Launching a career in the 21st century

Principal Investigator: Linda Schweitzer, Management
Project Title: Launching a Career in the 21st Century
Funder: SSHRC Insight

The goal of the proposed research is to systematically examine challenges and opportunities of the modern career launch process and their impacts on today’s career entrants. Our examination proceeds from a career development perspective; we are focused on how young people think and feel about the pressures and possibilities inherent in launching a modern career and the influences they have on individual career decision making and behaviours. This perspective will allow us recommend individual-level interventions to help educators, employers and career entrants understand and better navigate career launch in the 21st century.