This study, based on female engineering students at the Moorabbin College of TAFE and Swinburne University of Technology, examined the influences on mature-aged women making non-traditional career choices. It was designed to investigate how these influences and the students' personal values had changed since making career choices as a high school student. Through the use of a survey and personal case study interviews, information regarding the problems and benefits of being a mature-aged female student of a non-traditional career was gathered. An insight into the personality type of the ‘non-traditional’ career student was also gained.
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