kingswood college careers year 10 program. careers centre careers centre located in the vce lounge...
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KINGSWOOD COLLEGE CAREERS
YEAR 10 PROGRAM
CAREERS CENTRE
• Careers Centre located in the VCE Lounge
• Available Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays (Thursdays in term 3)
• Call in, email or phone for an appointment
How the Careers Centre can assist you
Individual Interviews Apprenticeships & Traineeships
Morrisby testing (year 10 last week in May)
Cadetships
Subject selection counselling TAFE & university courses
Work Experience VTAC application process
Interview skills Scholarships
Resume writing skills Studying interstate or overseas
Occupational information GAP year opportunities
Tertiary open days Careers newsletters
YEAR 9/10 ENTERPRISE PROGRAM
Conference one - December 2015
• Kingswood College Careers website familiarisation
• Work Experience preparation
• Networking • Researching careers• Career planner• 1:1 interviews• Excursion
Conference two - March 2016
• Employability skills• Age & VCE Careers Expo
excursion• Resume writing & job
application letters• Presentation and interview
skills (guest speaker)• 1:1 Mock interviews• Work Experience week last
week term 3
MORRISBY TESTING• Assesses students’ abilities, personality style and work interests
• Generates career suggestions which align with students’ interests and abilities
• Career suggestions linked to MyFuture and the Job Guide websites
• Generates a list of VCE subjects relevant to career suggestions
• Testing in last week of May 2016
• Parent Information evening in June
• 1:1 Morrisby feedback interviews leading into VCE subject selection
• Friday 29th May 2015•
WORK EXPERIENCE• Compulsory part of year 10 Enterprise program • Find out more about a career of interest and an insight
into world of work
• Last week of term 3
• Start preparing EARLY – lots of competition for places!
• Applications for some organisations close in 2015
For Example:• Zoos Victoria: 2016 Work Experience applications open late
August 2015 and close mid September 2015
• Herald Sun: Closing date for applications is usually 31st December each year
• Hospital placements: eg: Austin Health applications now open. First in best dressed! Check individual hospital websites – many have specific opening and closing dates
• Start checking websites now for organisations you would like to work at, e.g.: Magistrates Court, AFL clubs, law and advertising firms etc.
KINGSWOOD COLLEGE CAREERS WEBSITE
KINGSWOOD COLLEGE CAREERS WEBSITE
• http://kingswoodcollegecareers.com/
• Link on Kingsnet under My schools/Middle School/Careers
• PowerPoint Presentation on Careers website
Thank you