IMPORTANT CAREERS INFORMATION

TOPICS

• How the Careers Centre can help you

• Careers Website• Career Pathway Plans• 1:1 interviews• Communication• VTAC• SEAS• UMAT

CAREERS CENTRE

Julie GlanvillAvailability: Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Location: next to IT Support office at rear of library

How the Careers Centre can assist you

Apprenticeships Information

Part-time & Casual Job Opportunities

Cadetships & Traineeships

Résumé Writing & Interview Skills

Career Planning & Assessment

Scholarship Opportunities

Career Expos Subject Selection Counselling

Careers Testing -Morrisby Profile

TAFE Courses & Programs

GAP Year Opportunities University Courses & Programs

Individual Interviews University Extension Studies

International Study Work Experience Interstate Universities VTAC ProcessInterview Skills Fortnightly Career

NewslettersOpen Days Overseas Exchange

Programs

KINGSWOOD COLLEGE CAREERS WEBSITE

• A one stop shop for course and careers information

• A communication tool – Facebook, message board, calendar of events, presentations, fortnightly careers newsletters

• Career Pathway Planner

• http://kingswoodcollegecareers.com/

CAREER PATHWAY PLANS

• Tool to assist you to plan your transition through senior years of school and onto further education, training or employment

• Complete online on Careers website

• Review and update each year until you leave school

1:1CAREER PLAN INTERVIEWS

Year 12 students• Compulsory!• Purpose: to discuss plans for 2016• Commence Monday 23rd February• Scheduled during your spare periods• Schedule on Careers Noticeboard; Check

day/time of your interview – esp if period 1!

Year 11 students • Review Career Plan during Wellbeing on 5th

May• Interviews not compulsory – appointments

welcome

Year 12 students - Career Plan preparation

• Register on Careers website to receive email alerts for careers events

• Register in Student Secure Area on Careers website

• Complete your Career Planner prior to your interview

COMMUNICATION

• Fortnightly Careers Newsletter– Link in school newsletter to careers website;

Newsletters posted under: ‘Important Information’– Emailed to year 11 & 12 students

• Kingswood College Careers website homepage:– Message Board– Kingswood College Careers Facebook page– Calendar – sign up for email reminders

AND…….

• Notice boards in Senior School Lounge

• Year level/VCE Presentations

• Emails to parents and students (e.g. excursions)

INTRODUCTION TO VTAC & SEAS

WHAT DOES VTAC DO?

• VTAC - Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre

• http://www.vtac.edu.au/

• Administers the application and offer process for places in tertiary institutions

• VTAC also▫ Calculates and issues the Australian Tertiary

Admission Rank (ATAR) ▫ Administers SEAS (Special Entry Access Scheme)▫ Administers scholarship applications

• VTAC applications open early August

Researching courses on VTAC website

http://www.vtac.edu.au/

• CourseSearch – general course search function available to the public

• CourseLink – search function for students in years 9-12.– log in is your Student Number (see Ms Glanvill or Ms MacKay)– password is first 4 digits of your DOB. Major advantages of

CourseLink are ability to search by ATAR and prerequisite VCE subjects.

• NB: Always refer to individual institution websites for more detailed course information

What is SEAS?

• Special Entry Access Scheme

• SEAS allows selection officers to grant extra consideration for course entry to applicants who have experienced educational disadvantage,

• Categories of disadvantage:– Medical– Difficult circumstances– Financial– Non-English speaking background

SEAS

• SEAS applications require preparation!

• For all categories except Non-English speaking background, you must:– Prepare an Impact Statement– Obtain a Statement of Support from a person who is

familiar with your circumstances, e.g.: doctor, teacher etc.

• If you think you may be eligible to apply for SEAS, see Ms Glanvill for assistance.

UMAT (year 12 only)

• Undergraduate Medical & Health Sciences Admissions Test

• In Victoria, only required for B. Medicine at Monash

• Registrations now open at http://acer.edu.au

• Registrations close 5th June

• UMAT Test date: 29th July

Thank you

Questions?

PATHWAYS

Pathways to your dream career

Post School Options

• Apprenticeship/Traineeship – TAFE or Registered Training Organisation

• Further Education and training

– TAFE– University– Independent Tertiary Colleges

Post School Options

• Gap year, community work and/or travel

• Find employment

• Start a small business

Qualification levels

• TAFE – Vocational Education and Training – jobs related and competency based

– Certificate I – Certificate II – equivalent to year 11– Certificate III – equivalent to year 12– Certificate IV – following year 12– Diploma – following year 12– Advanced diploma– Associate Degree– Degree

• University

– Bachelor Degree (undergraduate degree) – Post Graduate Certificate– Post Graduate Diploma– Honours– Masters– PhD

• Independent Tertiary Colleges – offer diploma and degree level courses

Qualification levels

If you don’t get into your preferred course or institution:

DON’T PANIC!!If you don’t meet the prerequisites to get into your preferred course, there are a number of options open to you. Consider:• Starting with a lower qualification, e.g.: a Diploma at

TAFE. Diplomas are equivalent to 1st year uni. You can usually transfer into the 2nd year of the uni degree

• a similar course with a lower ATAR at the same institution

• The same/similar course at a different uni – with a lower ATAR

• A regional uni/campus – ususally have lower ATARS. Apply to transfer into 2nd year at preferred campus/uni

• Dual sector institutions• A degree at TAFE• Private Colleges

Pathway institutions

• Most offer diplomas and you can transfer into 2nd year of related uni degree

• some are linked to specific unis. – MIBT (Melbourne Institute of Technology – linked to

Deakin)– La Trobe Melbourne– Monash College– Diploma of Tertiary Studies (Monash)– MIT (Melbourne Institute of Technology– Swinburne UniLink– Victoria Uni Plan B

VTAC preferences

• You can enter up to 12 courses on your VTAC application

• Assistance to complete your application – always ensure plan B is included

• You have a week after you receive your results to change your course preferences

A WORD ABOUT THE ATAR

• Good luck this year –try your best and work hard, but remember:

• The only thing the ATAR determines is your starting point.

• It does not determine your end point or prevent you from achieving your career goals!