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Volume 21, Issue 1 FEBRUARY 2013A Hobsons and Education Services Australia initiative
Australian
Careers
Service
Global perspectives — working in
Singapore
By Susan Chui Ling Chang Mitchell, Partner/Director,
Edlink Consultants, Singapore
Since gaining
independence in 1965,
Singapore has thrown
open its doors to
many multinational
companies. Selling
itself as a vibrant and
exciting place to work
in, Singapore has an
open economy with lots
of work opportunities.
The country has a
multicultural and
cosmopolitan environment for those who are
searching for an exciting lifestyle and diverse career
opportunities.
Living and working in Singapore
Bloomberg reports that Singapore’s quality of
life is comparable to that of the world’s richest
nations. A report by Bloomberg on 11 December
2012 showcased Singapore as a place of choice
for millionaires to work and live, with many
choosing Singapore above Hong Kong. According
to the ‘Worldwide Quality of Living in 2007’*
report, Singapore is one of the top cities in Asia
for quality of living. Singapore easily transforms
itself from an efficient business hub to a network
of entertainment venues, such as fine dining
restaurants, clubs, bars and the latest casinos. One
can let their hair down and chill in the abundant
available drinking holes. The safety aspect is
another factor for Singapore being a liveable city.
Young expatriate professionals appreciate the
lifestyle and find the experience of working in a
vibrant work environment challenging.
Job market opportunities
Just in the last decade or so, Singapore’s expansion
has been considerable. Due to this expansion,
there has been an increase in the reliance of foreign
professionals to fill certain sectors of the economy.
Current skills required to support the economic
growth of Singapore are in the ‘healthcare,
transport, education, aerospace, insurance, service,
biomedical and construction industries’ (Lim Yan
Wen, why SG?, accessed 25 Jan 2013).
The following table shows statistics from the
Ministry of Manpower for the year-end stock of
Employment Pass, S Pass and Work Permit holders
(excluding Foreign Domestic Workers) for the years
2010 and 2011.
Year 2010 2011
Employment Pass 142,000 176,000
S Pass 98,000 113,000
Work Permit
(excluding Foreign
Domestic Workers)
670,000 702,000
Reason for Singapore’s dependence on foreign
talent
Singapore faces an omnipresent threat of labour
shortage. A decline in Singapore’s birthrate has left
a rift between the growth of Singapore’s economy
and its assessable workforce. Work culture for most
Singaporeans is ‘work till you drop’. Obtaining a
work-life balance is illusive and difficult for most
Singaporeans. Young professionals are seen to start
families later on in life due to career choices. Some
avoid having a family altogether.
The argument by many of these young Singaporean
professionals is that it has become too expensive
to raise a family in Singapore. Work hours are
long and wages do not equate to cost of living. A
channelnewsasia.com article written on work-life
balance comments that Singaporean workers have
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respective authors, and not necessarily those of Education Services
Australia or Hobsons]
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‘identified overloading of work and high-pressure
deadlines as the main reasons for not being
able to achieve work-life balance in Singapore’
(channelnewsasia.com, accessed 25 Jan 2013).
Plugging the gap through migration
A report in The Temasek Times notes that
workforce shortages in Singapore can be addressed
through the migration of professionals into the
country (The Temasek Times, accessed 25 Jan
2013).
The latest Singapore whitepaper, released on 29
January 2013, projects a population growth of
6.9 million in 2030. This is to mitigate the ageing
population that is currently experienced in many
Western and Asian countries. The government’s
policy is to take in 30,000 new permanent residents
every year; non-residents and transient workers will
make up 2.5 million in year 2030.
Therefore, Singapore is selling itself as a vibrant
and exhilarating place to live and work. Work is
abundant, and Singapore appreciates professionals
who wish to expand their work-life experience.
A good degree gives significant leverage into
acquiring a professional position. As with
everywhere else, a good network is just as crucial to
get inroads into job placements. There are several
good human resource agencies that are able to
assist with job placements.
The Indeed website is helpful for people looking to
work in Singapore.
