CAREERS NEWS

Scholarship Application Top Tips

Keep the following in mind when writing your scholarship application:

• What is the question asking you to do? How many parts are there to the question? What do they want to know about YOU?
• The reader wants to know YOUR academic ability, YOUR commitment to your chosen course of study, YOUR ability and focus, that YOU are future focused and display capacity for leadership. Your response must be thoughtful, passionate, demonstrate a clear goal and strong purpose.
• The 'judges' want to find out about YOU as a person - what YOUR goals and hopes are. People with a definite plan or a sense of direction are more likely to persist with their course of study - this is important when making a decision to award a scholarship.
• They also want to know if you have researched what the degree or program is about: what will you learn from it? How much do you know about it? What will you bring to the program?
• Everyone is smart and ambitious. But the point is to tell your own story. Why does the course interest YOU? What do YOU hope to achieve? What do YOU have to offer?

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https://www.yourcareer.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/SchoolLeaversInformationKitAug2022.pdf

The School Leaver Information Kit has been designed to demonstrate post-school options and support available to you.

You can also access other information booklets if you are rural, regional and remote, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, or living with disability.

Go to:

https://www.yourcareer.gov.au/school-leavers-support/school-leavers-information-kit-card

Employment in Hospitality

According to Labour Market Insights, employment in Accommodation and Food Services is projected to grow by 112,400 (or 13.2%) over the five years to November 2026. 

With a focus on National Skills Week and the hospitality worker shortage, SkillsIQ Chief Executive Officer, Yasmin King says: “The great opportunity from working in the Hospitality sector is that you are working in an international industry – there is no limit to where you can work in the world. “Having worked in the sector you are able to demonstrate the most sought-after employ-ability skills in ANY job, including communication, customer service, problem solving and working as part of a team.