CDAA QLD DIV SC Career Practitioner PD Day April 2014

1. CDAA QLD Division Sunshine Coast Career Practitioner
Professional Development Day
Clive May
Career Counsellor – Widening Participation
QUT Your Future Careers Team

2. Today’s Presentation
• Widening Participation – the rationale
• Career Education programs for students
from Years 8-12
• Facilitation of CYPFS Coaching Young
People for Success Workshops and
PACTS Parents as Career Transition
Support programs

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Rationale for Widening Participation
Career Counsellors
Rationale - LSAY Longitudinal Studies of Australian
Youth
• Students engaged in career development CD stay
and finish/have better life outcomes
In partnership with Guidance Officers, teachers,
parents/caregivers and other relevant stakeholders to:
 Govt WP target of 20% of LSES by 2020
 Build aspirations and capacity, counter myths
 Provide career information, resources, and
support for parents/carers to assist their child
http://www.lsay.edu.au/publications/2669.html

4. 1. Stimulate Demand
for tertiary study
Learning-based
partnerships with
schools in Northern
Corridor
Adult re-entry
Career development
activities
Indigenous-specific
outreach
2. Review Admissions
policy
QTAC to
administer Q-
Step OP Bonus
Consideration
of non-OP
adms or LSES
quotas
3. Grow Caboolture
New courses
Better VET
connections
Campus-wide
retention
4. Improve retention
Increase key
support services.
Strong focus on
LSES students
within the Student
Success and
Retention strategy
(including FYE)
CB campus-wide
retention
Continue funding
for Scholarships
Indigenous and
Intercultural
Inclusivity

5. Career Planning
• How clear are you about your future direction?
No idea.......................................Very clear idea

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Key Message - Career Planning
You don’t have to know what career you want
You do need to:
• Have a high level of self awareness
• Have an awareness of career options and
pathways
This makes it easier to choose programs and
courses

7. Working with Years 7 and 8
(aged 12-14)
Humpybong State School - Pre-expo careers session
 4 x 25 minute classes of year 7s (one composite year
6/7 class)
 Aim: To get students thinking about their interests
and how they relate to various industries and
occupations
 Brief overview of career decision-making (e.g., DOTS
model)
 Interest test and discussion of interest categories
 Linking interest categories to occupations that will
be represented at the careers expo

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Career Planning Process
1) Self Awareness
2) World of Work
3) Influences

9. ‘My Interests’ Observation Activity
• Consider Jobs these slides represent?
• Do you like/dislike that job idea?
(this is a sample of the activity)

10. Observation # 1

11. Interests – Working with people
Helping/Advising:
helping, informing, teaching, treating, li
stening, giving
advice, instruction, information, concer
ned about their social welfare.
Persuading/Service:
Selling, influencing, negotiating, motivat
ing, serving, promoting, bargaining

12. Match
interests to
jobs
www.jobguide.thegoodgui
des.com.au/Building-your-
career/Jobs-Chart

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Working with Yr 9 and 10
(age 15-16)
• (Re-introduce) Introduce ‘Work Interests’ and
link to Myfuture/Job Guide
• Talk about subject choice in senior school – link
to myfuture Bullseye targets Myfuture Bullseye
Posters
• How will they find out how to get that job?
Myfuture Occupations / Job Guide Occupations
• Introduce discussions around lifestyle and
earning expectations

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Career Planning Process
1) Self Awareness
2) World of Work
3) Influences

16. Target Your School Subjects
Myfuture Bullseye Targets
English
Maths
SOSE
Home Economics
Languages
Business
ICT
Geography
Health & PE
Science

17. Career Planning

18. Interests
Skills
Personality Values
Capabilities
Support
people
Work
preferences
Lifestyle
preferences…
Dreams
Goals
Attitudes
Motivation
Beliefs
Self-concept
Confidence
Role models

19. Lifestyle
Home
Leisure
Partner
Family
Holidays
Location
Friends
Income
Travel
Transport/Car
Furniture
Surroundings
Pets
Work hours
Hobbies
Giving

20. Source: Data obtained from Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010). 6278.0 – Education and Training Experiences, Australia.
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/6278.02009?OpenDocument
$1,438
$1,151
$920
$877
$500
$671
$640
$671
0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600
Graduate Diploma/Graduate Certificate or above
Bachelor Degree
Advanced Diploma/Diploma
Certificate III/IV
Certificate I/II
Year 12
Year 11
Year 10 or below
Median weekly earnings by level of education (2009)

21. Paid Work
TAFEApprenticeship
University
Other training
Inheritance
Study & Work
Volunteer work
Lotto win
Upgrade qualifications
Own business
Work experience

22. after
year
12

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Where will the jobs be in the future?
• Health Care and Social Assistance – largest
growth (13%)
• Construction (10.1%)
• Arts and Recreation Services (10 %)
primarily driven by the Sports and Physical
Recreation Activities sector
• Retail Trade (8.9%)

