The Careers Hub
Image: Courtesy of Australian Mathematical Sciences but applies to any subject.
Five core principles of career or pathway success
There are five core principles that are considered to drive success in any pathway:
Have a growth mindset: continually learn and develop your skills.
Keep active: take consistent ongoing action to develop your career - keep going, don't give up.
Know why you care: care about and find meaning in the things you are working on - there is meaning in all work when you look for it.
Be vulnerable: be willing to be courageous and let your vulnerability show to others - perfection is not the key to success.
Be generous: "the most meaningful way to succeed." Give generously to others at school, your workplace or the community.
You can read more if you visit this interesting blog called 'People Flourishing'.
Discover the world of Engineering and IT for female Year 10 students
Students are invited to spend a day discovering the excitement and creativity of Engineering and Information Technology at Monash University. Monash staff and students will be on hand to present workshops and demonstrations, practical activities and experiments.
Date: Thursday 6 July 2017
Time: 9.45am – 3.30pm
(morning tea & lunch provided)
Venue: Clayton Campus, Monash University
Register: Discover the World of Engineering and I.T
Are you interested in Art or Music?
Consider a career as an Art Therapist:
Art Therapists work with a client or a group of clients to help them address emotional and psychological issues through creative activities such as drawing, painting, sculpting and collage.
Art Therapists work in any area where people require assistance with achieving a better quality of mental health; this includes psychiatric wards, prisons, rehabilitation centres and drug and alcohol units.
Personal requirements of successful Art Therapists include:
- interested in people and human behaviour
- good problem-solving skills
- an inquisitive mind
- able to maintain confidentiality
- patient and perceptive
- good oral and written communication skills
Find out more here at the Good Universities Guide.
Consider a career as a Music Therapist:
A Music Therapist is someone who provides therapeutic programs through the planned and controlled use of music to help people of all ages, including those with special needs because of social, emotional, psychiatric, physical or intellectual impairments.
Students often study a Bachelor of Music at university and then do post-graduate studies that specialise in Music Therapy skills. Music is taught through a number of university courses, but two Victorian universities offer a dedicated Bachelor of Music and these are Music at Monash and Music at Melbourne. Either of these two degrees can offer an opportunity for students to go on and study specialised post-graduate courses in Music Therapy. These could be:
Making an appointment
You can find me in The Careers Hub officeupstairs in Blackhall on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Please use this link on the Preshil Careers website if you need to make an appointment on those days because it syncs to my calendar to avoid clashes. For other times email me at bronte.howell@preshil.vic.edu.au
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Bronte Howell
Careers & Pathways Coordinator