Career Factsheets
How to use these Factsheets ...
If you are an individual (or a parent) - These Factsheets have been developed to assist you to take the steps on the road to your future to assist you to make decisions and seek further help.
If you are an educator or event organiser - These Factsheets have been developed for you to download and distribute at your event.
If you are an employer, HR staff and Organisational Development Officer - These resources have been designed for you to use.
1. Workforce preparation - supporting the career development of young people prior to entering the workforce:
- A. Stepping stones to your future - getting started
- B. Making the big decisions - choosing courses
- C. Parents as career coaches
- D. Five steps to getting your career started
- E. The map to your future career - coming soon
- F. Maximise your employment prospects while you study!
- G. Worksheet - Where do you want to be in 5 years?
- H. What are career management competencies? (Australian Blueprint for Career Development)
- I. For Graduates - Assess your skills, values and qualifications
- J. High Five Message of Career Development
- K. School what's the point?
- L. Your career - make it happen
- M. A career in Entertainment or the Arts
2. Workforce adaptability and sustainability - supporting the career development of employed workers:
- A. Ten steps to a successful career transition
- B. Time to review your career
- C. Worksheet - Where do you want to be in 5 years
- D. What are career management competencies? (Australian Blueprint for Career Development)
- E. Worksheet - What do you value in a job?
- F. High Five Messages of Career Development
- G. Your career - make it happen
3. Workforce re-integration - supporting the career development of adults in and out of the labour market and between jobs in different enterprises:
- A. Ten steps to a successful career transition
- B. What does a career practitioner do? And how to find one?
- C. Worksheet - Where do you want to be in 5 years
- D. How to survive redundancy
- E. Are you looking for work or a new career direction?
- F. What are career management competencies? (Australian Blueprint for Career Development)
- G. Worksheet - What do you value in a job?
- H. High Five Messages of Career Development
- I. Your career - make it happen
4. Career Seminars and Expo Resources
- Factsheet: You + Careers Expo = Your Future
- Example Seminar Worksheet for Students - as used at Gold Coast "Building Aspirations - Get the life you love Forum"
5. Adult Learning: Lifelong Learning - why is it important?
6. Workplace Resources:
- Career development is good for my business
- Run Sheet - Shaping my career in <<your organisation name>>: Live it, Love it, Earn it! - a run sheet to assist employers or Organisational Development Officers to run an activities based event in their organisation.
- Factsheet - Simple career event ideas to engage and motivate your staff
- Why Career Development Matters
7. Primary school resources
- Chatterbox Game (Age 10 - 14 years) - To get the life I love I need to - Author: Karen Penrose, created Nov 2011
- Chatterbox Game (Age - pre-school and primary) - What do I want to be when I grow up? - Author: Karen Penrose, created Nov 2011
- Primary School Career Development Factsheets (CDAA website)
All Get the life you love Campaign Career Factsheets meet the requirements of the CICA Quality Framework - Guiding Principles for Career Information Products.
All content and links checked November 2011. Next review scheduled February 2012.
