TEENS ON THE JOB

On Monday 5th August, 161 year 10 students undertook Career Experience for a week.  Students worked a wide variety of organisations such as : ANZ Bank, Bayley House, BHP, Brighton VET Hospital, BSGM Building Surveyors, Caroline Counsel Family Lawyers, DKO Architecture, Echelon Productions, Greencross Veterinary Clinic Caulfield, Kiama Landscapes, Maroulis & Co Accounting, Myer Melbourne, National Institute of Circus Arts, Office of Zoe Daniels, Skin Depth Dermatology, SKS Technologies, Teri Weston Beauty, The Costume Department At Stage School Australia, Valued Health Osteopathy and Worley Engineering. 

This year our international students were given the opportunity to participate in the program. 

The Career Experience program allowed students to

1. Relate school studies with a workplace.
2. Get an insight into the diversity of employees in the workplace.  
3. To obtain an understanding of the demands and expectations of the working world. 
4. Improve students’ maturity, confidence, and self-reliance.
5. Provide a link between school and local community.  
6. Provide students with appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes concerning both paid and unpaid work.

The overall feedback from visiting teachers and employers on student performance was extremely positive and I congratulate all the year 10 students on demonstrating such a positive attitude to the job.  Employers were asked to complete a competency- based student evaluation form. The assessment indicated that overall our students presented well, were very compliant, were able to work well with other staff members, had good communication and interpersonal skills and most importantly showed great initiative. Students are advised to keep the Employer Evaluation Forms as part of their resume folio for future reference in seeking casual, part- time employment or for gaining further work experience.

Below are Employer Evaluations and Student feedback from their visiting teacher.

Antonia Dimitroulis 

Careers & Pathways Manager/Work Experience Coordinator 

Employer Evaluation on Student Performance

Noah Muldoon – Focus People Careers

We had the pleasure of having Noah Muldoon for Work Experience last week. He was a great work experience student. He took on all the tasks with a positive attitude and completed them to a very high standard.  He showed great punctuality, was always well presented, incredibly friendly and took on instructions very well.  We thoroughly enjoyed having him and showing him a small glimpse into the Market Research World over the last week. (Maddy Zoumis: HR Coordinator)

Bradley Hocking- More Telecom & Tangerine

I’d like to extend our sincere thanks to Bradley for spending the week in the office with the team. His positive attitude, coupled with his high level of professionalism and productivity, made a strong impression. (Maria Xenos: Executive Assistant)

Ruby Osborne- Emma Tulloch Architects PTY LTD

Ruby was a fantastic student to have in the office for the week. She listened carefully, was open to meeting lots of new people and very at home discussing and applying knowledge she had learnt about architectural design. We couldn’t fault Ruby’s approach to the week. As we noted in the form, she listened closely and intelligently understood and applied everything we discussed into her own unique house design project for the week. Most of all she was just a lovely person to have in the office. (Mitchell Brown-Associate) 

Charlie Ayres – Urban Initiatives (Landscape Architects)

Charlie has been very engaging and his thoughts and questions about the profession were insightful. He showed a high level of maturity and engaged well with our clients. He is a lovely young man and confidently and respectfully interacted with our team and clients. Feedback across the studio was very positive and he appeared to have enjoyed the site visit to Phillip Island today. (Tim Hart- Supervisor)

Junhong Lu- Kingston Academy of Australia

Junghong Lu consistently demonstrated a strong work ethic and a positive attitude during his time in this role. His performance was commendable and he showed great potential for further development. (Alex Zhong – Director)

Davinder Singh- Acushnet Australia and New Zealand

Davinder was excellent all week, a very impressive young man. Other comments received was a very pleasant and engaging person who staff immediately warmed to. Asked great questions, listened well and was enthusiastic about understanding how the business as whole worked. (Keely Hemphill Graduate HR & Payroll Coordinator)

STUDENT FEEDBACK TO THEIR VISITING TEACHER

Sienna Goldberg – Gardenvale Primary School

Sienna is absolutely loving her placement and feels like is has found her calling. Loves helping the students and learning about teaching.

Tamia Jung-Phelan- Office of Zoe Daniels MP

Tamia’s supervisor was very positive about Tamia’s attitude and aptitude, stating that she was surprised about how productive she had been. Tamia said she was learning a lot from the experience. 

Sebastian Walker – WT Partnership (Quantity Surveying)

Sebastian got to see how the other half lived by working on a house worth a billion dollars. The employees were impressed with him offering him more future work experience.

Kaden Khanbashi – UPSTILL Constructions

Kaden was absolutely loving his placement. He was involved in all of the different types of construction work as the team was building a house in Sandringham.