Edlink Consultants was set up in 1997. The company
offers training and consultancy to its clients,
including government organisations such as the
Singapore Tourism Board, travel agencies and local
Singapore schools for clients. Susan Chang can be
contacted at susan.clchang@gmail.com.
*Refer to the 2012 Mercer Quality of Living Survey
References can be found in the ACS Members
section of The Good Universities Guide website.
We begin another exciting year for developments
in the career industry. Following on from
Catherine Hughes’ profile in Issue 5 last year, you
can find out more about her research exploring
cross-cultural career attitudes and perspectives
in this issue. Susan Chang also shares information
about work and employment opportunities in
Singapore. Interesting international partnerships
have been formed between ICCDPP and business,
with the aim of enhancing policy decisions and
spreading the career development message
more widely. Each year, the annual ACS Seminars
provide many valuable connections and
networking opportunities for career practitioners
and employing organisations. In this issue, you
can find out more from one of the presenters —
Vikki Stewart from the ARA. Also in this issue, you
will find information about the newly launched
Indigenous Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies
in Career Development.
For your continued learning and professional
renewal in a rapidly changing global environment,
check out the many Australian and overseas
conference opportunities. Many Australian
presenters attended and presented at the
conference on work-integrated learning in
Istanbul last year, and you may find their papers
of interest. See the link in the Conferences section
for details.
This year, Kelly Nissen has joined us as co-editor
from Education Services Australia. Kelly has
worked at Education Services Australia for six
years on a variety of education projects and is
currently involved in the redevelopment of the
myfuture website.
There must be many more amazing stories from
career people that we should be hearing about,
so please make contact and let us know. We look
forward to hearing from you.
Anna Lichtenberg
(anna.aus@gmail.com) and
Kelly Nissen
(kelly.nissen@esa.edu.au)
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Networking
Who are we? Getting to know our
professional colleagues: Vikki Stewart
Vikki Stewart is the Workforce Development
Manager at the Australasian Railway Association
(ARA). She has been actively working with career
development practitioners as a result of her active
involvement in the ACS Seminars in Queensland.
Q: What are some major achievements and
rewards in your current role?
A: Rail organisations often work independently
of each other, so successfully facilitating their
engagement in rail workforce development
initiatives on a whole-of-industry basis is both the
achievement and the reward.
Q: What was the career journey that brought you
to this position and work role?
A: Pure chance. After relocating to Canberra
for my husband’s career, I was placed on a
temp assignment at the ARA to cover another
role. During this time, the CEO recognised my
transferrable skills and offered me the opportunity
to stay permanently in the workforce development
manager role, which I happily accepted!
Q: As a child what did you want to do when you
grew up?
A: I had no idea. I was more interested in the ‘now’
rather than focusing on past or future.
Q: What did you do or study after leaving school?
A: Although I achieved the relevant score to study
accounting at uni, I wasn’t ready to commit to
studying something for four years that I wasn’t sure
I would like to continue as a career. Lucky choice,
considering I obtained a job straight after year 12 in
that area and quickly discovered it wasn’t for me.
I then pursued a career with an airline, which was
more suited to my personality and desire to travel.
Q: Who or what was a major influence in your
career choices?
A: I don’t have one distinct influence but rather a
number of people and various situations — all of
which played a part in leading me to where I am
today.
Q: What were some major challenges in your
career journey?
A: Learning different industries is always a
challenge — each has their own language! Also,
moving from lower-level roles to management
positions requiring a change in focus and skill sets
has kept me on my toes.
Q: What are some of the major strategies used in
your career development work?
A: Collaboration, Communication, Networking
Q: What are you currently reading?
A: Victims by Jonathan Kellerman — I love a good
crime thriller.
Q: What is the most memorable book you have
read? Why?
A: Bridges of Madison County — I read the whole
book in one afternoon and it’s the only novel that
has brought me to tears.
Q: What is your favourite movie? Why?
A: I do like a variety of genres. However, some of
the movies that have been most memorable from
my childhood years have been musicals, such as
The Sound of Music, Grease and The Rocky Horror
Picture Show; I watched them so many times I knew
all the words.
