Career Planning and Vocational Assessment

a) Changing Career Directions

Many people need encouragement to gain promotion at their workplace. Some need support in forming a plan for their future careers. Others are entering the workforce for the first time or re-entering employment. Still others are facing redundancy, early retirement or might be considering entirely new careers.

In this program you will:

• Begin with a session to discuss your needs, aspirations and career objectives
• Complete a series of psychological assessments to identify your interests, natural abilities, values and your personal qualities
• Undertake a second interview at which you will be given detailed feedback on the results of the assessment. This personal feedback will help you to evaluate career decisions and performance goals
• Receive a report on your vocational profile, detailing the recommendations discussed in the second session.

b) Making Career Choices

Students in Years 10, 11 and 12 – let us help you make the vital decisions about your future education and talk with you on a one-to-one setting about your expectations of a career path. Whether you are just entering the workforce, making career decisions or want to know what the possibilities are, our career development programs can help you seek clarity and direction.

This is how we do it:

• In your first session we will discuss your individual needs and establish where you think you are heading
• Complete a series of tests that will tell us something about your present skills, interests and the way you think about issues
• Your second session will be a discussion about what you have learned from the testing
• You will take part in an exchange of ideas about the most appropriate courses and subjects
• Talk through ideas about your career choices and other life plans.

c) Interview Skills Training

This individual, three hour learning program will assist you to identify what employers want to find out in a job interview. 

• Can you do the job? 
• Will you do the job? 
• Will you fit in? 

The interviewee only has a short time to sell themselves and convince people that they meet this criteria. Your communication style and knowing your strengths as a person and employee is vital.

Working directly with one of our consultants we will assist you with constructive feedback on your presentation and delivery and provide you with a supportive environment to practice the skills learnt.

This learning program will:

• Take you through likely interview questions
• Explain why they are being asked
• Coach you in your responses
• Enhance your communication skills
• Improve your presentation skills
• Provide you with program notes.