What is the Get the life you love Campaign (including National Career Development Week?
Get the life you love Campaign - also known as GTLYL
National Career Development Week - also known as NCDW
The Get the life you love Campaign (including National Career Development Week) provides the encouragement, resources and support to assist anyone to organise a careers event or activity in their school, organisation or community. Through using the resources available on the website anyone, whether a qualified careers practitioner or not, can deliver career development information, at their event or activity, that has been developed by the Career Industry Council of Australia.
The Get the life you love Campaign (including National Career Development Week) is a key initiative of the Career Industry Council of Australia and is funded by the Federal Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). The Campaign, through hundreds of careers events run throughout the year, encourages all Australians to actively engage in career development and develop the skills to manage their careers, learning, work and lives in order to get the life they love.
Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA) President Bernadette Gigliotti says, "We all have unique experiences and skills to offer and can all take steps to have a career and a life that suits us better. When career change is necessary - there are things we can do. Many people simply don't know where to start - the Get the life you love Campaign (including National Career Development Week) resources can get you started, whatever your age or career stage. Setting a new direction that matches your values, interests and lifestyle can turn gloom into an exciting journey."
The 2012 National Career Development Week Campaign celebration week is from 14 - 20 May 2012. However activities at any time of the year can be registered on the website and will receive the Event Kit to assist people to organise their events. All registered event organisers can use their username and password to access the password area of the Event Organisers section for access to all the downloadable resources. We also encourage you to use all the Resources in the Resources Hub menu above.
Attending a Get the life you love Campaign or National Career Development Week registered event is a positive way for all Australians to manage their career or a career transition.
Organisers of careers events across Australia at any time of the year are encouraged to register their events on the website to link their events to a major careers initiative. All registered events are included on the Event Search database on the website and will receive free resources, support materials and merchandise.
How do I get involved?
Events are held all around the country all year - go to an event near you.
Encourage your friends and family to attend an event.
National Career Development Week (14 to 20 May 2012) is a week of celebrations dedicated to:
- Increasing awareness and understanding of the nature and importance of career development
- Promoting and encouraging Australians to take personal responsibility and ‘ownership' in the management their own careers
- Engaging Australians in active recognition/ celebration of National Career Development Week
- Seeking wider community endorsement and ongoing participation in career development.
Organise and register your own event.
We want to help encourage Australians to take active ownership of their careers and get the life they love. So, Get Excited about the possibilities, Get Involved and Get Results!
Use the Resources in the Resources Hub (menu bar above) to help you manage your own career or to distribute and use at your event.
All content and links checked February 2012. Next review scheduled June 2012.
