The Careers Hub and CAS 

What's in this issue?

This term, I am including a new section called What Career is That? where I will share interesting and fascinating information about jobs you may or may not have heard of. I hope these insights might answer some of those questions like: 

"Why do we need to know this?" and, 

"When will we ever use this in real life?"

We can only include so much information across these pages each fortnight so I have created this more extensive Newsletter version (below) that you can download from your Compass Newsfeed anytime. 

• WHAT CAREER IS THAT?
  • Jobs and Pythagorean Math
  • Jobs and Coding
• ARTICLES OF INTEREST
  • Apprenticeships
  • ING Future Focus
• VTAC RESOURCES | 10 & 11
• OPEN DAYS & WEBINARS
• CREATIVITY, ACTIVITY & SERVICE (CAS) YEAR 11
• FINDING INFORMATION
• MAKING AN APPOINTMENT

WHAT CAREER IS THAT?

Jobs That Use the Pythagorean Theorem

The fact is the Pythagorean Theorem is used in a variety of jobs and careers that are rewarding and pay quite well including:

• Management
• Agriculturists
• Surveyors and Cartographers
• Architects
• Engineers - Areas of Practice
• and many more!

Try and talk to an Engineer about the ways they use Pythagoras Theorem in their work life and learn more about their role and career journey.

Visit Job Outlook to explore more Careers.

Jobs that use Blockchain Technology - Cryptocurrency

"The ‘World Economic Forum’ anticipates that 10% of global GDP will be stored on the blockchain by 2025." To work with this technology, it is essential to know how to code. A Blockchain Developer must know one of the modern programming languages like Java or C++, and yes even Python can be used. These languages don't just help create applications for blockchain but also help learn contract-based or blockchain-based languages like Simplicity and Solidity. 

Job areas include:

• Blockchain developer
• Blockchain Solution Architect
• Blockchain project manager
• Blockchain UX Designer
• Blockchain Quality Engineer
• Blockchain Legal  Consultant

from Government, Medical and Music Industries to Energy, Real Estate and Fine Art. Check out these 50 Real World uses cases.

Blockchain is the most in-demand hard skill that companies will be looking for in 2020, according to the latest study by LinkedIn Learning, the educational subsidiary of the social network, LinkedIn.

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Apprenticeships and Employment

MEGT is an Australian not-for-profit organisation that has been supporting local employers, apprentices, trainees, job seekers and students for over 35 years. Their experienced local consultants work across every state in Australia and in the ACT helping Aussie businesses, apprentices and trainees get the most from the Australian Apprenticeships programme. MEGT has over 35 years of experience in matching job seekers and employers, and they have a higher than the national average apprenticeship completion rate.

MEGT has a Career Hub packed full with tools and information for potential apprentices and trainees, and students considering an apprenticeship or traineeship are encouraged to register on the Career Hub and receive support in searching for an apprenticeship or traineeship. Once registered, job seekers have access to a range of tools and information to assist them in their search for an apprenticeship or traineeship, including Career Quiz, Skills Assessment and job seeker toolkit. The Career Hub Team will chat with job seekers about any questions they might have about becoming an apprentice or trainee or connect them with one of the MEGT Career Advisors, who can provide guidance on appropriate training and development pathways. Register here.

ING Future Focus - preparing for the digital workforce of tomorrow

"The future workplace requires versatile workers who have breadth across cognitive disciplines and depth of skills and expertise – at the same time."

Top in-demand skills 

•Innovation & Creativity 

•Digital/Data Literacy

•Emotional Intelligence

•Constant Curiosity & Adaptability

•Pattern Recognition/Critical Thinking

•Virtual Leadership

•Storytelling

Read the full report at ING Newsroom here.

VTAC RESOURCES

The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre has now moved all their printed resources online. This enables them to keep up to date and provide direct links to essential information and downloadable interactive PDFs, including this new Guide to Researching Tertiary Education 2020. Please note that some of this material may refer to, and is designed for, VCE studies but much of the information is also relevant for IB students. If you need any help with this please feel free to contact me directly as I am very happy to assist you.

Year 10 Guide 

If you’re a current Year 10 student, this new guide is designed to help you choose your Years 11 and 12 studies - choosing senior school studies for the right reason. As well as access to some really useful planning tools it includes information about prerequisite subjects, how to research tertiary education, entrance requirements and more. The prerequisites for 2023 entry are now available here.

Year 11 Guide

In Year 11, you will need to continue to work through your ideas about what you want to do after school. This includes researching your course options. We recommend at least visiting a couple of open days and becoming familiar with the content of several tertiary courses. The prerequisites for 2022 entry are available here.

OPEN DAYS AND WEBINARS

RMIT Online Open Days

Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 August

"This Open Day will be an online experience not to be missed. This is a chance to explore our campus and facilities through immersive virtual tours, chat directly with our students and staff to find out what studying at RMIT is really like and get all questions answered. You can also enjoy one of the many presentations to explore your course options, join live Q&A panels and information sessions and explore the study tours, industry placements and clubs that you can join when you become part of the RMIT community."

For more information and to register visit the RMIT website.

Swinburne's Swintopia

Wednesday 12 August

Experience Swinburne Open Day like never before with Swintopia, open world experience that lets you try uni life on for size (items are not to scale). Campus? Pixelated. Professors? Pixelated. Pigeons? Pixelated. You see where this is going. Register now and get early access to Swintopia!

For more information or to register visit here.

Deakin Online Open Day

Sunday 16 August 9am - 4pm

Deakin’s upcoming Virtual Open Day is for students keen on finding out more. To register for the Virtual Open Day please visit here

Monash Online Open days

Saturday 29 August 10am – 2pm

Sunday 30 August 10am – 2pm

Monday 31 August 4pm – 7pm

"Save the dates! We’re delighted to announce that Open Day 2020 will be an interactive digital experience held over three days. While we’re changing the way students access Open Day, they can still expect to receive a unique look into Monash life as a student. Live chat with current Monash students, alumni, academics. 

Students will have the flexibility to personalise their experience to match their interests and the freedom to explore the campuses at their own pace, from the comfort of their own home. We encourage all students interested in attending Open Day 2020 to register to receive event updates.

University Snapshots

For an overview of tertiary institutions please download the 2020 Guide below.

CAS

15 CAS Experiences to do at home!

CAS Trips put together a list of the best Creativity, Activity and Service (C-A-S) experiences which students can engage with during self-isolation and just because you are back at school doesn't mean you can't give them a go. Here are their 15 favourites! 

FINDING INFORMATION

Compass News and Notifications

Please remember to log in and read your  Compass Newsfeed as we regularly post updated information about tertiary open days, information sessions, work experience and workshop opportunities, updated Careers and industry news and a host of other information. You can also set up notification alerts on your phone for Compass so you will be instantly notified and never miss anything.

Careers Website: www.preshilcareers.com.au

Ace Day Job Videos: Preshil Clickview

Explore Careers: In Tech Videos

Useful Links: Australian Jobs 2019

Foundation of Young Australians: Reports

MAKING AN APPOINTMENT

You can now contact me in the Online Careers Hub in Zoom. Please use this link on the Preshil Careers website to make an appointment because it syncs to my calendar to avoid clashes. If you have any questions, concerns or need a face to face appointment please email me anytime at bronte.howell@preshil.vic.edu.au

Thanks to Jacky Burton from the Yarra Career Practitioners Group and Compass Career News who tirelessly each year has put together a lot of the one-sheet information guides that help us collate tertiary course information into the one place for students to easily access.