Celebrate National Career Development Week 16 to 22 May !

In this Issue: It’s here! National Career Development Week celebrations across Australia this week / Exciting new NCDW Speaker Series of Videos to be launched this Week / National Career Development Week Campaign and Channel Seven's Home & Away / For Event Organisers - some reminders.

It’s here! National Career Development Week celebrations across Australia this week

The NCDW Team (Karen, Caroline, Bob and Briony) wish you all the very best for National Career Development Week (NCDW) 2011.

For event organisers - we hope you have very successful activities and don't forget to use the NCDW resources on the website www.ncdw.com.au

For event visitors - don't forget to do an "Event Search" on the website to see if there is an event near you to attend.  If you attend an event - send us an email and tell us all about it to contact_team@ncdw.com.au

For everyone - during National Career Development Week, many hundreds of thousands of Australians of all ages and career stages will attend events that will assist them to develop the skills to manage their lives, learning and work. This week all Australians should take a few minutes to think about their career - their life, learning and work. Is it time to:

  • Follow your dream?
  • Look for a new career?
  • Do a course?

The NCDW website has lots of resources to help you take those first steps. Whatever you do this week - it is a week full of opportunities to take control of your future!

Exciting New NCDW Speaker Series of Videos to be launched this week

To celebrate National Career Development Week (NCDW) 2011, a brand new NCDW Video Series and classroom resource will be launched during this week (16-22 May) on the AusCareerWeek YouTube Channel. This latest NCDW video resource, the "NCDW Speaker Series", showcases motivational speakers and high profile NCDW campaign supporters Eddie McGuire (TV & Radio Presenter/President of Collingwood Football Club/Businessman), David Wirrpanda (former professional football player/David Wirrpanda Foundation), and Sam Sheppard (Buildmore Building Solutions Group/Women Into Building Initiative).  At the recent NCDW Forum in Victoria each shared very powerful personal insights into their journey to career success, and provided encouragement to others to work towards making their own career dreams happen. These new videos add to the catalogue of exciting and unique educational video resources developed by the NCDW Team to encourage and support all Australians to get the life they love! Don’t forget - all of the NCDW videos are available on our YouTube channel AusCareerWeek.

National Career Development Week Campaign and Channel Seven's Home & Away

In a unique and exciting collaboration between the National Career Development Week (NCDW) Campaign and Channel Seven's Home & Away, NCDW ambassador Mark Furze is this year doing a fantastic careers Blog series. Channel Seven’s Official Home & Away Website has so far featured four of a series of five special NCDW Blogs, with content provided by NCDW, co-written with ambassador Mark Furze, and including links directly to the NCDW website and NCDW resources. See Mark's Blog at:

NCDW Blog 4 of 5 – Know Yourself, Believe in Yourself and Follow Your Heart went 'live' today to celebrate National Career Development Week 16-22 May. The NCDW Blog is also promoted in the Official Home & Away newsletter and featured prominently on Home & Away’s Official Facebook page. Be sure to let your students know to check out this Blog series! This exclusive NCDW Blog for Home & Away fans is also featured on the NCDW website in Latest News and on our AusCareerWeek Facebook page. Perhaps your students would like to post a careers question on the Home & Away Blog for our NCDW ambassador, young actor and musician, Mark Furze?

For Event Organisers - some reminders

  • Take lots of photographs as a reminder of your fantastic event;
  • Send your photographs to local media with a story about your event and the importance of career development;
  • Send a copy of your photos, a story about your event and any media coverage to us at contact_team@ncdw.com.au (we love to see what you are doing);
  • Enjoy your events!

Keep up the good work! And don't forget to keep those registrations coming as we support events all year!