Careers and Pathways

Careers News

I would like to welcome Karen Riding to the Careers Office. Karen will be the Careers and Pathways Managers. Karen has come across from Box Hill High.

Year 12

YEAR 12 INTERVIEWS

All Year 12s will have a Careers Interview in Term 1. Please book in on the Career Interview Sheets outside the Careers Office.

Year 10

WORK EXPERIENCE

Work Experience will be held from Monday 25 June to Friday 29 June, 2018 (Last week of Term 2). Popular work experience placements within many industries like the Health, Animal, Law and Architecture fields are very competitive and students must be researching and securing their placements now. Any students who did not receive Work Experience forms please come to the Careers Office. Outside the Careers Office is a Careers Board and it has an area dedicated to Work Experience. Students should come and check out the Work Experience board which indicates when some companies applications open and close.

All Blue Work Experience Forms are due by Friday, 16 March, 2018.

INFORMATION SESSIONS

Billy Blue College of Design Information Night

Tuesday 6 February, 6pm – 8pm

Melbourne campus, Flinders Street

Find out about studying design at Billy Blue, meet students and staff, and visit the campus.

Defence Jobs Info Sessions

Melbourne:

13 February, 6pm – Airfield Defence Guard

27 February, 6pm – Officer

28 February, 6pm – Defence Careers

Geelong:

15 February, 6pm – Women in Defence

More details – https://www.facebook.com/pg/DefenceJobsAustralia/events/?ref=page_internal

The Big Meet

Melbourne: Friday 9 March, 11am – 3pm

This careers fair will have exhibitors from a variety of different employers, so go along and check out where you could end up.

VETiS, APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS

Most VETiS courses have commenced this week. There were many eager students who dropped into the Careers Office to confirm times and where to go for their first session.

Students should bring casual clothes to change into before they head off to their VETiS course.

Please remember that students have until February 21 2018 to withdraw if they are not happy with their course and the school is not charged. All fees must be paid by Monday 19th February, 2018.

Plumbing Careers

This site has information about how to start a career in plumbing, including apprenticeship opportunities.

Check it out – https://www.plumbingcareer.com.au/

WORK EXPERIENCE

AIE Work Experience

Students in Years 10–12 can request work experience at the Academy of Interactive Entertainment. If you’re interested in game design, animation or visual effects, you should think about applying for work experience at AIE.

Find out more – http://www.aie.edu.au/StudentInformation/work-experience-melbourne

RESOURCES

Job Outlook can help you make decisions about study and training, your first job, or the next step in your career.

Visit the website – http://joboutlook.gov.au/

My Big Tomorrow

My Big Tomorrow is a careers website that helps you find your dream career, learn about what people in different jobs actually do all day, and see which courses you can do to get to where you want to go.

Check it out here – http://www.mybigtomorrow.com.au/

Reachout.com

ReachOut is Australia’s leading online mental health organisation for young people and their parents.

There’s a section on school and study, to help you work through the big decisions.

Find it here – https://au.reachout.com/everyday-issues/school-and-study

Study Assist

Study Assist offers information for students about government assistance for financing tertiary education.

Find more information – http://studyassist.gov.au/sites/StudyAssist/

Surviving Year 12

This article from Youth Central has some great tips on surviving and succeeding in Year 12. Start your year off right by thinking about how you’re going to balance your year.

Read the tips – http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/studying-training/secondary-study/6-tips-for-surviving-vce

The Careers Team

Carole Marcianti, Karen Riding