What is the best path to a rewarding career, and are traditional pathways still viable?

In a pandemic-stricken job market, student enrolment in higher education is soaring. Many university graduates in Australia and China are opting for postgraduate studies to wait out a hyper-competitive job market. In contrast, Singapore Education Minister Mr Lawrence Wong suggests that a traditional university degree is not necessary before pursuing work, highlighting the availability and viability of technical and vocational education programmes.

In academia, traditional career pathways are diversifying, with alternative academic (alt-ac) track careers looking increasingly likely. There are discussions underway to create more concrete milestones for alt-acs in line with their tenure-track colleagues.

As the job market fluctuates and responds to present circumstances, new perspectives on education and vocation evolve alongside them.