Students would study a compulsory careers subject and do more work experience under a Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry plan to get them into work.
Employers who offer work experience to students would be given subsidies or tax incentives under a proposed industry push to strengthen career education in the state.
The chamber says improved career advice would lead to better choices, in turn helping to tackle the skills shortage that is a handbrake on growth and productivity.In a survey carried out by the chamber in June, 98 per cent of employers agreed that work experience was important, but only 19 per cent hosted students.
“If we can get it to a point where there are multiple checkpoints of work experience, rather than just the one or two weeks, we’ve got a better chance of engaging the students into the workforce,” he said. Booker Malcolm is now finishing VCE while working part-time at Middle Eastern restaurant Rumi. Next year, they will ignore the traditional pathway to an apprenticeship and start working full time.
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