CAREERS

Work Experience - Employer Evaluations

Ethan Martin at Xavier College, Kosta Hall

Ethan has completed an exceptional week of work experience at Kosta Hall. Ethan’s many positive qualities have “shone through” and he has been a true asset to our team. Ethan has been perceptive and gentle in his interactions with the students in our care. Ethan has assumed responsibility and guided the children over the course of the week. Ethan has been respectful and open in all interactions with students, parents and staff.

One Ethan’s greatest abilities is his propensity to read  situations. There have been many examples of this in the classroom and playground throughout the week. We speak of the importance of having a child -centred approach in early childhood education and Ethan naturally demonstrated this.

I commend Ethan for his sense of dedication and maturity and thank him for his magnificent efforts this week. Ethan has made a wonderful impression on us all at Kosta Hall.

Katie Calley  from Xavier College, Kosta Hall

Alexander Robinson at Baade Harbour Australia (Architects)

Alex is enthusiastic & follows instructions with little fuss. He has fit in well in the office environment and worked well with all staff members. He has required minimal supervision, embraces tasks and achieves good outcomes despite limited exposure to the field of Architecture.

Brent Tullio, Director of Baade Harbour Australia

Alexia Antoniou at Hampton Beach Dentist

We congratulate Alexia on her courteous manner, complete engagement & enthusiasm. She asked relevant questions and maintained interest throughout the week. She followed through on the few tasks we gave her, with professional efficiency.

Dr Rikki Georgandas, Hampton Beach Dentist

William Dart at Quest Personnel

Will is a wonderful young man, speaks articulately and presents well during his time here this week. Would love to have him back anytime during the holidays

Tracey Jee General Manager Recruitment & Finance, Quest Personnel

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Tanya Patel - Bentleigh Travel Agency

During my time at the Bentleigh travel agency, I learnt about the amount of commission the travel agents make, the questions they get asked, and how they book flights, hotels and transport. I now know that being a travel agent is a lot of work and you need to deal with a lot of customer questions. I had a lovely time at the travel agent, and I might pursue it in the future.

Emma Dowsing - My Physio

While working at My Physios I did filing, administration and advertising, as well as doing observations with Physios in the gym, pool and practitioner room.

I had the opportunity to speak with staff and I found that most did not go straight into the department of health. I also asked them what subjects they studied in VCE to get into physio and what they wished they had done in school.

Something I found interesting was the way the staff communicated with deaf and blind people, it was very fascinating. From this experience, I have definitely improved my communication skills with the staff and clients.

What I admired about being a physio is that it you are always faced with different scenarios, because the clients that came in all have their own stories about why they are here. You also build great relationships with people as you see them quite often and you feel great at the end of the day because you know you have made someone’s life easier and happier.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at My Physios, especially being able to join in on Pilates classes every day!!!

Declan Hales - Brighton Beach Primary School

For my work experience, from the 15th of July to the 19th of July, I worked at Brighton Beach Primary School. My job was to go to different classes, where help was needed, and the teachers with tasks and looking after the children. I got to work in a variety of grades, however I did not get to work with the year 3’s.

 My favourite part of the week was working with a year 5 class which I grew fond of as the week progressed. Paul. T, (the teacher of the class) was friendly and got me to help around the class and even got me to run my own mini-maths class. I continued to get to know all the students in the class and I feel like they all got to know me too.

I found it challenging when students lost focus when working with me in my mini class, however I found a way to segue back into the task most times.

I found it interesting going to the staff room at lunch times and recess, I got to know all of the teachers and it felt odd seeing the staff room as a place where every-day people hang out unlike how I viewed when I was in primary school.

In conclusion I had a great week of work experience at Brighton Beach Primary School and I hope I can go back in the future.

An Interesting Read

Spooks and Psychologists: Jobs of the Future

By Anna Patty and Nigel Gladstone 

Sydney Morning Herald August 12 2019

A career as a spy may become more mainstream with new data indicating their jobs will be among the fastest-growing in Australia in the next few years.

The latest figures from the Department of Employment predicts intelligence and policy analysts jobs will increase by more than a third to 40,200 in the five years from May 2018 to May 2023.

Jobs growth for psychologists, adventure guides and audiologists are also being forecast. Personal assistants, the retail sector, switchboard operators and secretaries are among the jobs in decline with 13,600 fewer secretaries forecast to be employed in five years, a decline of almost a third.

Overall employment is predicted to grow by 7 per cent or 886,100 jobs with many of these likely to be part-time with an increase from 20.4 per cent to 31.7 per cent over the 30 years to May 2019.

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The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is presently recruiting for intelligence officers and analysts.

An ASIO spokeswoman said intelligence analysts identify and investigate patterns and anomalies, draw intelligence value from large data, solve complex problems and produce high-quality advice.

"The role of intelligence analysts is vital to our work to protect Australia from violent, clandestine and deceptive efforts to harm its people and undermine its sovereignty," the spokeswoman said.

"Intelligence analysts work in a broad range of analytical roles within ASIO, and have the opportunity to develop a diverse career across a range of specialised analytical areas."

ASIO intelligence officer 'Emily' said over the past 10 years her role had changed significantly and would "continue to do so into the future".

"Our information comes from a variety of sources that includes technology and people. We now have new ways of addressing problems using technology – however we also now need to turn vast amounts of data into a clear picture and figure out what it all means," she said.

"I wanted this job because I wanted to make a contribution, and I have a real sense of challenge in accomplishing this."

However, some jobs are in steep decline in NSW, for example, telemarketer job ads have reduced 91 per cent from 708 options in June 2006 to 61 in June 2019, the Internet Vacancy Index (IVI) of new job ads lodged on SEEK, CareerOne and Australian JobSearch shows.

Accountants are being sought less, down more than 60 per cent from 4261 positions over the same period. Meanwhile, registered nurses are in demand with ads for their services growing from 555 to 1400, and psychologists are up from 26 positions to 148.

The biggest growth will be in the relatively low-paid aged and disabled care sector with their workforce expected to rise to 245,000 by 2023, an increase of 39 per cent.

The Australian Psychological Society is bracing for an 18.9 percentage point increase in the number of psychologists by 2023.

The society's chief executive officer Frances Mirabelli said it was aware of the Department of Employment figures predicting a need for 11,300 extra psychologists by 2023.

"I think a burgeoning mental health problem in Australia that is driving the increase," she said.

"There is a general shortfall of psychologists at the moment, particularly in rural areas. I think it is a societal issue. We are all a lot more stressed."

Clinical and counselling psychologist Elisabeth Shaw, who is also the chief executive officer of Relationships Australia, said there has been consistent growth in the profession.

"The positive reflection of that is that mental health issues and awareness of self- care has been stronger in terms of public discussion," she said.

"The impact on workplace productivity, well being, more open discussions about the severity of mental health risks has led to people seeking well-trained help faster."

During her 10 years at ASIO, Emily has had a variety of roles including running investigations into people deemed as possible security threats.

"In my role I need to be able to make sense of vague information from a range of different sources, understand what this means and communicate this to whoever needs to know," she says. "As an ASIO intelligence analyst you need to be courageous in your judgments but also able to learn and adapt. "You need to be curious, creative, strategic and tenacious. I derive a lot of satisfaction out of working in this environment."

Jobs of the Future: A five year projection to 2023(Source: Department of Jobs & Small Business)