ABSTRACT
This study addresses calls by IT academics and IT practitioners to uncover career interventions that could increase the number of entrants into the IT workforce. In response, this study examines the role experiential training plays in students' choice of IT as a career. Applying research on career interventions to a nationally representative sample of individuals, I find that experiential IT training facilitates IT students make the transition from school into the IT profession. This finding has important implications for research on career interventions, for IT education and for the IT profession
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- Increasing the number of entrants into the IT profession: the role of experiential training
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