Claire Pech – Careers Advisor

I thought I would highlight some data and research I was reading over the holidays. As can be seen in the graphic below, 75% of students are the most heavily influenced about their career by parents, secondly by Careers Advisors and then friends and teachers subsequently.

I think it is important to note that while parents feel their teenagers won’t talk to them about their preferences or career interests (or sometimes about anything at all) – the parental significance is very high. The highest in fact of all influencers.

In the next two weeks UAC will open up for registration for everyone in Year 12. This does not mean they have to register straight away but can do so over August and September to avoid the steep price hikes. If they register before 31 September the fee will be $43 but once they go over the September cut-off it rises to $181. This is why by the time I farewell the Year 12s I like each of them to have a registered preference list, with a view to changing the order and choices as often as they see fit. They can do this even after they get their ATAR – this is something nearly everyone forgets! 

I spoke to Year 12s last week to get them prepared for Open Day season. This is where so many great choices are made. Parents, really encourage your children (push, bribe, drive to etc) to go to these. You can’t base any concrete decisions on brochures and presentations alone. You have to go the places, see them, see the students, chat to lecturers and feel it out. The Open Days are all listed here:

 www.openday.com.au/tertiary/sydney/  but the most popular ones for Sydney students usually are:

Sydney Scholars Awards open 1 August 

The Sydney Scholars Awards offers Year 12 students commencing their studies in 2018 the opportunity to apply for scholarships at the University of Sydney ranging from $6,000 to $10,000 per year in value and awarded in duration from 1 and up to 5 years  (including combined undergraduate degrees). 

http://sydney.edu.au/scholarships/undergraduate/year12/sydney-scholars-award.shtml

Career quiz

This quiz will help you identify what types of work you most like doing. A career quiz app can also be downloaded for free from the iTunes app store and Google Play by searching for ‘Career Quiz Australia’.

http://joboutlook.gov.au/careerquiz.aspx

The future of the Australian workforce

https://australiancareersservice.com.au/2016/08/02/overview-australian-workforce/

Australian jobs

This government report provides an overview of the labour market.

https://docs.employment.gov.au/node/32635