1. Meredith Shears Careers consultant RCH Forum

2. A Career is all the paid and unpaid roles you do throughout your life: life roles, leisure, learning, & work 2 What is a Career?

3. Your Future: How many of you… … knew at 16 years of age what you wanted to pursue? … are doing now what you thought you wanted to do when you were 16? … made important career decisions based on researching and reading labour market information? … are where you are now, at least in part, because of a chance encounter or unplanned event? 3 Source: “Lasting Gifts” Canadian Career Development Foundation

4. High 5 Career Development Messages 1. Change is Constant 2. Learning is Ongoing 3. Focus on the Journey 4. Follow your Heart 5. Access your Allies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNHcXl4IbZQ&lr=1 Source: Career Industry Council of Australia * Developed in 1995 by Canadian career development leaders 4

5. The Changing World-of-Work What will work be like for young people in Australia today? Minimum of 7 careers in a lifetime Follow your heart Focus on the journey Use your networks Lifelong learning What was work like for you growing up? Could you expect to stay in the one job? Were you able to choose the job you did? Were you able to change jobs easily? Were you able to ask for help and advice? Did you have to study, and keep learning? 5

6. Change is Constant Did You Know…? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcZg51Il9no Source: Karl Fisch 6

7. Learning is Ongoing Source: VCAA 7 Senior Secondary School Pathways:

8. Focus on the Journey Don’t focus on one destination only Know what you want, but don’t be too sure Be open to changing your mind Recognise that your career journey will be throughout your lifetime Appreciate and value each experience along the way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dupKoaFgqGY&lr=1 8

9. Access your Allies Source: Bezanson & Hopkins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeFQjVP-Vxc&lr=1 9

10. Follow your heart Important attributes for young people Persistence Resilience I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. - Michael Jordan The best way to predict the future is to create it. - Abraham Lincoln Desire! That’s the one secret of every man’s career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire. - Bobby Unser Enterprise Drive

11. For parents - broaden ideas for work and career paths Encourage: open-mindedness and discuss their passions and where they could lead learning, we are always learning in many different ways the possibilities and be positive flexibility exploring (research information) www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9KawhtfORI Source: “School A to Z” NSW Government Education & Communities 11

12. Be a Good Listener Give your full attention –Stop what you are doing Don’t interrupt –Let your teenager speak Stay as calm as you can –If you’re caught off-guard by what they are saying, breath deeply Listen for emotions –Hear what they are saying beneath the words Give it time –Don’t rush in with your response 12

13. Next Steps for parents Network Use your networks to give your child opportunities to experience and explore different things. Use labour market information Be aware of the shifting labour market and be predictive about what that may mean for future opportunities. Be an ally Support your teenager on their journey and remind them, and yourself, that is it okay to be uncertain. 13

14. What is myfuture? Australia’s national online career information and exploration service It includes: career-related information and resources resources for personal career exploration resources for parents and the career development community

20. Is a personalised career exploration service Suggested occupations, exploration activities, goal-setting tools Guest users/account registration Over 1 million registered users System saves data even for accounts that are inactive for long periods of time My career profile

22. Information about jobs and their education and training pathways in Australia Online and updated annually information about how to work out what occupations suit you best, based on your interests and abilities. You can search through 1500 occupations, specialisations and alternative job names Has useful contact addresses under each entry so that you can find out more detailed information about the occupation. The Job Guide

23. Helping to Set Goals and Plans School careers advisers can help students develop: Career Action Plans: use the three stages of career development: –self-development; –career exploration; and –career management. help young people to: –set their goals; –clarify the actions needed to achieve these goals; and –commit to participating in the planned activities. 23

24. More Assistance Visit the DET webpage on Career Conversations Career Conversations is an online resource to assist you to talk to your child about what sort of career they’d like in the future. Talking to your child about their own interests and abilities can help them to realise their potential. www.education.vic.gov.au/careerconversations Talk with your careers adviser or other teachers and well being staff