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"Many people, at some stage in their search for a career, have worked for free
in return for some much valued experience. But it’s surprisingly hard to find
exact numbers.
A 2016 national survey of 3,800 Australians found more than half (58%) of
respondents aged 18 to 29 and more than a quarter (26%) aged 30 to 64 had done
unpaid work at least once in the previous five years.
There is also data suggesting more than a third (37.4%) of Australia’s
university students are doing courses which involve real work as part of their
tertiary studies. In 2017 that amounted to 451,263 work-related learning
experiences.
This is not uniquely Australian. In 2013 an EU survey of 12,921 people found
46% aged from 18 to 35 had done at least one internship, with more than half of
those being unpaid."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics