The Careers Hub

Introducing our new Coordinator of Careers: Bronte Howell

Bronte also coordinates Prep to Year 10 Electives, the Preshil School Holiday Program and Alumni Development

Bronte commenced at Preshil in 2009 and her roles have been many. However, prior to Preshil she worked in all facets of the television and media industry, specialising mostly in unique and challenging productions. Bronte has a wealth of experience in the business of production and post production of numerous television commercials, corporates, DVDs, podcasts, music videos and web content for a broad range of clients, including The Australian Defence Force, National Gallery of Victoria, Tourism Victoria, Primus Telecom and Kia Motors to name a few. This also includes many not-for-profit charity commercials & corporates for Red Nose Day, VP Day  and community health spots.  

Bronte has a Diploma of Business Advertising, has studied Marketing and Japanese and was awarded for academic achievement by the Advertising Institute of Australasia. She has a broad range of interests, including making jewellery out of old and rare silver flatware; her hobbies include drawing, painting, digital art, cooking, reading, writing, singing and learning the cello. More recently Bronte studied CAD Jewellery Design where she designed, produced and cast her own original sterling silver pieces.

“What I love about Preshil is the happy engaged business everywhere you go. I think the teachers and students are both amazing and inspiring in many ways. I really love being part of this creative and unique community and I especially love that coordinating the Elective Program has allowed me to give students the opportunity to authentically experience as many new things as possible and now, becoming Preshil's Careers Practitioner, I can further guide them through the pathway on to further education or an alternative career choice, towards their future and their life-long learning journey.”

Bronte is also continuing her further study in Careers Guidance through the Career Education Association of Victoria (CEAV Institute ), which contributes towards her ongoing professional development requirements of the CICA Professional Standards for Australian Career Development Practitioners.

You can find Bronte in The Careers Hub officeupstairs in Blackhall on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and other times by appointment at bronte.howell@preshil.vic.edu.au

Preshil Careers website

You can find the site here www.preshilcareers.com.au. Bookmark it for easy access - it will become available on our public website shortly.

The site contains a huge amount of information and should be your first stop when looking for facts and data relating to jobs, careers, universities, TAFE,  or even about taking a gap year (and there is so much more). The site has a student login area that will allow you to do a number of things, including creating a digital portfolio and resume. I will send you login details when the secure area is ready and it will remain available to you as an Alumni providing you keep your contact information up to date.

In the meantime, to get an idea of what the website has to offer, it would be great if you could take a bit of a tour by doing the following: 

1. Go to the site www.preshilcareers.com.au. On the Home Page you will see a few things to note: 

• a) Video – There is a careers related video that will change from time to time. Some are quite humorous, some interesting, others just informative, so remember to periodically check the website to watch them.
• b) The Career and Course Finder - The ability to search for courses (University, TAFE and private providers), scholarships and job information. This is a link to the Good Universities Guide which is Australia's largest course comparison site with over 30,000 listed at present.
• c) The Message Board – I will post messages and notices here, so keep an eye on this.

2. Go to the “Calendar of Events” in the Important Information menu. Here you will find a calendar for the year. We will post important dates for Open Days and Events here. If you want to receive alerts or reminders of upcoming events, just enter your name and email address. 

3. The “Careers Newsletter” under the Important Information menu. You can subscribe to receive a Careers Newsletter at least twice each term. These will have lots of relevant information, important dates and so on. If you wish to receive them, just enter your name and email address or you can view them on the website.

4. Go to the Workplace Learning menu. Here you will see a number of pages you can go to, including Work Experience and Work Placement. There is also a page where you can download the documents you will need in order to go on Work Experience - and a gentle reminder to start thinking about your options in this regard.

5. Explore the Students menu. You will find lots of useful information here, including resume writing tips, holiday programs, scholarships, career games, help videos and bullseye charts to name a few.

6. Lastly there is also a Parents menu with a wealth of information to help you navigate the coming years. This website will be constantly kept up-to-date so please check back regularly for new information.

If you have any questions please feel free to call or email me anytime. I would welcome your feedback!

See where Maths and Stats can take you!

Maths Adds is a great website that highlights opportunities available to students who include mathematics or statistics in their degree. While many of the jobs listed here are based in big cities, others offer opportunities to work in regional centres or overseas. 

The site gathers together a fraction of online job advertisements from 2016 and the previous two years. The common theme of the ads is mathematics and statistics, but the actual jobs vary across all sectors— health to computing, data analysis to biology and meteorology to finance. Whether you have a career plan or not, obtaining skills in the mathematical sciences can only add to your future career options!

2017 Course Matrices

Below you will find attached a vast resource that lists many types of university degrees, VCE prerequisites and ATAR requirements. You can follow the links in the document to VTAC for further information.

Remember: "The best way to predict the future is to create it!

Abraham Lincoln