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Abstract
Professorship has traditionally been the single most valued career path for graduates of PhD programs. These aspects encourage graduate students to directly or indirectly engage with non-academic organizations to encourage the next generation of researchers to explore alternative careers, including opportunities in industry and government. Data from a survey examines the impact of their participation in university-industry-government research partnerships on their professional preferences.
The degree to which exposure to non-academic realities through different training arrangements relates to career preferences are assessed, and how these preferences evolve over time. The proportion of students who did not change their preferred career path over time is high, indicating that by the time students engage in a research-training program and know what career they want to pursue. However, and although students with close ties to non-academic partners may initially be more interested in non-academic career paths, over time all categories of students become more attracted to academic careers. Hence, faculty positions continue to dominate the professional dreams of fledgling researchers, a power of attraction that increases as student’s advance in their program, even when it involves industrial contacts.
The New Generation in the Industry: Hospitality/Tourism Students’ Career Preferences, Sources of Influence and Career Choice Factors
Understanding applicants’ preferences and values is important for recruiters to develop and update recruitment strategies. Few efforts, however, have been made lately to examine influential attributes on career decisions for the next generation in the industry–university students. The present study examines career preferences, sources of influence on career decisions and career choice factors for students majoring in hospitality and/or tourism in Various Countries. Self-administered survey questionnaires were collected among three industry segments, lodging/hotel was most preferred while food/restaurant was least preferred. When deciding a future career, first-hand information sources (e.g., work experiences, personal experiences) and extrinsic factors (e.g., advancement chances, job security) were most influential. Nature’s international student survey reveals changing career preferences — and a need for inspiring mentors.
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Life as a graduate student can mean hours of daily toil, little social contact and no guarantee that all that work will lead to a job. But it can also offer intellectual stimulation, independent projects that nurture a love of discovery and the development of a skill set that opens a host of opportunities for a preferred career.
This implies that doubts grow as students advance towards completing their degrees, and suggest that students experience deficiencies in career planning and advice from their supervisors.
