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