Careers News
Term 2: Career News
Term 1 started with the VCE Career and Expo with our Year 11 and 12 students at the Caulfield racecourse. The expo runs annually and is a good opportunity for students to interact with Universities, TAFEs, training organisations, support networks, GAP year programs, employment providers and many more exhibitors. It is a busy event and, being early in the year serves as a good starting point to start considering questions and options around future education and pathways.
We are excited to host a mini expo later in Term 3 where we will be inviting universities and TAFEs to set up a booth here at the college. This will happen around the same time that University and TAFE applications open for 2024 and often when students have more specific questions about their preferred courses and entry requirements.
It has been great to see all the opportunities that our Year 10 students have sourced for their work experience placements in Term 2. This term we have students participating in work experience at St Vincent's Hospital, RSPCA, Ensign Laboratories, Channel 9, NAB bank, AIE, and Deakin University to name a few. Many programs are still taking applicants throughout Term 2, 3 and 4 and students who have yet to find a placement are encouraged to do so before the end of term and are welcome to speak with Ms Aviva if they need support.
Work Experience Feature:
Student: Jesse Sadjoli Year 12
What industry did you work in for your work experience placement?
Information Technology Industry run by NAB.
What were the tasks you completed as part of your work experience placement?
Workshops and activities from various parts of the industry e.g. Cybersecurity, UI/UX design, Software development, Human centred design etc.
What were your favourite tasks that you were required to do? Why?
Hacking a mock website. It was interesting to hack mock websites as it allowed us
to get an insight into the tasks that may be done daily by engineers at NAB.
What is something that surprised you about your placement?
The environment and atmosphere of the workplace in general NAB have one of the
best workplace environments I have ever been to compared to companies such EY, KPMG, Wolters Kluwer, Thomson Reuters, oracle and a couple more.
Do you think would enjoy doing further work in this industry?
Yes, I would enjoy doing further internships and working in this industry.
What is something you took away from your work experience placement?
That work that may sound boring is not boring at all if paired with the right people, environment and atmosphere.
Aviva Mulloy
Careers Advisor