Careers and Employment

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations provides access to online services and information, guiding you to employment information, government assistance, jobs, careers and training. You can access information via their website

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Australian Jobs 2011provides up-to-date information about jobs, including a guide to the occupations and industries in which Australians work. It highlights jobs with good prospects and includes information at a State/Territory and regional labour markets level.

Australian Jobs also incorporates sections which help readers access employment services, Australian apprenticeships and higher education.This could be a valuable tool for the provision of information to secondary school students (Teachers, Careers Advisors, Registered Training Organisations, etc) in shaping and guiding discussions about career interests and aspirations. It could be useful  for the parents, particularly of secondary school aged children, to access this booklet for the same reasons.

The information may also be useful for employers and industry – there is relevant labour market data and it also fosters thinking about the broader considerations of potential labour supply over the coming 5 years or so. Employment Service Provider staff would also find this helpful in working with their clients.

 
Careers and Employment-related websites

www.JobSearch.gov.au  (for all job seekers)

www.myfuture.edu.au (for youth)

JobWise (for mature aged people)

JobAccess (for people with disability)

Career Advice Australia ( for careers information)

For information on Internships and the “Stepping Into” Programme, contact the Australian Employers Network on Disability 1300 363 645 or visit www.aend.org.au

Broaden your Horizons is a centralised website that houses resources relating to young people with disabilities. This resource is dedicated to provide quality career and transition information and support services to young people with disabilities.

Improve school completion rates information on effective strategies produced by the Department of Education and Early Childhood development (DEECD

Careers and Transition Resource Kit produced by the Department of Education and Early Childhood development (DEECD) this is a comprensive resource with lesson plans designed to assist career educators to deliver quality programs for students for young people developing an understanding about careers.

Some guidelines and information are provided for using the resources with:

• Koorie young people

• English as a Second Language (ESL) and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) young people

• Young people with disabilities

• Young people not in employment, education or training

• Rural and remote young people

Worksheets for students are provided in word format so that they can be downloaded and adapted to suit the needs of particular groups.

Careertips.net.au has been developed specifically as an information guide, resource kit and referral source for people with disabilities who are in their final years of school, who are about to commence or are undertaking vocational education and training (VET) studies, or university studies, or have recently graduated from one of these pathways.
www.careertips.net.au