With my other hat on: careers

One of the jobs that I do at Education Services Australia is to seed twitter and facebook with posts about the myfuture careers services.

I thought readers of my blog my be interested in some of the links I've posted in the last few weeks.

I've done a series called OCCUPATION OF THE DAY:

• Audiologist: Are you confident, sympathetic, tactful? Good analytical skills? You might make a good audiologist. Audiologist  http://bit.ly/audiologist
• AutoElectrician: Do you love cars, electrical wiring, playing with computers? What about auto-electrician? http://bit.ly/auto_electric
• Auctioneer: Love the idea of selling things? The excitement of an auction? Check out auctioneer http://bit.ly/sell-at-auctions
• Bus Driver: Love driving, being out & about, meeting people. What about becoming a bus driver? http://bit.ly/bus-driver

Leading up to the Melbourne Cup in November, I ran a series of very popular posts

• Be a Melbourne cup jockey? View a winning video. http://bit.ly/jockey_vid
• What does it take to be a jockey? http://bit.ly/be_a_jockey
• Where would the Melbourne Cup be without trend-setting fashion? Be a fashion designer. http://bit.ly/fashion_designer
• Love to work with horses? Why not become a stablehand? http://bit.ly/stable_hand
• Where would the Melbourne Cup be without an event manager? http://bit.ly/event_manager
• Where would sporting events be without gardeners? http://bit.ly/horticulturalist
• Interested in working in a take away shop? http://bit.ly/fastfood_cook
• There is a lot of variety in catering: supervising, planning, organising. Does that appeal? http://bit.ly/caterer

And then there have been the career information related ones

• Explore some occupations. What is important in choosing an occupation? Use a learning object and take a quick quiz  http://bit.ly/mfexploreoccupations
• Choosing school subjects. Make informed decisions about your school subjects. What should you do next year?  http://bit.ly/school_subjects
• Occupation videos Watch a video for a bird's eye view of what working in a particular occupation would be like.  http://bit.ly/occupation_videos
• Green Careers Are you a greenie? Green careers contribute to a more sustainable world, and they exist at all education and skill levels. http://bit.ly/green_careers
• What is a Career? Have you started on yours yet?  http://bit.ly/what-is-a-career
• Are you controlling your career development or just careering through life? http://bit.ly/career_development
• Is your career a puzzle? How do you plan? http://bit.ly/career_planning
• Why do people work? Is it more than the money? http://bit.ly/why_people_work
• What is a career pathway? Do I need one? How will it help me? http://bit.ly/career_pathway
• By the time it’s become toast on your breakfast table, wheat's been on quite a journey. Work Connections. http://bit.ly/road_to_toast 

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Using the Melbourne Cup to talk careers

Events like the Melbourne Cup provide a great opportunity to launch discussions in Australian classrooms.

One focus you could take is careers. Here are some suggestions for classroom resources already available at Australia's best career information service for school students: myfuture.edu.au

What does it take to be a jockey?
There’s a great short  video made as part of the myfuture video comp last year:
http://bit.ly/jockey_vid

How do you get to be a jockey?
http://bit.ly/be_a_jockey

Love to work with horses? Why not become a stablehand?
http://bit.ly/stable_hand

Where would the Melbourne Cup be without an event manager?
http://bit.ly/event_manager

Where would the Melbourne Cup be without trend-setting fashion? Be a fashion designer.
http://bit.ly/fashion_designer

Where would sporting events be without gardeners?
http://bit.ly/horticulturalist

 

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myfuture 2010 User Survey

Complete the myfuture 2010 user survey to go in the draw for a chance to win a weekly prize of a Kindle Reader.

The myfuture annual survey seeks user feedback to ensure the provision of services and website information layout meets the needs of all users.

The user survey covers aspects of the site such as the quality of information and services, site usability – ease of navigation and look and feel, and user views of how the service could be improved. 

If you are a career practitioner, teacher or someone who uses myfuture for your own career development we would greatly appreciate your feedback.

The survey is available here

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