Towards understanding the non-technical work experiences of recent Australian information technology graduates

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 78, Issue , 2008, Pages 103-112

  Nagarajan, Srivalli ^a   Edwards, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computing education; Graduate work experiences; ICT education; IT graduates; Non technical skills; Study work transition; Workplace experience

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING EDUCATION; ICT EDUCATION; IT GRADUATES; NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS; STUDY-WORK TRANSITION; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE;

EDUCATION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84869109528     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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