Claire Pech – Careers Advisor

Turning Point Consulting is a fantastic and well established careers service that provides leading edge and evidence based resources for Careers Advisors, students, parents and educators in Sydney and beyond. We have worked with them in the past and hope in 2021 (COVID aside) to work with them again. 

They have provided some excellent Zoom resources, PDFs, links and other resources to help students, educators and parents and everyone in between. Whatever your own careers ‘status’ there will be something here for you:

• Student Wellbeing Zoom Interview with Jacquie Van der Velde – how we can help students in this turbulent year and engage with careers in general.
• Find some top tips here to help you choose and begin the career process including:
  • Resume tips
  • Profiling tips
  • Presenting yourself
  • How to get that edge via LinkedIn
  • Study tips and more

• This is a great presentation from Wellbeing Australia on tips for success on post-school options. 

Sydney University news

• Which Music Degree is right for me? Tuesday 24 November  2020 from 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm
• Commerce or Economics –  I get asked a lot “Which is better to study?” Wednesday 25 November 2020 from 5.30 pm – 6.40 pm

Why it’s okay to change your career path

As the closing date for university applications draws closer, many students start to panic about choosing their preferences. It’s not unusual to have a change of heart, even as you move into the workforce. After all, it’s hard to know where your specific interests and strengths lie until you get started. It is okay to change your study path!