Career development Term 3 and 4



Term 3
  1. Skills and interests

  •  Personal qualities, interests and values
  • What skills do I have? How can these be used in different situations? (transferable skills)
  • Matching my skills and interests to a career


2. Opportunities

  • What are my career options - what jobs and careers are out there?
  • Where can I find information?
  • How can I make a decision?
  • Understanding the job market – how this may affect my decision
  • Understanding my tertiary study/training options

3. Creating a CV



Career research projects

Work experience


Term 4

1. Developing your CV

2. Cover letters - what are they and how do I write one?

3. Study pathways

StudyLink, student loans and other important info

4. Developing your job search skills

  • Where to look?
  • Job ads - what do these words mean?
  • Finding unadvertised jobs
  • Networking
  • Work and Income - how they can help you
  • Cold calling
  • Employment agencies
  • Tailoring your CV

5. Interviews
  • Interview preparation - How to survive them, what will I be asked, what do I need to say, how should I present myself?
  • How to get the job from the interview
  • Mock interviews
6. Workplace info
  • Employment law
  • Unions
  • Contracts
7. Workplace skills - what do I do now that I've got the job?
  • Making phone calls
  • Expectations
  • Writing emails
  • Disagreements and conflict resolution
  • Moving onwards and upwards
  • What if I don't like this job?
  • Getting what you want from your job
  • Where to get support


Work placements






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