career [n.]

1. an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life and with opportunities for progress. 2. the time spent by a person in a career. 3. working permanently in or committed to a particular profession.
-ORIGIN mid 16^th century [denoting a road or racecourse] : from French carrière, from Italian carriera, based on Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.

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As indicated above, careers consume a significant part of everyone’s life. At present, the concept of a career is changing, with people often moving from one employer to another and even from one aspect of a profession to another several times during their working life. There are still some common aspects which remain. These include understanding what is involved in any career prior to committing yourself to it, knowing what support and opportunities are available, developing skills to gain access to it and finding support mechanisms both prior to entry, and during your time in, your chosen career. The information on these and the related pages is designed to assist you with this.

This page looks at other Australian information including areas such as Graduate Careers, specialist career information, tools, Good Employers and Women’s Assistance Groups.

The First Page provides links to Related Topics such as Employment, Occupations, Interviews, Résumés, Teaching Overseas, Working Overseas, etc. and looks at Associations and Groups, as well as Australian Government information and agencies linked to Careers.

Vocational Education information is found via this link and covers Career Education, Vocational Education and Apprenticeships.

Other Careers Information

Australian Sites, Other

• Career Coaching
  ICF Australia. This site will put you in contact with qualified and trusted coaches, as well as providing you with background about the coaching process.
• Career Guide Australia
  Good advice on careers, interview techniques and résumé development.
• CareerOne
  Creating résumés, finding a new job, about companies, moving overseas.
• Career Research and Assessment Service
  ‘CRAS provides vocational assistance to UNSW/USyd students and UNSW general staff, aiding in career and study choices, career changes, and career planning’. A similar, US-based site is the JobHuntersBible.
• Careers Online
  Career research, job hunting information, advice. Sections include the following.

• Australian Positions Vacant
  ‘Over 10 000 Australian Positions Vacant notices are updated/refreshed every day’. Listed in many categories.
• Choosing A Career
  ‘What you need to know about choosing a career which suits you !’
• Job & Course Info
  ‘What you need to know about jobs and courses … !’
• RSS/XML Feeds
  Articles, employment, products, individual career web sites.

• Careers [University of New South Wales]
  One of the best sites for help on search strategies, résumés, interviews, more. Vacancies only with a student number/ID. Other universities also host career advisory sites.

• Adelaide
• Melbourne
  ‘We provide expert, up-to-date careers assistance, information and services to students, employers and staff in a friendly and professional manner based on principles of equity and excellence’. Links to a valuable range of data in subject areas.
• Monash
• Newcastle
• Sydney
• Western Australia
• For others, visit Universities Page, select a university, and search for Careers.

• Choosing A Career
  ‘Start here. Simply begin with the first topic, and work through the rest in sequence … When you’ve finished, go and get some information about jobs and courses together’.
• Cool Jobs
  Ace Day Jobs, ABC. Uses individual’s profiles as an entry to describing a range of cool jobs from Tourism journalist to CEO of a Software Company. Good range included.
• Graduates & Internships [GradConnection]
  Search through graduate jobs, internships or cadetships. Thren select from the range of industries. Hit Search and check the list of jobs which are listed.
• International Exchange Program
  Looking for a short term exchange to UK, US, Europe or NZ ? This site may be for you.
• Job Search & Online Career Resources
  From AussieRésumés. Annotated listing of sites to assist you.
• JobX
  Search for information by profession, industry or location, create a résumé, use the forum, more.
• LinkMe
  ‘LinkMe.com.au allows you to upload your resume and market yourself to thousands of recruiters and employers who are looking for staff. You will receive calls about jobs you might not have known about, from employers who might not have known to contact you. LinkMe helps you manage and advance your career. LinkMe also makes it easy to send your resume to anyone for review. Once your information is in LinkMe you need only keep it up to date’.
• LODE
  ‘Lode is the new way of connecting university students, graduates and alumni with Australia’s leading employers. Showcase your personal brand and choose the companies that you want to share your profile with’.
• Managing Your Career
  Recruiting, managing, training, planning skills for you and your workplace.
• Make It !
  ‘Information on over 150 jobs available within 13 Manufacturing Industry Sectors today. Suited to anyone interested in Manufacturing careers. Includes handy resources such as the MSA Manufacturing Careers InfoSheets, links to many other websites’. Covers career levels from beginners on.
• My Career
  Free job alert service, jobs database, résumé manager, tips for writing, etc.. Their Job, Work & Career Advice section has 14 directories of articles and advice covering everything you want to ask. Another worthwhile section is the Book Reviews and Extracts covering multiple topics.
• My Career Match
  ‘My Career Match is the leading provider of online career assessments for schools and universities in Australia. Our profile reports match students with careers that best suit their strengths and personality’.
• Professional Pathways Australia
  ‘Professional Pathways Australia can arrange internships in Australia and professional year programs for international students and graduates. Learn the fundamentals of working in a specialised field associated with your study’.
• Seek
  Linked with NineMSN. Build a résumé, talk to a consultant, career resources, search.
• StudyLink
  Check courses, requirements. You can pay for greater depth of information.
• The Good Uni Guide
  Comprehensive listing of all university courses in Australia. Join [small fee] and get ratings for all courses.

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Good Employers

Information about good employers, including award winners.

• EOWA Employer of Choice for Women List
  The list ordered by industry and optionally by state.
• AHRI Awards
  ‘Australia’s premier human resources and people management awards program’.
• Best Employers in Australia and New Zealand
  ‘the Hewitt Best Employers in Australia and New Zealand Accreditation Process’.

