Careers Hub 

What's in this issue Term 4?

Check out the latest What Career is That?  This week learn about the skills you need to get that interesting and fascinating job you have been thinking of or discover a new one. 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?"

We also have a host of new careers resources and activities for you to explore.

• WHAT CAREER IS THAT?
  • Skills Spiderweb
• FEATURED REPORTS
  • News from Monash
  • News from Swinburne
• ANU TUCKWELL SCHOLARSHIP 2021
• OZ UNIVERSITIES IN THE TOP 50
• REMINDER
  • Current Year 11 - Swinburne ATEP
• WHERE DO I FIND THINGS?
• MAKING AN APPOINTMENT

WHAT CAREER IS THAT?

Try the Skills Spiderweb

Different jobs need different skills. The Skills Spiderweb shows 12 skills common across many different jobs. The Skills Spiderweb can help you understand the skills required for a particular job. Just type the job in the search bar or scroll through to find something of interest. The occupations are linked to Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO). From here you can learn more about main job tasks, training pathways, job prospects and pay by following the link to Job Outlook.

FEATURED REPORTS

NEWS FROM MONASH

• News from Monash University
  
  • New Ways to Explore Engineering
    The Engineering Faculty has created a one-stop shop for key information about the different areas of engineering on new specialisation pages.
  • New Biomedical Engineering Specialisation
    Monash is excited to introduce the new Biomedical Engineering specialisation. This specialisation is designed to equip students with the design and problem-solving skills of engineering, together with medical and biological sciences, in order to improve healthcare diagnosis, monitoring, therapy, and the creation of new medical instruments and devices.
  • New Majors in Business and Commerce Degrees
    Monash Business School has added two new majors; Business Studies and Financial Econometrics & Mathematical Foundations of Econometrics.
  • New double degree — Bachelor of Global Studies and Bachelor of IT
    Bachelor of Global Studies aims to create leaders who will tackle our global challenges and create social change and the highly practical Bachelor of IT will teach students to use IT effectively and to develop and manage IT-based systems. Find out more, including the majors offered in each degree, at Global Studies and Information Technology
  • New major — European Languages
    From 2021, students who wish to study languages such as French, German, Italian and Spanish, and Latin American studies, will be taught under a new major titled 'European languages', giving language studies a global context.

NEWS FROM SWINBURNE

Swinburne Design Factory is part of the Global Design Factory Network – a global network of universities offering innovative education, research and partnerships. This network brings together students, industry and researchers to co-create for extraordinary results. The aim is to turn ideas into reality.

The projects offer students new and unique experiences, challenging team members to move outside of their comfort zone in order to create innovation and new thinking. Over the course of a project, students gain valuable skills that can set them apart in the employment market, assisting with competencies such as:

• interdisciplinary teamwork
• communication and collaboration
• project management
• creative problem solving
• client interaction

The Global Design Factory Network includes:

• Aalto Design Factory at Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
• Duoc Design Factory at Duoc UC, Santiago, Chile
• Frisian Design Factoryat NHL University of Applied Science, Netherlands
• IdeaSquare at CERN research centre, Switzerland
• Porto Design Factory at Porto Polytechnic in Porto, Portugal

Find out more about the Design Factory at Design Factory.

ANU TUCKWELL SCHOLARSHIP 2021

Australian National University (ANU) launched the Tuckwell Scholarship Program in 2013.  The Tuckwell Scholarship Program at the ANU is the most transformational undergraduate scholarship program in Australia.  A Tuckwell is not just about a students’ intellect.  It is also about their desire and determination to use their natural abilities to realise their full potential so that they can make a difference in the world. Applying for a Tuckwell Scholarship is a three-stage process which commences with an initial application from yourself and a recommendation from a schoolteacher. Applications will begin in March 2021.  For more information about the Tuckwell Scholarship Program visit Tuckwell Scholarship

AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES IN THE TOP 50 IN THE WORLD

Australia's universities continue to impress on the world stage, with five institutions ranked among the top 50 globally. The QS is one of the top three most influential rankings lists in the world.

A further two Australian institutions, Monash University (55) and the University of Western Australia (92), cracked the top 100.

REMINDER

FOR YEAR 11 STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT ATEP -SWINBURNE'S ALTERNATIVE TERTIARY ENTRY PROGRAM

Available for Year 11 students going into Year 12 in 2021. This program, in partnership with Swinburne University, focuses on students’ individual skills and transitions them into tertiary study during their final year of Secondary education. The program is designed to support students who are otherwise capable but may not (for various reasons) wish to pursue an ATAR. Students undertake assessed Diploma subjects, which must include Language and Literature, and develop a CAS Project while attending Swinburne University once weekly to undertake two University units.

Students must also complete any prerequisite subjects for their chosen pathway.

Enrolments are opening soon! Information session will be advertised soon. For more information please download the brochure below: 

WHERE DO I FIND THINGS?

Compass News and Notifications:

Please remember to log in and read your  Compass News Feed 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.

Open Days & Information Sessions: 

You can also find a complete calendar of events here on our Careers Website

Excellent Resource Links:

Careers Website: www.preshilcareers.com.au

Ace Day Job Videos: Preshil Clickview

Useful Links: Australian Jobs 2019

Foundation of Young Australians: Reports

Future focused: 100 Jobs of the Future

VTAC Resources: Year 10 Guide

VTAC Resources: Year 11 Guide

Explore Careers: In Tech Videos

Careers Portal:

If you haven't already done so please take a few moments to visit our dedicated Careers Website. Remember if you have an account in the Student Portal and can sign in here but, if not, simply register here using your Preshil email. Once logged in try out some of the online activities, interests, skills and abilities and other Careers quizzes.

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.