INTERIOR DESIGN STUDENT TO PROFESSIONAL INTERIOR DESIGNER: AN EXPLORATION OF THE TRANSITION-TO-WORK AS INFLUENCED BY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION

摘要: Curriculum in Interior Design higher education is specifically developed to prepare students for a successful career the profession. During final year of design programs, explore professional practices, research potential firms and specialties, generally plan their transition work force. Evidence from other disciplines indicates that this environment has overwhelm [1]. In addition generalized anxiety, millennial generation have been identified as having very specific characteristics include reliance on mastery technology [2] [3]. These generational are influencing transition-towork every field, including The objective project was conduct preliminary inquiry role internships transition-to-work process within framework generation. included three components: 1) Conduct literature review bodies knowledge -, phenomena, characteristics, internships; 2) Analyze existing survey data detailing employers experience with ID interns collected one Southern United States university; 3) Develop an agenda further study creation tools enable quality collection about internship profound shaping Designer. Findings will broaden educators understanding students, they relate student’s ability successfully profession Design. This builds previous student cohort begins them phenomena – step process.