Graduate Careers

For those who have recently graduated and are not certain about what they are going to do, or want additional information and options.

• GradsOnline
  ‘Helps answer your questions about graduates’ activities, salaries and jobs. To view the latest results, select your degree level and field of study [or] search for it using the subject search box’.
• Graduate Careers
  Careers and more. For more pages, information, see the Universities page [Postgraduate Courses].
• Graduate Opportunities
  ‘Australasia’s graduate jobs directory’. Jobs, A-Z of employers, closing dates, career advice, industry profiles, e-newsletter, books, more.
• ResearchJOBS
  ResearchGATE. ‘An international job board for research, science and higher. There, universities and academic institutions post employment offerings’. More than 1 000 positions listed in multiple academic areas.
• Virtual Careers Fair
  Career Chat, JobSearch/Employer Profiles, resources, latest information, interactive activities, more.

Other Sites

• Career Advice
  ‘eHow’s knowledgeable career experts offer advice on topics ranging from getting ahead at work to changing careers’, Public Speaking to Stress & Work, Effective Work Habits to Workplace Etiquette. Some will not be applicable because of the US-based nature of the site.
• Career Advice Centre
  Covering everything from what mistakes you cannot afford to make through to résumés and CVs, working smarter rather than harder, more. Based around interview information.
• Career Explorers
  ‘Career planning information and resources no matter what stage of life you are in’. Alberta Learning Information Service. An example of the way others approach the area of Careers. Some sections relevant, others not.
• Career Jokes Home
  ‘Let’s look at the lighter side of careers with a range of jokes about careers and people in them. JokeLoft.com brings you the best in career and career related jokes, riddles, puns, stories’.
• Career Overview
  US-based. Some information will not be relevant in Australia. Listing of careers in major areas, information about each listed career including job options, necessary skills, more.
• Go Certify
  Of most value would be the Freebies, Blogs, articles, quizzes. Covers some courses done in Australia including certification courses in IT..
• Speed Up Career
  ‘Information on career options, personality development, tips on work & job related issues’. Sections from Résumé Writing Tips to Leadership Skills.
• UniXL [Education and Career Information Portal]
  Part of a larger site. Of special interest may be the section on Special Education. ‘UniXL provides students, general public and businesses with high quality and relevant education and careers related resources’.

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Specialist Information

• enYa
  ‘The Enterprise Network for Young Australians’ will provide you with a range of information and even possible help to become a small business person.

Indigenous Information

• Career Programs and Services
  From My Future. A collection of Indigenous-specific and other useful general sites.
• Indigenous Career Trek
  ‘Delivers a range of learning and development opportunities to support career development and advancement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees at all levels in the Australian Public Service’.
• Programmes and Services for Indigenous Australians
  ‘The Australian Government, provides a wide range of employment and business assistance for Indigenous Australians. To find what is specifically available for you, please select the appropriate category’. Links to other areas.
• Proud, Skilled and Ready
  A Queensland ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Initiative’. It covers the areas of Proud, skilled and ready to Teach; Proud, skilled and ready to Lead; School-based traineeships; Traineeships; Cadetships and a Graduate Program.

• Local Government Careers
  New South Wales. Careers would be similar in other states. Types, why work there, tips, profiles, links, etc..
• Logistics Careers [Australian Logistics Council]
  Careers, Career Expos, associations, positions, useful links, more.
• Youth 2 Youth
  Portal by young people for young people interested in being entrepreneurs. They claim it ‘creates and manages learning and connection services for Australian young people’. Worth a visit if you want to be an entrepreneur.
• The Youth Hub
  Information about IT jobs. Gives some assistance in finding work experience placement.
  Still undergoing a rebuild. Check back soon.

Tools & Other Specific Information

• A Year Out
  Take a year off study and work around the world.
• Ask the Headhunter
  If it’s their job to be able to find the best, then advice from them should help you become the sort of person they are looking for.
• Career Interests
  Self-help resources. University of Technology, Sydney.
• Job Seeker’s Workshop
  Information on how to know yourself and your skills, résumé writing, finding career information, finding jobs, job applications, the dreaded interview and how to make it a breeze.
• Life Coach
  For those who want guidance with professional goals and their achievement. Most people charge for this.
• Mind Tools Career Excellence Toolkit
  ‘Quick access to the full Mind Tools toolkit of more than 350 management, career and thinking skills. About half of these tools are Freely available to you. The other half [identified with an asterisk] are [only] available to Premium members’.
• Salary Centre
  ‘Do you know what jobs pay what salaries or what the market rate is for your job ? We use data from advertised jobs so it’s the going rate right now. You’ll also find trended data, the latest salary articles & use our Pay Rise Calculator to see what ends up in your pocket’. MyCareer.
• Time Management [Success]
  Start early and find out how not to waste valuable time you could be using for something productive.
• Worksite
  Explore careers, unions, pay scales. Fact sheets, assignments, surveys, more.

Women’s Assistance Sites

• Lucy Mentoring Program
  ‘The Lucy Mentoring Program is a [NSW] university-based program which aims to encourage the development of women who, given the right opportunities and support, will become our future leaders. The program, developed by the former Office for Women, is now delivered by each participating university. Interested students should contact their university for further information’.
  You now need to be able to log in to access this site.
• Orijen Mentoring
  Places female mentors in the same area, with younger females who would benefit from this.
• She Said
  Specific information for women workers, or would-be workers, particularly in the IT field.

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