Students With Potential Yr10 and 11 Sep2014

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Students With Potential
Clive May, Career Counsellor, QUT Your Future Careers Team
(www.slideshare.net/yourfuturequt)

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5 years from now…

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

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Your Career Direction
• How clear are you about your career direction?
No idea..............................................................Very clear idea

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Career Planning Process

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

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Match Your Interests to Careers
• Realistic - practical, hands-on…
• Investigative - working with ideas, requires lots of thinking…
• Artistic - working with designs, patterns, self-expression…
• Social - working with, communicating with, helping and teaching…
• Enterprising - starting up and carrying out projects, leading people…
• Conventional - following set procedures and routines…
Try this questionnaire: http://www.kyvc.org/assess.shtm
Check out related jobs: Job Guide Jobs Chart
Consider how subjects relate to jobs: Myfuture Bullseye Targets
>>>>>> RESEARCH jobs and career pathways >>>>>>>

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Choosing Uni Courses
QUT Match My Skills

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

11. Lotto win
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Paid Work
Apprenticeship TAFE
University
Other training
Inheritance
Study & Work
Volunteer work
Upgrade qualifications
Own business
Work experience

12. Median weekly earnings by level of education (2009)
$877
$671
$640
Year 10 or below
Year 11
Year 12
Certificate I/II
Certificate III/IV
Diploma/AdvDip
Bachelor Degree
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
$500
$671
0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600
Postgraduate
Higher qualifications:
earning potential
job opportunities

13. Weekly spend by life stage
Weekly income examples
Sources: Australian Securities and Investments Commission: https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/managing-your-money/
budgeting/spending/australian-spending-habits; Job Outlook http://joboutlook.gov.au/

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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)

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Where will the jobs be in the future?
• Health Care and Social Assistance – largest growth (13%)
– http://joboutlook.gov.au/industryspecific.aspx?industry=Q
• Construction (10.1%)
– http://joboutlook.gov.au/industryspecific.aspx?industry=E
• Arts and Recreation Services (10 %)
– http://joboutlook.gov.au/industryspecific.aspx?industry=R
• Retail Trade (8.9%)
– http://joboutlook.gov.au/industryspecific.aspx?industry=G

16. Pathways into Uni or Upgrading
•Advanced Diploma = Min Rank 93
•Diploma = Min Rank 87* at QUT (82)
•Certificate IV = Min Rank 74 (Cert IV in ATP)
•Certificate III = Min Rank 68
•One year/more of a full-time degree (passing grade
4.00-4.24) = Min Rank 93/OP 4 or 5
•University Tertiary Preparation Programs
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•NOTE:
• Don’t forget – prerequisites must still be met!

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What to consider in a degree
• OP or Tertiary Rank required for chosen course
• Location & Travel: Regional or metropolitan
• On campus/Off campus study
• Full-time, part-time, or combination of both
• Career opportunities - national/global
• Professional recognition/accreditation
• Degree subjects
• Prerequisites (e.g., Maths, English) or assumed knowledge
• Costs, Scholarships, Financial Support, & other Supports
(e.g., academic learning, disability, career/personal
counselling)

18. Going to Uni - QTAC
Apply through Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC)
Online video steps you through the application process:
www.qtac.edu.au/OnlineServices/OnlineServices.html#ttt
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Career Information Websites
Myfuture: http://www.myfuture.edu.au/
Job Guide: http://www.jobguide.thegoodguides.com.au/
Job Outlook: http://joboutlook.gov.au/

20. Are you ready… to take the plunge?
Your Future Careers Team
QUT Caboolture
yourfuture@qut.edu.au
www.facebook.com/yourfuturecareer
(07) 53167666

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