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Careers Advice

  • Work Experience Information
  • Exploring your Career Options - DURING or AFTER your time at St Edmund's College
  • Useful Job Finding Websites
  • Educational institutions have comprehensive websites
  • Scholarships, Special Entry and Access Schemes
  • Taking a Year off in between School and Further Study


WORK EXPERIENCE INFORMATION

Work Experience - Letter to Parents, Work Experience Form, Insurance Certificate,  Work Experience Employers' Appraisal Form

All Defence Force work experience placements can be found on the website:
http://www.defence.gov.au/workexperience/whatsonoffer.htm

Work Experience Restrictions

Insurance arrangements will not be provided for placements in hazardous occupations or activities including:

Air travel on charter flights and aircraft(other than those providing a regular transport service to the public or Department of Defence Aircraft)

Motor cycling other than on pastoral property as a passenger
Scuba/underwater activitiesUse of prescribed or dangerous machinery
Security guardsPolo/Horse jumping
SideshowsProfessional boxing
Ski jumpingQuarry work
Building demolitionRacing of any kind other than on foot
CanyoningSaw milling
CavingScaffolding and Rigging
CircusesTimber getting
Clearing contractingTransport services outside the ACT
Competitive snow or ice sports Trapping wild/feral animals
Farriery/Horse breakingTravel by helicopter
Fishing in open waterTravel outside the 12 nautical mile (22km) limit at sea Water skiing

Football playing


Exploring your Career Options


http://www.thesource.gov.au/ Has programs, services, resources and entertainment for young people between the ages of 12 and 25

www.graduatecareers.com.au employment and career opportunities for graduates as well as information about university career services

www.sip.net.au
This is an excellent starting point because it is a local site with local information about ASBAs and a wide range of relevant information for students of all ages.

www.youngworkertoolkit.youth.gov.au  to help you understand your rights about and conditions, workplace bullying and much more.

www.uac.edu.au
Official site of the University Admission Centre, and gives comprehensive information on matters relating to entrance into ACT/NSW universities, as well as equity scholarship information.

www.studylink.com.au
A data base of courses and institutions in Australia with some useful links to many educational institutions..

www.careertips.com
A comprehensive guide to career education world wide.

http://www.careergov.com.au/careermapcsh/
This website helps you build a personal career profile and helps you plan properly for career decisions

www.getaccess.com.au
An excellent careers site for young people with games and general resources (West Australian based).

http://www.schooltowork.com.au/
This site provides career information for students, teachers and parents. It is NSW based but worth a look.

www.careersinscience.gov.au For students who show an interest in Science and are wondering what they can do with that interest.

www.goingtouni.gov.au this site provides information on:

  • fees, loans and scholarships
  • courses and providers all over Australia
  • resources (including links to all university sites and Tertiary Admission Centres

http://www.deewr.gov.au/youth/YouthAttainmentandTransitions/Pages/Home.aspx
This site is concerned with the Government's initiative to involve 15-24 year olds in education and/or training pathways

www.year12whatnext.gov.au A guide to helping Year 12 students plan their post-Year 12 education, training and employment.

http://www.myfuture.edu.au   The best careers advice site in Australia.  All Year 9 and 10 students will take part in a My Future workshop each year.

This website is similar to "My Future" (above) and can be used to provide an alternative questionnaire http://www.careers-scotland.org.uk/home/home.asp

Here is a new Website giving detail of thousands of courses at 39 Universities around Australia.  www.myuniversity.gov.au

https://www.growingcareers.com.au/



USEFUL JOB FINDING WEBSITES


http://www.jobstralia.com
Josbtralia is a comprehensive search engine for jobs. It crawls the web looking for job listings, and collects them all. We give the job seekers a quick access to their matching opportunity saving them the trouble of having to go to each site individually.

www.jobguide.dest.gov.au
Information on over hundreds of different careers with useful tips on seeking employment, writing resumes and handling the job interview.

http://www.careerjet.com.au/ Careerjet is an employment search engine.

