Anecdotally where WIL is optional there is often difficulty in getting students to engage in it. There are probably numerous reasons why this is often the case not least of all the need for students to support themselves financially while they study. The recent internship proposal addresses this constraint. However in a recent research project being conducted by VU, there is some indication from employers in certain industry areas where there are skills shortages that students may not be seeing the need for WIL because their perception is that they will have no difficulty obtaining jobs when they graduate (PEC, incomplete 2008). Conveying to students and academics in these areas the importance of viewing career as a complex lifelong experience not a one off decision is important.