Careers

Welcome Back

Welcome back to Ringwood Secondary College in 2016. The careers team would firstly like to extend our best wishes to all of our year 12 students and those in their final year of VCAL.

Ms Helen Doherty - Careers Coordinator

Ms Anna Benson - Student Services Leader

Ms Stacey Miriklis  - VET Coordinator /Careers Practitioner

Ms Debbie Mock - Careers Administrative

Assistant

Ms Karen Hallam - Careers Practitioner

We wish you much success for your final year at the college, and look forward to supporting you as you work toward crossing the ‘finish line’. Parents with students in year 12 should note that a careers bulletin is published approx. 3 times per term. This bulletin contains crucial information about Universities, TAFE’s, work options and career advice; in a manageable and accessible format. Parents can access this bulletin from the RSC careers website (through the portal), by clicking on careers newsletter in the ‘important info’ drop down menu.

Currently the careers team is beginning the process of managing the individual pathways (MIPs) of all students from years 10 – 12 through conducting 1:1 interviews. The careers team has begun interviewing students from years 10 and 12 (year 12 students will be interviewed twice). Interviews for year 11 students will commence in the second half of term 1. In these MIPs interviews, students discuss their intended pathways and have the opportunity to ask questions in regards to their pathway options. It is suggested that students who are unsure of their pathways undertake some interests test prior to these interviews. Information on undertaking interest tests can be found in the careers room.

Tertiary Studies here we come!

What an exciting time it’s been over the past couple of weeks with the release of tertiary placements.  95.96% of our Year 12 students have gained positions at University or TAFE Colleges. The diversity of courses is staggering including such things as Sports Management, Education, Disability Studies, Engineering, Hospitality, Physiotherapy and Science. Most popular course areas include Commerce, Arts and Law; 27 of our students will be heading off to Deakin University and 26 to Monash University. The College wishes all of our past students the very best of luck in their tertiary studies and we welcome any students who would like advice to visit us throughout the year.  Coping with the transition from secondary to tertiary can be daunting so don’t hesitate to seek help.

We hope that 2016 is a successful year for all of our students, and look forward to working with many of them in planning their future pathways.  

The Careers Team