisers should instead analyse the labour market and inform students “where the gaps are.”