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The Employment Landscape for Accounting Graduates and Work Experience Relevance
Author(s) -
Cheng Mandy,
Kang Helen,
Roebuck Peter,
Simnett Roger
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
australian accounting review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.551
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1835-2561
pISSN - 1035-6908
DOI - 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2009.00071.x
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , relevance (law) , work (physics) , affect (linguistics) , accounting , psychology , medical education , part time employment , business , political science , medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering , law , communication
This study outlines the results of a survey undertaken at an Australian university in 2007 and examines the factors that are associated with an undergraduate accounting student obtaining a job offer. Undertaking relevant part‐time work, academic performance and social (extra‐curricular) activities are significant factors leading to job offers prior to graduation. Our study also identifies a high level of part‐time work currently undertaken by full‐time students, confirming the trend identified in other studies. Interestingly, this high level of part‐time work was not found to negatively affect students’ academic performance.