Young people often worry about choosing a career for the future. Access to a quick quiz and a fantastic careers website can give them insights into careers and help them think about what they want out of a future career.
Finding that dream career…tips to help teens
Helping teenagers find careers they might love is not really all that difficult, and there are practical ways parents can help.
Investigating careers – teenagers must consider their unique personality
When teenagers investigate possible careers, it is important that they have reliable information and consider their interests, talents and values.
Great careers websites can inspire teenagers…
Students should continue to investigate careers even if they already have a career or two they are extremely interested in. Failing to keep options open can result in students overlooking careers they may enjoy even more than those currently under consideration.
An invaluable careers website for students… Job Outlook
Job Outlook is a careers and labour market research information site to help students investigate possible future careers. There is a wealth of information covering hundreds of individual occupations. http://joboutlook.gov.au/
Careers Quiz to help students investigate careers – Job Outlook
Young people should not be overwhelmed when they start to consider possible careers. Many, however, do feel lost and stressed about the prospect of choosing careers to consider. A great way to help students get started is to look at a range of career quizzes.
Talking about careers increases children’s engagement with school
Being aware of a wide range of careers can really change children’s attitude to school and help them be so much more positive about school. When children realise that exciting careers can be within their reach if they do their best at school, working harder at school seems more attractive.
10 Questions to ask about tertiary courses
Young people today are incredibly lucky to have such a great range of tertiary courses to choose from. However, sometimes this can be overwhelming if they don’t start becoming familiar with what’s available. This should be done before reaching the final year at school.
Future trends in tertiary selection and employment
Students should be aware of the latest trends in the constantly changing tertiary landscape. What are institutions looking for in prospective students? What skills, experience and qualities are highly regarded? What are tertiary institutions doing to attract the best students?
Another 6 Employment skills for children’s future success – how can parents help?
Thinking about employment skills for primary children seems to be jumping the gun but the foundation of employment skills starts from day one. Parents can help children develop the skills, qualities and attitudes that will help them thrive in tomorrow’s world of work.
Are Open Days worth the effort?
Absolutely. Open Days are a fantastic opportunity to see beyond the glossy brochures, the attractive websites and the statements about Uni X being the best. Seeing for yourself is the best way to really make up your mind about an institution. Every student’s dream course and career is out there somewhere. It sometimes just takes a little detective work and some leg work on Open Days to discover it.
Helping teenagers get employment skills for future success
Parents can help teenagers enormously by helping them become more aware of the importance of developing employment skills. However, it’s vital to avoid increasing stress for teenagers when the topic of future employment possibilities and employment skills come up. Preparation is the key to minimising stress for young people while increasing their self-confidence both in the short and long term.
There are very practical ways parents can help teenagers develop invaluable employment skills.
6 ways to help children think about careers
We know that it’s great to help young children have fun investigating and thinking about careers. As a parent, there are easy-to-do strategies you can use to make sure your child is open to thinking about careers.
Helping teenagers investigate careers
Extensive international research clearly shows that even primary children benefit greatly from talking about careers. Right from the first year at secondary school you can certainly help your child become more career savvy. It’s never too early to go along to Open Days and have fun investigating the many wonderful courses and careers these lead to. Career knowledge empowering and motivating for young people.
Advantages of interstate study…
Each year, more students are considering the possibility of starting their tertiary studies at an interstate university. Parents who are reluctant to even consider the possibility of their teenager studying interstate are often unaware of the many advantages of this option.
6 Employment skills for future success – how can parents help children?
It’s never too early to help children start developing important employment skills that will help them to fly into future success down the track. There are many strategies parents can use to help children become more success-ready and employment-ready.
Preparing now for future career challenges
To develop almost all of the skills required to thrive in a world that is rapidly and constantly changing, (resilience, leadership ability, team-work skills, initiative, persistence, emotional intelligence, optimism, determination and courage) young people need to be prepared and eager to step outside their comfort zone. They need to try new activities and seize opportunities. They need to be doing this as early as possible rather than waiting until they complete secondary school or post-secondary studies.
5 interview questions teens can think about before an interview
Being familiar with some commonly asked interview questions and thinking about them carefully can make a good interview a great interview. Young people will feel more confident and be able to adapt information and life experience they have thought about to virtually any question.
Interview dress code. It is important.
Have you heard the expression, `Dress for Success’? It’s true. It really is important to make a good visual impression at an interview. It’s generally better to err on the formal side so forget about your favourite pair of jeans even if they are a ‘dressed up’ pair! It’s always better to be a little overdressed than feel uncomfortably underdressed.
10 Secrets to having a great interview
If your teenager will soon face an important interview, go through these tips on how to perform well in interviews or give your teenager a copy to read over. The first, second or even third interview can still be a stressful experience and even independent teens can benefit from a little help.