The Careers Hub 2020
Pixabay: Machine Learning Algorithm
What's in this issue?
Careers News for Term One Issue 3 includes:
- Machine Learning and Personality Profiles
- Top Five STEM JOBS
- Girls in STEM - Get the GiST Toolkit
- YEAR 12 - Early Entry Opening March
- YEAR 12 - US and UK University Expo
REMINDERS
- Can you help provide Work Experience places for our Year 10 students?
- Year 12 - UCAT & Entry to Medicine Matrix
SCHOLARSHIPS
- Year 12 - Hanson Scholarship
- Year 12 - ANU Tuckwell Scholarship
WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION
- Compass News and Notifications
- Making an appointment
Using Machine Learning And Data Analytic Approaches To Create A Data-Driven 'Vocation Map'
This interesting article appeared in The Age last week. This study looked at more than 128,000 Twitter users, representing more than 3500 occupations. They found that different occupations tended to have different personality profiles, with greater differences for different occupations. The 'Vocation Map' is a system (with more than 70% accuracy) that identifies jobs that cluster together based on the personality of people currently employed in those occupations. Read on for the full story.
Link: Navigating the occupational landscape just became a little easier
"Work is thought to be more enjoyable and beneficial to individuals and society when there is congruence between one’s personality and one’s occupation." Margaret L. Kern, Paul X. McCarthy,
Deepanjan Chakrabarty and Marian-Andrei Rizoiu
If you are interested in reading the full academic article you can find it here on PNAS.
Top Five STEM Jobs
Software Programmers - 121000 jobs up 21%
General Practitioner & RMO - 60400 jobs up 12%
Civil Engineers - 53300 jobs up 13.5%
Environmental Scientists - 25300 up 11.3%
Medical Laboratory Scientists - 24200 up 6.3%
Source: careerswithstem.com (Issue 1, 2020)
Subscribe to your own copy each term here:
LINK: https://careerswithstem.com.au/read-it-here/
Girls in STEM -
Get the GiST Toolkit
"Science impacts almost everything we do, and scientists are working on the frontline, solving real-world problems. The GiST provides resources to inspire and inform girls, schools and families in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Explore activities, resources, case studies, lessons, study pathways and careers."
Visit the website for more information:
Year 12 -Early Entry Opening March
- ANU Early Entry opens 4 March 2020: https://www.anu.edu.au/study/apply/domestic-applications-anu-undergraduate/applying-to-anu-application-details#offer
- Applications close TBC May.
- ACU Early Entry opens March 2020: Visit: https://www.acu.edu.au/study-at-acu/admission-pathways/i-volunteer-regularly
- Applications close in August TBC.
Year 12 - US and UK University Expo
Students keen on finding out more about studying at UK and US Universities, might like to attend this event.
Date: Sunday 15 March 2020
Time: 1.00pm – 5.00pm
Venue: State Library Victoria, 328 Swanston
Street, Melbourne
Find out more and/or register at US and UK University Expo
REMINDERS
Can you help provide places for our students?
We’re always on the lookout for Preshil community members who might be able to offer a work experience opportunity for our students.
We have students looking for:
- Law and the Justice System
- Journalism and Publishing
- Game Design and Programming
- Film and Television
- Health Industry - Medicine, Nursing & Physiotherapy to name a few.
If you have something you can offer or know someone who can, please contact me as soon as possible. I am available to answer student or family queries at any time by telephone or email.
Year 12 - UCAT & Entry to Medicine Matrix
Students who have commenced Year 12 in 2020 and are planning to apply for any of the following university courses listed below are reminded that registrations for the UCAT (University Clinical Aptitude Test) open on Monday 2 March and close Monday 11 May (late registration Monday 18 May). Tests are available from Wednesday 1 July until Friday 31 July.
Download the Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Midwifery Course Entrance Matrix here below:
SCHOLARSHIPS
University of Melbourne Hanson Scholarship
University of Melbourne Hanson Scholarship: Closes Monday 9 March:
Visit https://scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/hansen-scholarship
Australian National University Tuckwell Scholarship
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.
Applications open Wednesday 4 March & close Wednesday 25 March:
Visit https://tuckwell.anu.edu.au
Key dates for applications below:
WHERE TO FIND 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: Sign in to Preshil Clickview
Useful Links: Australian Jobs 2019
Making an appointment
You can find me in the Careers Hub office downstairs in The Cottage. 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 or concerns 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.