24. Working with Year 11 and 12
(aged 16-18)
Now in senior school with increased pressure to make
decisions about the future as well as perform at school…
• Focus on busting myths about the costs of uni and the
types of people who go there
• Focus on access to entry programs and support
services, accommodation etc
• OP/Rank pressure including QCS tests and QTAC forms
• Pressure to ‘get a job’ or know what to do when they
finish
• Show them how and where to apply
• Talk about post-school options …

25. after
year
12

26. Bachelor Degree, 39%
VET
Certificate IV+, 7%
VET
Certificate III, 2%
VET
Certificate I–II/other, 3%
Apprentice, 7%Trainee, 3%
Working
full-time, 9%
Working
part-time, 17%
Seeking work, 10%
NILFET, 2%Destinations of
QLD Year 12
Completers - 2012
Source: Education Queensland (2013), Next Step Survey Results, http://education.qld.gov.au/nextstep/nextstep.html#Results

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What are employers looking for?
Fit
(the culture and
values of the
organisation)
Will do
(the personality,
passion
interests,
ambitions,
motivation)
Can do
(the knowledge
and skills)

28. What Skills Do Employers Want
(Core Skills Assessment)
• Honesty & integrity
• Enthusiasm
• Reliability
• Personal presentation
• Balanced attitude to work
• Ability to deal with
pressure
• Motivation
• Communication
• Problem solving
• Initiative & enterprise
• Planning & organising
• Self management
• Learning
• Technology
Personal Attributes Employability Skills

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Career Options – Tertiary Study
FAQ’s
• Your OP/rank score count toward entry
into uni
• Degrees can take 3 to 7 years to complete
(F/T)
• Approx 76% of uni graduates are
employed 4 months after graduating
(2011)
• In 2013, median starting salary for new
graduates: $52,000

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Pathways into Uni/Upgrading
• OP
• Selection rank for OP ineligible
• QCS Test results (non-OP can still sit QCS)
• QLD Senior External
• Cert 3 = rank 68; Dip = 87 (82); Adv Dip = 91;
1 year of uni = 93
• Preparatory or bridging courses e.g TPP/ATP
• STAT/PCA/QTAC Employment Experience
category

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In-School Activities
High School:
 SET Planning – Year 10
 SET Plan review – Years 11 & 12
 QTAC information
 Alternative Pathways to University
 General career planning – self-
awareness, knowledge of options, career decision-
making
 Job search skills
 Career Expos
 Youth of Today and Tomorrow
Primary School:
 General career planning
 Information interviewing
 Career Expos …

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QYIL Yr 12 Cluster Schools Activity
QYIL Employment
Support Program
*Caboolture
SHS, Tullawong
SHS, & Morayfield
SHS*
Career
planning
Post year 12
options
Industry Info
Job Search

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Explore Uni
Support Explore Uni activities and events by:
 Presenting career development sessions at 1-
day events and camps
 Assisting with student ambassador training
 Presenting In-School QTAC Information
Sessions
 Assisting at school career expos
 Embed Explore Uni into local career
development with ‘before’ and ‘after’
activities

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Resources
Examples from our Work with Child Safety Services
o My Interests
http://www.iseek.org/careers/interestassessment.html
o Character Assessment from USC
http://www.usc.edu.au/media/2499705/SLL-Character-
Assessment_FORM.pdf
o Self Understanding Booklet
http://www.bridgetostudy.com.au/uniprep/su_topic1.php
o The Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire
(CDDQ)
http://kivunim.huji.ac.il/eng-quest/cddq.html

35. Support for School Staff
Coaching Young People for Success
Coaching Young People for Success Overview

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PACTS Support for Parents
PACTS Facilitator Training
Workshop One – Beginning to Explore
• Finding a place to start
• The 7 Hats of Confident Parents (when talking about Careers)
• Communicating to young people about careers
• Occupational categories
• Using the Job Guide
• Identifying interests and skills
Workshop Two – Career and Transition Services
• Learning Pathways Plans
• Career services at school
• Training and further education options
• Apprenticeships and Traineeships
• Group Training Organisations
Workshop Three - Jobs
• Stages of job hunting
• Resumes and Cover letters
• Young people and telephones
• Centrelink, Job Services Australia, Youth Connections and other programs
• Interview skills
• The First Job- What young people need to know about their rights and
responsibilities.

37. WP is about Capacity Building
 Strengthened internal QUT partnerships with a
continued focus (and funding) around
LSES/Indigenous outreach and retention
 Strengthened partnerships with LSES schools and
communities
 Best practice models – locally, by state, nationally
 Legacies such as resources, equipment, professional
development, improved capacity
 School leavers confidently making
informed career decisions

38. “Ok Clive – stop talking. Questions?”
Clive May
Careers Adviser
Your Future Careers Team
QUT
Email: yourfuture@qut.edu.au
http://www.bridgetostudy.com.au/