Careers
Claire Pech – Careers Advisor
This week at our Year 10 information evening, I spoke about the use of Career Profiling for our Year 10 parents and students.
We are using Career Avenues, a well-established career profiling agency that works with many independent and public schools in Sydney, throughout NSW, Queensland and Victoria. We began this in 2018 and in 2019 we are expanding to include a one-on-one debrief with students, post-testing, with parents and Career Avenues psychologists taking place during Week 11 of this term.
Our Year 10s will be tested next Monday during Periods 1 to 6 to assess a range of attributes, skills, learning styles and personalities.
It is important to note that career profiling is only a piece in the very large career puzzle. It can be a great conversation starter. It can also be a great place to learn more about personality style and what industries are suited to those. And it can help to find out if a student is lacking a skill in a certain area, for example, mathematical ability, when pursuing a career in engineering you will take a bit more effort. This is all reality checking too, which can be helpful when you are constantly told you can be whatever you want to be.
The Career Avenues site, www.careeravenues-nsw.com/, which has information about the profiling and how it works, is also a great resource and links to research regarding the many careers that are available.
The site also has subject bulls-eye charts which I use a lot. For example, the graphic above lists the professions that may interest you if you enjoy or/and are good at Art. All of the HSC subjects are listed at www.careeravenues-nsw.com/?page=career-targets&area=1
These online charts www.careeravenues-nsw.com/?page=career-targets&area=1 have all of the Art-related careers hyperlinked to that career so you can research how that career works.
I would suggest everyone have a look at their top few favourite subjects and see where these links take you …. it can provide some very interesting directions!
Career notices, events, dates and articles
Avery useful government initiative called Job Jump Start helps you figure out how to make some of these big decisions. This is a useful video on options for after school: www.fya.org.au/video/job-jumpstart-part-1/
They have then linked a story about shopping around before you decide: www.jobjumpstart.gov.au/video/charlies-story-shop-around-what-you-want-do, the type of work environment that will suit your working style (e.g working inside or outdoors, with people or working on your own and so on), www.jobjumpstart.gov.au/article/know-your-work-preferences and a career quiz to help you on this journey. https://joboutlook.gov.au/CareerQuiz.aspx
Medicine information evening at UNSW
ANU Tuckwell Scholarship
Applications open 4 March for current Year 12s. Receiving a Tuckwell Scholarship is not just about intellect. It is about your desire and determination to use your natural abilities to realise your full potential so that you can make a difference in the world. The Tuckwell vision is to see highly talented and motivated school leavers fulfil their potential and reinvest their knowledge, skills and experience in ways that positively benefit others. The program has a focus on giving back to Australia and is the only one of its kind that nurtures Scholars to fulfil their broader community ambitions over and above the pursuit of an undergraduate degree. Find out more here:
(Source: www.jobjump.com.auFebruary 2019)