Careers
Claire Pech – Careers Advisor
This week the Year 10s had their Career Avenues appointments with a team of advisors. This was the third part of their Careers Avenues processes, where they had their testing day, then they received their Profiles and now we debrief them with the team at Career Avenues. Along with parental input, this can kick start some wider conversations about this next exciting phase – thinking about some options, and actions for life after Emanuel School.
Last week Ronny Schnapp – an Emanuel Parent – gave a talk to some of our students in Year 10, 11 and 12 about his career as an Electrical Engineer. He has done this for over 12 years and talked to the students about how he made the choice to become an Engineer, what he was interested in at school, what he does for the majority of his day now, and what the best parts of his career. These conversations are always helpful for students to hear what a job entails, from a day to day perspective, the pitfalls and the highlights.
There is a fascinating article here about an Electrical Engineer who got involved in a murder mystery by using his problem solving skills to piece together the missing links in a murder story of a bygone era.
As someone who is a big fan of the power of travelling, and even more so if you are a student, this article will do wonders to convince anyone on the power of travelling overseas when you are a student, from cultural immersion, expanding horizons and also network development.
Notice, dates, events
ANU is open and ready for business and any students wishing to apply for 2024 (or beyond if they want to defer for a GAP year) must get their applications in before mid May. I usually suggest these upcoming holidays are a good time to put an application in – even if you are not convinced Canberra is for you, simply applying, and getting a spot can open up a whole new way of thinking. You can apply here.
Notre Dame Early Offer session is hosting a webinar on Wednesday 17 May 2023 from 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm. This University is always popular for courses such as Teaching, Nursing, the Allied Health area and especially if students like a more personal touch where class sizes are small, and pastoral care is viewed highly. This year, applications for the Early Offer program will be accepted from Monday 1 May 2023 – Saturday 30 September 2023. Find out more here
How to become an Interior Designer? Here is a job spotlightcexplaining what the job entails, how to become one, what types of skills you need and how to progress your career.
If you have an interest in all things to do with a library – or you love the quiet, the solitude, the amount of information to access or the simply community feeling your local library can provide, there is a great article here highlighting the various careers and jobs that the local library provides.
Finally TAFE is the way to go if you like learning, by doing, if you like learning practically and if you have a vocational interest that you feel is best taught at TAFE. Each year I see students taking up University places, when I imagine they would much prefer and enjoy the TAFE environment. I encourage students to take a look at this long list of information sessions that are coming up about all things from Business, Accounting, ICT, Security, Horticulture, Early Childhood, Design, Nursing and many more.
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