The Careers Hub and CAS 

What's in this issue?

Check out this issue's What Career is That? Learn about another interesting and fascinating job 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?"

Remember, I have made available a new extensive Newsletter (latest version below) that you can download from your Compass Newsfeed anytime. 

• WHAT CAREER IS THAT?
  • Jobs and Art | Science
• ARTICLES OF INTEREST
  • FYA New Work Standard
  • Apprenticeships
• VTAC RESOURCES | 10 & 11
• OPEN DAYS & WEBINARS
• (CAS) YEAR 11 HELP VIDEOS
• FINDING INFORMATION
• MAKING AN APPOINTMENT

WHAT CAREER IS THAT?

Why Study Chemistry or Physics? Art Conservation!

"A career in art conservation requires knowledge of both art and science. Art Conservators typically specialise in a particular type of object or material, such as paintings, books, sculptures or textiles. They might work on staff in art museums or provide services to museums, galleries and individuals as freelancers." To find out more about becoming an Art Conservator visit the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material website here. There are also some great videos available to learn more here.

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

FYA New Work Standard

The Foundation for Young Australian’s seventh and last report in the New Work Order series investigates what part-time, casual, self-employed and gig work – or flexible work – means for young people and their career trajectories. The report identifies the trends in flexible work for young people, including a rapidly growing gig economy, and the risks and opportunities this work presents. You can download the report below.

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. 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. Register 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. 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 

The prerequisites for 2023 entry are now available here.

Year 11 Guide

The prerequisites for 2022 entry are now available here.

OPEN DAYS AND WEBINARS

Swinburne's Swintopia

Starts 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.

How to CAS!

Over the years our Friends at CAS Trips have been asked thousands of questions about CAS and the IB program. So to help you they have decided to create seven ‘CAS Short’ videos explaining some of those most frequently asked questions. Their first episode asks the questions: What exactly is CAS and what is expected of the candidate?

Other episodes include:

• Insights into CAS Experiences
• The 5 Stages of CAS
• Understanding Reflections
• Evidence and the 7 Learning Outcomes
• The CAS Project
• The UN Sustainable Development Goals

For other great videos and inspiration please visit their CAS Trips Channel.

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 - 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.