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from SJc Yearbook Virtus 2015

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CAREER’S RESOURCE CENTRE OPENING

The Careers Resource Centre (CRC) was officially opened in November 2015. It is an exciting, generous and well resourced space where all students are able to access a variety of services and resources. Students are welcome to ‘drop in’ to the CRC before school, during recess and at lunchtimes. It is similar to a library where students may simply wish to investigate and explore the types of information available without necessarily needing to speak to CRC staff. During the day, students may access the CRC to attend appointments with

CRC staff, to participate in group career’s guidance workshops, to attend career’s presentations, as well as participate in other careers based activities.

CAREERS BLOG – A GREAT PLACE

TO FIND CAREER’S INFORMATION

The St Joseph’s Careers Blog is a great place for students and their families to access a range of resources and information about careers, the labour market, job preparation, work experience, higher education, resume writing, weekly careers newsletters, useful websites and much, much more. It can be easily found on the internet and regularly features in the top five search hits on Google, when the search term “Careers Blog” is used. The Careers Blog also features a Flag Counter which records page visits as well as which country the user is from. The Careers Blog has now been viewed over 30,000 times, by people from 99 countries!

CAREER’S WEEK

Career’s Week at the College aims to get students thinking about their future career pathways. During Career’s Week, Year 10 students were prompted to begin preparing for their future pathway at school and to think about decisions that they will need to make that will affect and influence the next steps in their career development. This year, students were able to attend two presentations from a range of career industry areas including: Police, CFA, Architecture, Accounting, Fitness, Building, Engineering and Business Management, Electrician, Graphic Design and Media, Defence Forces, Early Childhood Teaching, Nursing and Paramedicine, Music Production and Song Writing, Industrial Design and Information Technology.

WORK EXPERIENCE WEEK

The Work Experience week was held during the week of 04 – 08 May. The preparation for finding work placements begins in Year Nine, during Term Four. It is the responsibility of students to find their work placements, and for many, this is the first time that they will experience the world of work. This year, over 280 students from Year 10 descended upon workplaces in Geelong and the greater region, and further afield in Melbourne, New South Wales and South Australia. Work places included the Geelong Magistrates Court, many primary and secondary schools, the Melbourne Football club, Surfing World Magazine, building and construction sites, the Melbourne Storm Rugby League Club, Victoria Police, graphic design and architectural firms, Channel Seven, racing stables, and many, many more…. Many parents and old Collegians continue to provide work experience places for the boys. Without the support of local and regional businesses, families and the ‘old boys’ network, the work experience program would not be viable. To everyone who supported the Year 10 students with work experience placements, a big thank you. Your ongoing support provides the boys with a very important career development opportunity that will help them to make informed decisions about their futures.