Q: What is your ‘dream job’? When do you plan to
achieve the dream?
A: I am in my dream job. The ARA has offered
everything I could want and need — variety,
challenges, travel, people, excellent work
environment, wonderful colleagues and a leader I
admire and respect.
Q: What is a life dream you still would like to
achieve (bucket list type)?
A: To visit every country in the world.
Q: What is something that people don’t know
about you?
A: I enjoy being creative and have learned many
different types of art and craft over the years. My
favourite is paper tole!

Collaboration between international
career group and business (ICCDPP and
KUDER)
Kuder Inc. and the International Centre for Career
Development and Public Policy (ICCDPP) have
announced the formation of their new collaborative
relationship. With a shared focus on evidenced-
based career guidance and related policy, Kuder
and ICCDPP have partnered to improve, advance
and advocate for career development public
policies, systems and practices across the world.
“ICCDPP, as an independent body, recognizes and
values the extensive network Kuder is developing
worldwide. The sharing of information, contacts,
and expertise is critical to the development of
policy and practice in career guidance and so
ICCDPP has entered into this special relationship
with Kuder. We look forward to working together
to enhance career development policy and practice
globally,” said Liz Galashan, chair of the ICCDPP
International Executive Board.
Kuder and ICCDPP will collaborate on a number
of projects related to international career
development. Most notably, these organisations will
bring ICCDPP’s biennial international symposium
to the United States for the first time in 2015. The
symposium aims to build closer dialogues and
linkages between career guidance policy makers
in the fields of education, employment, economic
development and social inclusion, as well as with
strategic professional leaders and researchers.
“ICCDPP is recognized globally as a prominent
authority on career development and country
leaders consistently look to them for policy
improvement. This relationship is a perfect match
with our commitment to evidenced-based career
guidance solutions for all ages worldwide,” said Phil
Harrington, Kuder’s president.
“This year marks our 75th anniversary as we
celebrate the legacy Dr Frederic Kuder began in
1938. We are honored that this partnership adds
a significant milestone to our history and look
forward to a lasting relationship,” Mr Harrington
said.
Kuder will open the first US-based ICCDPP office at
their headquarters in Adel, Iowa.
About ICCDPP
The ICCDPP is dedicated to improving policies,
systems and practices for career development
for citizens worldwide through international
collaboration. The centre provides evidence bases
for policy decisions, policy-related studies, policy
examples and developments, examples of good
practices and services-relevant publications. For
more information, visit
www.iccdpp.org.
About Kuder
Over the past 75 years, Kuder has provided
comprehensive career guidance that has impacted
the lives of more than 150 million people worldwide.
Today, Kuder continues to provide evidence-based
career assessments with customised and innovative
online solutions that reach career planners at all
stages of life. For more information, visit
www.kuder.com.
Taken from media release: Kuder and ICCDPP
announce collaborative relationship, 28 Jan 2013
The Profession
A cross-cultural study of career
development attitudes and implications
for Australian career practitioners
By Dr Catherine Hughes, Career Counsellor, St Patrick’s
College
A cross-cultural
investigation was
undertaken to further
our understanding of
the cultural context of
career development.
Relationships between
attitudinal career
maturity, or in more
contemporary terms,
career adaptability
(Savickas, 2002),
and self-concept,
parenting style and
individualism–collectivism across Australian and
Thai cultural contexts were investigated. This article
presents an overview of the research project, a brief
summary of the results and some implications for
Australian career practitioners.
A major part of the research involved adapting
four psychological measurement instruments
developed in Australia or America for a Thai
cultural context and assessing the cross-cultural
equivalence of the Australian and Thai instruments.
The Career Planning (CP) and Career Exploration
(CE) scales of the Australian Career Development
Inventory (CDI-A; Lokan, 1984), the Self-Description
Questionnaire II (SDQII; Marsh, 1992), the Parental
Bonding Instrument (PBI; Parker, Tupling and
Brown, 1979), and the ‘I am … Test’ (Kuhn and
McPartland, 1954) were translated into Thai
language and independently back-translated
and field tested with a group of Thai high school
students with the aim of identifying etic (culture-
general) and emic (culture-specific) aspects of the
instruments.
A study was conducted to assess the psychometric
properties and cross-cultural equivalence of the
adapted instruments. Data was gathered from
159 Grade 9 and Grade 11 students in Thailand and
218 Grade 9 and Grade 11 students in Australia.
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Only those instruments and scales with adequate
reliability and construct equivalence across
Australian and Thai cultural contexts were used
for cross-cultural comparison purposes. These
instruments and scales were the CP scale, the
SDQII Same Sex Relations, Opposite Sex Relations,
Parent Relations (i.e. social relations self-concepts),
Mathematics and Verbal scales (i.e. academic
self-concept), and the PBI. Without the cross-
cultural equivalence of the CE scale, the cross-
cultural comparison of attitudinal career maturity
was somewhat restricted and limited to attitudes
towards planning for future educational and
vocational pathways.
The cross-cultural comparison results revealed that
there were few differences between the Grade 9
and Grade 11 Australian and Thai students in terms
of their orientation to planning future educational
and career pathways, social and academic self-
concepts and their perceptions of the style of
parenting they were receiving. However, the Thai
cultural group was, as expected, significantly more
collectivist than the Australian group.
There were no significant relationships between
career planning attitudes and individualism, parental
care, and social relations and academic self-
concepts for the Thai cultural group. Conversely,
the Australian results were generally consistent
with the literature and expanded on previous
findings. The Australian results indicated same-sex
relations, opposite-sex relations, parent relations,
mathematics and verbal self-concepts, and father
care were significantly related to and predicted
career planning. With only the Australian cultural
group in consideration, the relationship between
the independent variables and career exploration
was investigated. Father care (particularly fathers
of Grade 11 males) and mother care, and same-sex
relations, parent relations and verbal self-concepts
were significantly and positively associated with
exploratory attitudes. Father overprotection
was significantly and negatively associated with
exploratory attitudes. Consistent with the Thai
results, there were no significant relationships
between career planning or career exploration and
individualism–collectivism for the Australian group,
so individualism–collectivism appears not to be a
useful variable to explore the influence of culture
on attitudinal career maturity (Hardin, Leong and
Osipow, 2001).
Notably, there was evidence of a developmental
trend regarding the importance of self-concept
and parental care as correlates of attitudinal career
maturity. Firstly, more self-concept domains were
significantly associated with career planning for the
Grade 11 group (particularly females) than for the
Grade 9 group. Secondly, the relationship between
father care and both CP and CE did not reach
significance for Grade 9, but was significant for the
Grade 11 group. Thus, positive self-concepts and
perceptions of parents as caring, warm, supportive,
responsive and encouraging become even more
important as students approach the end of their
high school years. Paradoxically, at a time of life
when Australian adolescents may experience
increasing autonomy and independence from
parents, parental involvement in adolescent career
development becomes increasingly important.
Senior high school students in Australia make
crucial career decisions such as which school
subjects to study, what post-school courses to
pursue or whether to search for employment. At
this important time, perceived parental care, and
father care in particular, appears to be important in
encouraging the planning and exploratory attitudes
so essential to making informed and satisfying
career and related educational choices. The
important parenting role that this study suggested
emerges when Australian high school students are
approaching the end of secondary education and
continues into tertiary education (Bright, Pryor,
Wilkenfeld and Earl, 2005).
This study highlights the importance of career
development interventions for Australian upper-
secondary school students that involve parents,
and especially fathers, in a supportive role to
assist their adolescent children to negotiate the
vocational development tasks associated with a
successful and rewarding transition from school
to further education, training or employment.
However, this study suggests that the interventions
may not have the same beneficial outcomes for
all cultural groups in Australia. Online or hard
copy career development activities intended to be
completed by adolescents in collaboration with
their father, or a male guardian, relative or mentor,
provide examples of a potentially suitable career
development intervention. The structured career
development workbooks used by Palmer and
Cochran (1988) to engage adolescents with their
parents in career development activities might
be a useful intervention. Parent-involved career
counselling as recommended by Amundson and
Penner (1998), involving the paternal parent, is
another way to involve fathers in their adolescent
children’s career development.
Finally, this study clearly demonstrated that career
development is influenced by cultural context.
Some of the correlates of attitudinal career maturity
identified on the basis of research conducted in
Western countries did not apply in a Thai cultural
context and may potentially be irrelevant to other
cultural contexts. It is, therefore, critical for career
practitioners to carefully evaluate the cultural
applicability of Western career theories, tools and
instruments for use in multicultural or cross-cultural
contexts.
Dr Catherine Hughes
Career Counsellor, St Patrick’s College
PO Box 401, Prospect TAS 7250
Email: cathy.hughes@stpatricks.tas.edu.au
References can be found in the ACS Members
section of The Good Universities Guide website.

NAGCAS–Hobsons Indigenous Scholarship
Hobsons and NAGCAS have joined together to
launch the Indigenous Scholarship for Postgraduate
Studies in Career Development in 2013, which is a
first for Australia and career development.
The Hobsons–NAGCAS Indigenous Scholarship for
Postgraduate Studies in Career Development
acknowledges the role our profession plays in
proactively addressing the career needs of all
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (young
and old, remote and urban).
This scholarship initiative is a new and different
approach to exploring more effective ways of
addressing the career development needs of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Australian career practitioners have long been
cognisant of the different cultural perspectives and
challenging social and environmental circumstances
of Indigenous people and communities. With this
initial project it is hoped and anticipated that
having a professionally qualified Indigenous career
development practitioner will provide a leadership
role with insights and cultural perspectives and
deeper understanding of career, work, employment
and community issues that need to be considered
and addressed.
The scholarship will cover tuition costs (up to
$5500) to study in a CICA-accredited course that
will lead to an entry qualification (the Graduate
Certificate of Career Development) to enable
registration as a career development practitioner.
On completion of studies, the candidate will:
• be required to register for membership with
NAGCAS as a professional career practitioner
• submit a brief report (including confirmation
of registration with a relevant professional
association) to the Indigenous Careers
Scholarship Committee.
Hobsons, the inaugural sponsor for the 2013
scholarship, is a global careers and educational
publisher that supports career practitioners in
networking through the Australian Careers Service
Newsletter and annual seminars. Hobsons also
publishes Job Guide and The Good Universities
Guide series. Applications close Friday 3 May at
5pm WST.
The application form together with selection criteria
can be viewed and downloaded from the NAGCAS
and Hobsons websites.
For additional information, contact Anna
Lichtenberg at careers@curtin.edu.au.
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Personal Reflection
A career in the railway industry sector?
Find out more
By Vikki Stewart
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA)
presented at the ACS Seminars for the first time in
2012, and we highly recommend the event!
Rail is not a top-of-mind employer for those
considering career options, mainly due to lack of
awareness or poor perception of the industry. In
the past we attempted to tackle these issues by
exhibiting at large careers and employment expos;
however, despite the huge volume of attendees, it
was difficult to measure how successful we were in
our endeavours.
There is no doubt that career advisers are the vital
conduit between industry and students, and we
were delighted to have the opportunity to provide
an overview of the industry and potential career
opportunities, as well as more in-depth discussions
during the seminar breaks.
The ARA learnt a great deal from the career
advisers in attendance. We were grateful for
the valuable feedback provided on the types
of information that advisers and their students
would find useful. The industry will now look to
improve website content and marketing materials
to promote rail careers in a way which will assist
advisers with practical information on programs
such as apprenticeships, traineeships, graduate
opportunities and work experience.
Most advisers admitted they had never thought
about rail careers as an option for their students
and were pleasantly surprised at the diverse
and interesting opportunities on offer. The Rail
Careers posters were very popular, resulting in
approximately 400 posters being displayed in
schools across the country. Potential to maintain
contact with career advisers is of great benefit
to both parties, and we hope to communicate
important industry initiatives in future.
V/Line, QR National, RailCorp, the Australian
Rail Track Corporation and the Public Transport
Authority of Western Australia nominated specialist
representatives to share detailed information with
advisers at each event. All our industry members
were impressed with the quality of interaction with
attendees and the overall high standard of event
organisation. We look forward to seeing you all
again this year!
The Rail Careers poster can be found on the Rail
Careers website.
Conferences
Conference overview
Sydney, 3–4 October 2012, The Future of Work:
Developing Australia’s workforce in a global
economy
AWPA together with the nation’s Industry Skills
Councils hosted the conference ‘The Future of
Work: Developing Australia’s workforce in a global
economy’ on Wednesday and Thursday 3 and
4 October 2012 at the Sydney Convention and
Exhibition Centre. Over 600 delegates attended
this event, and echoed throughout the event was
the view that developing Australia’s workforce in a
global economy — now and in the future — is a job
for all of us.
Some of the questions explored at the conference
included:
• What does the state of the nation in 2025 look
like?
• What are the major changes looming that will
affect work and productivity?
• What will be the impacts of the ‘Asian century’
— for the economy, for jobs, for learning/skills
development?
• What are the implications for the tertiary sector
of meeting the skill needs of employers and
individuals?
• Are improvements in labour productivity the key
to continued prosperity?
• What are the implications of all this for various
industry sectors?
• How will the fast pace of change in ICT and social
media/social networking change the way we
work?
• What is the impact of technology?
Perth, NAGCAS 2012
The NAGCAS conference 2012 was held in
Perth, with local university career services staff
collaborating under the leadership of Julie Howell
and Lauren Robertson at the Curtin University
Careers Centre. One hundred and fifteen career
advisers from universities around Australia and a
small group from overseas gathered at the event.
The welcome reception was held at the University
of Notre Dame, with Murdoch University hosting
campus tours and the opportunity to network at an
informal barbeque. Curtin hosted the main program
of presentations and workshops in the newly
appointed Tim Winton Theatre.
Some of the thought-provoking keynote speakers
included Paul Blackmore (Exeter University, UK),
David Carney (Acting President of the Career
Industry Council of Australia), Karen Brown (Chief
of Staff for the office of Senator Chris Evans)
and Steven Wells (psychologist and performance
consultant for elite athletes and corporate
personnel).
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Two highlight events to be noted for future
developments and positive outcomes included:
• a working session with all delegates using
Groupmap (facilitated by Alison O’Shaughnessy
and Jeremy Lu), which explored recruitment
issues for international students and employers —
for more information about Groupmap, contact
Jeremy Lu at info@groupmap.com.au
• the launch of the inaugural Indigenous Career
Scholarship with generous support and
sponsorship from Hobsons.
Istanbul, Turkey, June 2012, WACE 9th
International Conference on Cooperative and
Work-Integrated Education: Where East Meets
West and Theory Meets Practice
Proceedings of non-refereed and refereed papers
can be downloaded from the WACE Conference
website. Many papers included Australian
presenters.
2013 Australian Conferences
For a complete list of education conferences in Australia go to the Aussie Educator website.
Gold Coast, QLD 17–18 March ACER Excellence in Professional Practice Conference
Geelong, VIC 4–5 April 3rd Annual Papua New Guinea Symposium
Sydney, NSW 11 April NCVER LSAY National Research Forum
Perth, WA 16–19 May Careers Expo 2013
Sydney, NSW 17–18 June Young Minds Forum 2013
Melbourne, VIC 19–20 June Happiness and Its Causes Forum 2013
Western Sydney, NSW 20–23 June The Western Sydney Careers Expo 2013
Mooloolaba, QLD 10–12 July 22nd National VET Research Conference (No Frills)
Townsville, QLD 12 August Townsville Careers Expo
Melbourne, VIC 14–16 August IVETA 2013 International Conference
Canberra, ACT 2–4 October ACEL National Conference
Daydream Island, QLD 2–4 December NAGCAS Conference
2013–15 International Conferences
Bangkok, Thailand 5–7 March 2013 8th Annual Education and Development Conference
New Delhi, India 27–29 March 2013 ICDA International Conference
Padova, Italy 20–22 June 2013 International Conference
Durban, South Africa 24–27 June 2013 WACE 18th Annual World Conference on Cooperative
and Work-Intergrated Educators
Wellington, New Zealand 8–10 July 2013 16th International First Year in Higher Education
Conference
Istanbul, Turkey 10–13 September 2013 25th Annual EAIE Conference
Finland 2013 7th International Symposium for Career Development
and Public Policy
Montpellier, France 24–27 September 2013 IAEVG Conference
Québec, Canada 4–6 June 2014 IAEVG Conference
USA 2015 ICCDPP International Symposium
What works
Australian Job Outlook
Trying to anticipate future employment directions
and the future prospects of an occupation of
interest is always difficult and tricky. Job Outlook is
a careers and labour market research information
site that helps individuals make better informed
decisions about a future career.
This is a Department of Education, Employment
and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) website that
provides valuable information on the future job
prospects and outlook for selected occupations.
Content for Job Outlook is managed by the Labour
Market Research and Analysis Branch in the Labour
Market Strategy Group of DEEWR.
There is also a Career Quiz at this site that can
assist people to identify what types of work they
most like doing.
The Key Links page at this website also provides
useful information.
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Occupations and careers
Australian Jobs incorporates information for people
exploring careers, as well as those looking for
work. The publication includes information about
employment trends for industries and occupations.
myfuture presents information on career-related
topics. The My Guide section enables users to
explore career options and develop an action plan
to reach career goals.
Job Guide provides an in-depth look at a range
of occupations and their education and training
pathways.
Labour market information
SkillsInfo provides easy access to labour market
information, including vacancies, occupations,
states and regions, and skill shortages.
The Labour Market Information Portal presents
labour market information for regions, including
selected DEEWR administrative data.
Regional employer reports are employer surveys
available for selected regions. Regional employment
and unemployment data are available in Small Area
Labour Markets and Australian Regional Labour
Markets.
Industry Employment Information
SkillsInfo provides information on industry
employment trends and prospects, as well as on
skills issues such as workforce ageing and ICT skills.
Continued from page 8 Skill Shortages
Information about skill shortages, including reports
for individual occupations and skill shortage lists for
each state and territory, is available on the DEEWR
website.
Vacancies
Australian JobSearch advertises a large number
of vacancies, including vacancies downloaded
from other job boards, and these vacancies can
be searched by location or occupation. Australian
JobSearch also provides easy access to many other
vacancy websites.
For DEEWR’s employment projections to 2016, see
Employment Projections by Industry, Occupation
and Regions.
Each year, DEEWR produces employment
projections by industry, occupation and region for
the following five-year period. The projections are
based in part on the Monash model developed by
the Centre of Policy Studies at Monash University
and Access Economics projections, but also take
into account recent employment trends and known
industry developments at the time of compilation.
The projections are also anchored to Treasury
forecasts of employment growth, as published
in the Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook
(MYEFO). The latest projections, which are for the
five years to 2016–17, were prepared in early 2012
(anchored to the 2011 MYEFO) and do not take into
account changes in labour market conditions or
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The 15 best jobs in 2013 according to CBS
News (in the USA, we presume)
The information for this list was compiled by EMSI
and CareerBuilder, with full details available from
the CBS website (accessed 3 Feb 2013).
• Software developer — Applications and systems
software developers earn median wages of
US$44.59 per hour, with 70,872 jobs created
since 2010.
• Accountant — Accountants and auditors make
median earnings of US$30.04 per hour, with
37,123 jobs created since 2010.
• Market research analyst — Market research
analysts earn median wages of US$30.03 per
hour, with 31,335 jobs created since 2010.
• Computer systems analyst — Analysts earn a
median wage of US$37.62 per hour, and 26,937
jobs have been created since 2010.
• Human resources, training and labor relations
specialist — These specialists earn a median
wage of US$26.44 per hour, with 22,773 jobs
created since 2010.
• Network and computer systems administrator —
In the past two years, 18,626 jobs were created.
They earn a median wage of US$34.29 per hour.
• Sales representative — Since 2010, 17,405 jobs
have been created for sales professionals in
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