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Online Careers Resourcing has expanded dramatically!

The advent of COVID-19 has meant a massive increase in the number and quality of online resources that have become available to assist students with their Career Path searches.  There are virtual tours and expos that introduce students to specific tertiary institutions and educational training organisations, as well as many webinars that update students on the very latest opportunities.

Each week, students have access to a Careers Newsletter of events and opportunities available to them, especially in Sydney. This is emailed to each Year 12 student and is also available on our College Careers Website at College Central, which is a treasure house of resources that are available to assist students.

Students also have access to a dedicated Canvas Careers Box that contains a number of important Careers Exploration Modules. Students in Years 10 – 12 should work through these. They provide a crucial grounding in essential thinking and skilling for Careers. The Careers Exploration Modules help a great deal in important areas such as decision making for Career Choice, completing a Resume and resourcing for jobs such as honing interview techniques and understanding what soft skills are and how to develop them.

All students in Years 10 – 12 have had the opportunity to complete a Careers Match Survey, which makes surprisingly accurate suggestions concerning personal strengths and tastes, and what career paths are ideally suited to these.  This includes vocabulary that a student could use in a job application or interview to link their personality to a job, so it is extremely important. 

The results of this My Career Match survey include an online workbook and these have been emailed to each student in Years 10 – 12.  At a small additional cost, the College also provides extensive Morrisby Testing for Careers for specific student situations.

All Senior Students are advised to explore the wide selection of online Careers Resources available and get to work on the Careers Exploration Modules on Canvas that utilize the vast resources of our powerful Careers support website called Job Jump. Teachers and Carers as well as students are encouraged to join Job Jump and share the resources and feedback information that can be acquired through its diverse search functions. Our College password for this is available via students or on request.

Never before have students had so much Careers help readily available. The challenge for all of us is to use it wisely and well into the future.     

Mr Jim Ward
Careers Advisor