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Career Breakfast
a great start to the day
The annual Career Breakfast is the inspired work of Rhonda Vink, Head of Careers, together with Judy Watt from our Advancement Team.
Mentors (Old Girls and parents) from the College community are invited to breakfast in the Clouston Hall with the Year 13 cohort where they share their career stories and wisdom with the students. Students indicate beforehand a career field of interest and are matched with a suitable mentor who joins them for breakfast, in the ultimate cycle of giving back and ‘By Love Serve’.
The generous donation of delicious pastries from Panetone and fruit platters provided by Taiping Supermarket may have something to do with the students successfully arriving at 7am, but we know how much they gain from this event too. The mentors provide the young people with a sense of hope and a context about what is important to focus on in Year 13. Rhonda Vink gets the students excited well before the event and says “engagement and participation in an event like this, we know, creates wonderful moments for everyone”. She asks the students to come with lots of questions, curiosity and be open to possibilities.
Ishannita Chaudhuri, Head Girl, had this to say about her Career Breakfast experience in 2022:
“The Career Breakfast was an incredible opportunity to think harder and learn more about our future careers. Hearing about the journeys from those in the industry which we are passionate about, helped us realise that there is no straight path to our dreams; oftentimes we will go off track or turn around. Regardless, we will forge our own way. It brought a great comfort to hear the stories, the triumphs and the tribulations of successful people and how they felt in our position as compared to now. Our understanding of our favoured career path was broadened since we were hearing about it from someone with great experience and expertise.”
The Careers team welcomes your input into the Career Breakfast and other career events. If you are interested in being a mentor or a speaker at an event please contact Rhonda from the Career team at rhonda.vink@stcuthberts.school.nz.
Ishannita Chaudhuri, Head Girl
