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Taking your Child to the VCE and Careers Expo?
Are you taking your child to the VCE and Careers Expo? I was there last year (I blogged about it, remember?) and this year I’m going to be there every day as an exhibitor. I’m exhibiting at the VCE and Careers Expo with colleague Katie Adler, also a professional careers coach, on our stand on […]
How can your child be career smart?
How can your child be career smart? Indeed, what does career smart mean? According to Jan Smart, from the Foundation of Young Australians, we need to rethink what it means to be smart. There is rapid change in the world of work and we cannot assume that a job that our child takes now will […]
How career help works for students
Career help really works! I have been reading with interest some recently published research, by the Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF), which has found that career help works. Here is a key result from this work: Perhaps the most important finding from a practical perspective is that career development interventions work. Regardless of intervention need […]
Help your teenager learn the best job skills
How can you help your teenager learn the best job skills? This is a question addressed in an article in The Conversation, written by Susan Lucas. Th comparisons she uses are of internships against work in hospitality. Hospitiality is some thing I know a fair bit about as that was my ‘first career’. In my […]
Clients with Mental Health Issues
Clients with mental health issues are not receiving good quality careers support, according to a study published by the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC). Canada is seen to have some of the best standards in careers coaching and the Australian framework for career services draws upon the work that is being […]
Worried about your student son or daughter?
If you’re worried about your student son or daughter and it’s keeping you awake at night, you might be in need of the support of a careers coach. I’ve been in the same position, wide awake and trying to figure out how to say the right thing in the morning – something that won’t make […]
Tech Careers
I am lucky enough to be in London this week, and even better, my visit coincided with a Tech Careers event at the Chartered Institute for IT. This event was organised in collaboration with the Central Careers Hub in London, a group of professional careers practitioners who come together in the same way that I […]
How to Apply to an American Performing Arts College
In Year 10 my daughter, Holly said she wanted to apply to study at an American Performing Arts College. Her school based Career Practitioner said nothing and simply drew “$$$$” on her careers planner. Aside of the fact that the careers practitioner was, by doing this, making a values judgement upon my daughter’s dream, […]
Say Yes to Internships
I am keen to share a link with my followers regarding Internships. This discussion from ABC Radio National, Life Matters program, aired today, Tuesday 3 February 2015 9:06AM I am an advocate of Internships. An internship can provide wonderful experience for graduates and other job seekers. However, this ABC Radio feature highlights the level […]