Helping students navigate post-school options
Your students can access resume and cover letter templates and career articles to help them apply for a job.
Some students may wish to explore Australian Apprenticeships, which offer entry pathways to more than 500 occupations across Australia.
You may have students interested in, and eligible for, direct entry to university. They will still need to choose whether to accept their offer or defer and take a gap year. View some of our Career insight articles:
Those interested in university, but who do not qualify for direct entry, can consider a range of options including VET and TAFE courses, which can be pathways to university.
myfuture Insights – Vocational capabilities: what the research shows
We’ve just launched the third paper in our Insights series, ‘Vocational capabilities: what the research shows’. This paper explores the provision of career information using the concept of vocational capabilities.
myfuture/CDAA webinar – Tuesday 15 October
Insight 3: Vocational capabilities – what the research shows (CPD points: 1 hour)
With the release of the latest paper in the myfuture Insights series, this free webinar explores the vocational education research that informs the myfuture website design.
Introduction to myfuture webinar – Thursday 17 October
New to myfuture? Join this free webinar to watch a demonstration and learn about the features of myfuture. Find out how your students can use myfuture in their career and transition planning and discover resources to support them.
myfuture newsletters
View past editions of myfuture newsletters sent to career practitioners, teachers, students and parents. Remind your students, when they sign up to use myfuture, to check the box to “receive career information from myfuture”.
myfuture partner
Future Tracks
Are some of your students considering careers in early childhood teaching? Future Tracks is a free program for students enrolled in Macquarie University’s Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education). It offers earn-as-you-learn part-time jobs at childhood centres, mentoring from early childhood teachers, and leadership skills.
Messages from the NSW Department of Education (DoE)
The Department would like to highlight the following initiatives and resources for career practitioners and teachers in government schools:
Student Pathways Plan – Teachers landing page now live!
The Student Pathways Plan enables students to identify actions in their career and transition planning, and assists teachers and schools to support them as they transition within and/or beyond school.
Career adviser professional learning survey
Rural & Pathways Education are conducting a short, state-wide survey of career advisers’ professional learning needs to help plan for and improve their learning and career development opportunities.
Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA) events – #knowtheanswer
CICA is hosting webinars and forums promoting the value and importance of career education in schools as part of Future Ready, the National Career Education Strategy. Find out more and register:
