Careers have changed...

Todays school leaver will have 10

to 14 jobs...

by age 38

compared to 3 for most Baby boomers

One out of four workers...

...is working for a company for whom

they have been employed...

... for less than one year.

One out of two...

are working for a company for whom they have worked...

...for less than 5 years.

The largest private employer in the US

is...

... a temp agency.

In the UK alone...

70,000 people trade on eBay as their full

time occupation.

One in ten people in Australia work from

home.

ABS 2008

When the standard retirement age was

set at 65...

...life expectancy was 63.

Retirement age seems to be escaping!

Age pension will rise to 65 for women by

2013

Australia Federal Budget 2009

Age pension will rise to ………..

67 by 2023 for both men and women

Australia Federal Budget 2009

Today life expectancy for males

is 74 and rising.

For women 87 and rising.

We are experiencing……….

.

a baby boom in Australia right now!

4.3 million babies….. the

highest on record!Macquarie University

Many of today’s university courses

didn’t exist 10 years ago.

New Media

Organic Agriculture

Bio-technology

Terrorism Studies

E-Business

Nanotechnology

There is a high probability that the top 10 jobs in demand for

2018..

Don’t exist today.

So, we are currently preparing

students for jobs that don’t yet

exist...

The older generation had to

learn...

computers

the internet

texting…

myspace...

blogging..

twittering!

The amount of new technical

information is doubling...

every 14 months.

For students starting a 4 year technical degree half of what they

learn will be outdated...

...half way through their course.

The highest job growth industries in Australia over the

last 10 years were…….

... constructionproperty

business serviceshealth & community

serviceretail tradeeducation

... DWEER Skills Info Report

... The industries expected to provide

the highest job growth over the next

5 years are……..

... health & community services

property & business retail trade

& ……

... construction

green jobs – renewable energy

baby products?

... If you are male and tall …………..

you will get paid more!

(ANU and University Syd)

on average study found….

$190.00 per annum for every 1 cm taller .

(ANU and University Syd)

Not so for Women!

(ANU and University Syd)

The No. of women in top positions in Australia has….

declined in the past two years.

45 % of Aust Co’s have …….

No female managers

Women in Aust hold only……

……..8.3 % of board positions

Industry with largest female job

growth last 10 years was….

health & community

retail

property & business

construction

Current trend ……..

more men are getting fired then

women…

Current trend ……..

more Women are getting hired then

men…

Believe this is b/c

industries doing well are those that employ women ..

healthcommunity

&

industries NOT doing well are

those that employ men ..

manufacturingreal estate etc

A typical plumber in Australia

currently earns...

...$1500 a day

Plumbers jobs are not being outsourced to China or India!

Teachers in Australia still remain one of

the...

...lowest paid professional

groups.

Trades people in mining and

construction are still earning more than...

...the average engineer and

lawyer.

Despite the economic crisis……

unemployment is running around

5.8%

Expected to rise to……

8.25% next year

Aust.Federal Budget 2009

Australia has shown that business is

booming for….

many Project Professionals……

alcohol and gaming…

……food industry

movie industry …..

education

Plastic surgery - minimal less

evasive beauty treatments …….

botox …lip pumps……

Defence Force needs 9,500

recruits

Estimated that the sector will

be …....

…lacking 12,000 trades people in

a decade….

to grow to 10% in next 10 years.

Skill shortages still exist right now in

………..

hairdressinghospitality

metal trades

Aged care is big business now!

A huge growth industry.

Approx 7% of 65 year olds live in….

villages estimated to grow

to 10% in a decade.

Current Massive shortage of…

GP’s…...

trend towards Doctors

becoming specialists instead!

Co’s showing current growth ..

reject shopfitness firstrental firms

professional dev

Current Massive shortage of…

... surveyors across Aust.

Record number of Australians are….

working part-time. The ABS says that

more than 3 million

So what is the answer then to all

career change today?

21st Century Careers have changed….

because it is the 21st Century !

The answer is to….

know yourself well…..

Helena Steel – Career Guru

…..and move with knowledge and

insight towards the changes and trends

”.

Helena Steel – Career Guru

”Self concept and identity are crucial

to career development”

National President Aust. Careers Counselors Association

www.careerguru.com.au