Indeed.com.au search engine for jobs. Indeed provides free access - in a single search - to thousands of jobs and internships from hundreds of job boards, newspaper classifieds and company websites. For example, review the jobs in Canberra, ACT.

www.defencejobs.gov.au
Explores careers available in the ADF with useful links to Department of Defence website where you can watch videos on Defence jobs.

www.jobsearch.gov.au
A national job vacancy data base to help find jobs throughout Australia.

www.first10.com.au 
Lots of information, videos and contacts for careers in Australia and New Zealand

www.kiwicareers.co.nz
A highly respected resource provided by the NZ government.

www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au
A site for those seeking employment and training through apprenticeships or traineeships.

http://mycareer.com.au

http://www.seek.com.au

InsideTrak lists over 45,000 jobs on our site nationally along with 5000+ employee reviews so job searchers can learn 'what it's really like to work there'.  http://www.insidetrak.com.au/

http://www.hays.com.au/main/default.aspx

http://www.cantlierecruitment.com.au

http://gillianbeaumont.com.au

http://www.pcapeople.com

http://www.alljobs.com.au


Educational institutions have
comprehensive websites:


www.anu.edu.au The Australian National University

www.canberra.edu.au The University of Canberra

www.acu.edu.au/canberra Australian Catholic University Canberra Campus

www.cit.act.edu.au Canberra Institute of Technology

www.ausbusac.edu.au Australian Business Academy

www.aie.edu.au Academy of Interactive Entertainment

http://www.wesleyinstitute.edu.au/wi/
The Wesley Institute in Sydney is Australia's premier Christian college of the Arts and Ministry. It offers courses in Counselling, Dance, Drama, Education, Graphic Design, Music and Theology.


Scholarships, Special Entry and Access Schemes

The UAC Guide has some information but you really should check out the university website. Some examples are:

www.co-op.unsw.edu.au
Gives details of the UNSW CO-OP Program with work experience and scholarships available in Commerce, Engineering and Science.

www.usyd.edu.au/study/scholarships
Gives details of a wide range of scholarships at the University of Sydney .

www.anu.edu.au/scholarships
This website shows all scholarships, not merely those for Year 12 leavers.

www.une.edu.au
University of New England's School Recommended Admission Scheme ion which motivated students with good study habits and prospects of university success may be offered a place at university (in November of their HSC year) irrespective of the UAI they are later awarded.

www.uac.edu.au
UAC (University Admissions Centre) is the central processing organisation for universities in ACT/NSW. You will find information on its website about EAS (Educational Access Scheme) which can assist students who have suffered some educational disadvantage during Years 11 and 12. There is also information listed about Equity Scholarships for students who are financially disadvantaged.


Taking a Year Off in between School and Further Study


www.rotaryyourthexcange.org.au

http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/education/Gapyear/?utm_source=education_home&utm_medium=carousel&utm_content=img&utm_campaign=gap_year
Here is the link to the Gap Year program conducted by the Australian Defence Force. This is a good option for those who want a Gap Year but don’t want to go overseas.

www.pgl.co.uk
PGL Adventure Holidays in the UK, France & Spain employ over 2000 young people from around the world to help staff their adventure holiday programs for young people from February through to November.

www.campcounselors.com
Offers the opportunity to work in Summer Camps in the USA.

www.londonpubau.com
The Original London Pub Company helps you find work, with accommodation if required, in a London pub.

www.statravel.com.au
STA Travel is the agent for many such programs and also provides International Student ID Cards and travel arrangements.

www.tutorsworldwide.org
Gives advice here for tutoring students in countries such as UK, New Zealand and South Africa

www.nacel.com.au This website shows some possibilities for students who may wish to travel, work and/or study after Year 12.

www.letzlive.org
This is a Queensland based organisation that facilitates GAP year opportunities. They recruit GAP assistants for leading boarding schools throughout Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Thailand and the United Kingdom.

CONTACT

Careers Advisor
Mr Ian Harvey Tel: 6239 0604
Email: iharvey@stedmunds.act.edu.au

VET Coordinator
Mr Peter Langford Tel: 6239 0693
Email: plangford@stedmunds.act.edu.au

CONTACT STAFF >>

http://www.defence.gov.au/workexperience/whatsonoffer.htm

 
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