Careers

Career Interviews

MIP’s Interviews

Interviews of Year 10 and Year 12 students have commenced and each student will hopefully have a career pathway plan mapped out by the end of Term 2. Year 11 interviews will start in Term 2.

Careers Practitioners will be conducting the MIP’s interviews throughout 2016, as well as supporting students in other ways in the Careers Office.

Work Experience

Year 10 Work Experience

A reminder to parents and students that this year’s Work Experience is from June 20th to June 24th, the last week of Term 2. Competition for quality jobs is fierce and we strongly encourage all students who have not commenced the process to decide on a type of job and put together an application as soon as possible. “The early bird catches the worm” and we would dearly love every student to secure a position of employment by the end of Term 1. Contact Ms Boutsikakis if you have any queries. Students are reminded that they also need to have completed the safe@work modules for Occupational Health and Safety. Work placement is not possible without these completed tests.

More Information

Careers in Maths

Visit the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute’s website to view a range of career profiles from apprentice chefs to Electricians to Nurses where mathematics is a necessary part of their everyday jobs.

http://www.mathscareers.org.au/

Discover Your Career

An online career resource developed by the National Tourism Alliance with the support of the Federal Government to promote tourism and hospitality career pathways.

http://www.discoveryourcareer.com.au/

Football Federation Australia Referee Course

Students interested in refereeing should consider A Level 4 Referee Course which will provide a qualification to referee local junior and youth matches.

Bundoora: 21st February

Ringwood: 30th March

http://www.myfootballclub.com.au/index.php?id=111

St John Ambulance First Aid Online Course

The online course offered includes training on an introduction to first aid, defibrillation awareness and workplace infection control. St John Ambulance’s courses are internationally recognised first aid courses.

http://stjohn.org.au/first-aid-training

Zoos Victoria Education Programs

Zoos Victoria is now making their education programs more accessible, with some programs available with the price of a student ticket ($15.80 per student).

Contact to book into programs: 1300 966 784

http://www.zoo.org.au/news/zoos-deliver-early-gift-for-schools

Go Girl, Go For IT event scheduled for 16th August at Deakin University.

This a full day free event specifically designed for female secondary school students, year 7 to 12, and aims excite and engage female secondary school students by introducing them to the vast range of global, lucrative and varied career options in IT. The event focuses on inspiring students with fantastic role model speakers, showcasing technology of the future and challenging their preconceptions of a career in IT. Drop into the Careers room if you would like to participate.

Go4IT Work Experience Program

Go4IT is a work experience program for girls interested in IT. It is run by Tata Consultancy Service and gives girls the opportunity to meet inspiring female leaders and learn new skills in IT as well as general job readiness.

The program will be run in Melbourne during the following weeks:

15th – 18th March

6th – 10th June

22nd – 26th August

24th – 28th October

http://www.tcs.com/about/corp_responsibility/corporate-social-responsibility/Pages/TCS-Go4IT-work-experience-program-girls-IT.aspx

QS World University Rankings 2015/2016

The QS World University Rankings for 2015/2016 have been released, with the Australian National University being ranked 19th globally, and first in Australia. The top 10 universities in Australia according to these rankings are:

1. Australian National University (19)

2. The University of Melbourne (42)

3. The University of Sydney (45)

4. The University of New South Wales (46)

5. The University of Queensland (46)

6. Monash University (67)

7. The University of Western Australia (98)

8. The University of Adelaide (113)

9. University of Technology, Sydney (218)

10. Macquarie University (229)

http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2015

Aviation Australia Cabin Crew Career Session

Wed 2nd March, 6:30pm – 8:30pm @ Qantas Flight Training Centre, Airport West

Find out about studying a Certificate II in Aviation (Flight Operations) from the staff and students, as well as hearing from industry experts.

REECE School Based Traineeships

Reece are Australia’s largest supplier of bathroom and plumbing products and are looking for Year 10 and 11 students to undertake school based traineeships across Australia. Students will work one weekday and must also be available to work Saturdays. Visit the website to search and apply for positions in your area:

http://asba.sherpanetwork.com.au/jobs/

Updates from University and TAFEs

Inside Monash Seminar Series.

 The Inside Monash Seminar Series provides an opportunity for students, parents and secondary school teachers to gain an insight into courses and careers in a broad range of fields across the faculties and campuses of Monash University. Each Seminar is unique to the faculty or discipline but all will include an overview of the area, current student and graduate perspectives and ample time to pick up course information and ask individual questions of the speakers and faculty representatives. Students need to register on line. Check out the updated list of seminars on http://monash.edu/inside-monash/ - dates

The following seminars will be conducted in March and April.

Business and Economics 9 March
Science 10 March
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 15 March
Design: 14th April, 6:30pm
Fine Art: 14th April, 6:30pm
Architecture: 26th April, 6:30pm
Interior Architecture: 27th April, 6:30pm

Find out about courses and career options from staff, current and graduate students, with the opportunity to ask any questions.

RMIT

Folio preparation and Career Discovery Courses 2016.

Short courses on Building Design and drawing, Advertising, Visual Merchandising, Interior Decoration, Graphic Art, Graphic Design, AutoCAD, Textiles Design, Fashion Design and Product Design. These courses run at various times throughout the year. They provide an insight into tertiary courses and often provide extra folio pieces essential for interview and folio presentations.

Science in the City Lab Tours

Students, parents and teachers are invited to visit our cutting edge learning laboratories and discover the range of programs on offer including: biology, biotechnology, chemistry, environmental sciences, food science, nanotechnology and physics.

Tour dates:

Monday 30 March 2016, 11am to 2.00pm, Building 3, Level 1, Applied Sciences Reception, RMIT City campus

Trade Tours

Find out more about how to start a career in the trades, or take your existing career to a new level, by taking an obligation-free tour of RMIT's trades spaces. 17 March

More information on:

https://www.rmit.edu.au/events/all-events/tour