看完这个报告您就知道该让孩子读什么学校~(80%的家长希望孩子能上大学,但毕业了保准没工作!)

学历越高就越好找工作吗？

相信不少朋友从自己的切身经历就能感受到，事实并非如此。

不得不承认，这套观念在这个时代的澳洲不再适用了…

现在一份由澳洲技能基金会撰写的名为“观念并不是现实”的报告，用数据证明了这一点。

报告说职业教育毕业生的中位工资为5.6万，略高于大学本科毕业生的5.4万。在职业教育中，平均起薪最高的课程是电工三级证书（8.54万）；相比之下，最高起薪的大学本科学位是牙医（8万）。不仅工资高，职业教育毕业生也比本科毕业生更容易找到工作。

职业教育毕业生找到工作的比例为78%，而大学本科毕业生找到工作的比例是69%。

报告援引政府的2016年就业研究报告说：未来最需要的10个职位中有9个都需要职业教育，而不是大学教育。

澳洲技能协会的总裁Nicholas Wyman说尽管80%的家长希望孩子能上大学，但它“也许并不是最好的选择。”

“大学毕业生找到工作的成功率在降低，

而职业教育毕业生的前景在不断上升。”

Nicholas认为：

“当前世界中，大部分工作的内容都在迅速变化着，人们需要不断学习新技能。职业教育更加灵活，也更容易入门和适应变化。”“雇员们没有时间回到大学学习新技能，而短期和贴近现实的职业教育课程明显更加灵活。”

Vocational education is a better pathway to a job than a university degree, new report finds

A new report urges parents to seriously consider urging their school leaving children to study a vocational course rather than a university degree because, in many cases, it is a pathway to better jobs.

The report, Perceptions are not reality, from the Skilling Australia Foundation, says there are myths about vocational education and training (VET) which “simply do not stack up against reality”.

Citing data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research and Graduate Careers Australia, the report says that vocational education graduates have a slightly higher median salary ($56,000) compared to bachelor degree graduates ($54,000).

“The highest average starting salary for a VET qualification (certificate IV in hazardous areas – electrical at $85,400 ) is higher than the highest starting salary with a bachelor-level degree (dentistry at $80,000), the report said.

Similarly vocational education graduates have a better chance of finding a job with 78 per cent of VET graduates finding a job compared to 69 per cent of bachelor degree graduates.

Skilling Australia chief executive Nicholas Wyman said that even though nearly 80 per cent of parents wanted their kids to get a university education,it “might not be best for them”.

“The prospects for getting a job are tumbling with a uni degree but with VET, they’re rising and rising,” he said.

More flexible

Mr Wyman said that vocational education was also more flexible, easier to access and adaptable in a world where most jobs were changing rapidly and there would be a need to reskill.

“Workers don’t have time to go back to university to reskill but the shorter and more up-to-date VET courses are much more flexible,” he said.

Citing the federal government’s Australian Jobs 2016 study, the report said that nine out of the 10 occupations with the greatest number of future jobs needed vocational, rather than higher education, qualifications.