Blog: Reskilling for a New Career Made Possible Thanks to the Flexibility of VET Written by Cara Jenkin More than a million Australians are taking their first steps towards a complete career change through vocational education and training as they decide to pursue their real passion or gain the skills for more secure work....
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Blog: How VET and Universities Are Joining Forces To Skill Up Our Nation’s Workers Written by Cara Jenkin Australia is taking a new approach to tertiary education so workers can gain more skills throughout their careers to keep up with what’s needed. The approach will require easier pathways to be created between the university and...
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Blog: First Nations People Leverage The Power of VET to Switch to New Career Paths Written by Cara Jenkin First Nations people are harnessing the power of vocational education and training (VET) to climb their way up the career ladder. Whether it is getting a headstart in the world of work while still at...
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Essential Tips for Students: Mastering Future Skills and Embracing Generational Diversity in the Workforce As the modern workforce becomes increasingly diverse, students preparing to enter the job market, or who are using vocational pathways to upskill or reskill, must understand and adapt to the evolving dynamics of generational differences. Today’s work environment features six distinct...
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Skills vs degrees: The new currency for the future of work? In today’s rapidly evolving job market, a significant shift is underway: skills are becoming the new currency. As technology advances and job roles become more specialised, the focus is moving towards the practical abilities of job seekers. So why are skills emerging as the...
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Blog: VET Gives Workers The Skills To Smash Through Stereotypes Written by Cara Jenkin Skills shortages can reduce and workers can lead more fulfilling lives if more people think outside of traditional gender stereotypes when it comes to the ideal worker. It is not just the workers considering these careers who should disregard the...
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Blog: Vocational Education and Training Funds a Headstart on Life, As Well As Careers Written by Cara Jenkin Vocational education and training students are being paid thousands of dollars to learn their work skills, while immediately putting them into practice on the job. It is giving young people a significant leg up in both...
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Blog: VET Kickstarts Careers in the Technology Sector Written by Cara Jenkin Australia’s technology sector needs so many more skilled workers, that supply cannot currently keep up with the pace of demand. More than 25,000 workers are required in the next five years to work directly in the technology industry. The Future Skills Organisation’s...
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Blog: VET Skills to Power The New Age of Clean Energy Written by Cara Jenkin Clean energy will have a once-in-a-generation transformative effect on the workforce and vocational education and training graduates are most in demand. Australia has set a target to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050 and it also has the abundant...
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Blog: Make Your Own Career From a Base in Vocational Education and Training Written by Cara Jenkin Australia’s manufacturing workforce is on the rise thanks to the innovative and high-tech opportunities that the industry now presents. The number of people directly employed in manufacturing is now at its highest level in 20 years, with the...
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Blog: Vocational Education and Training Helps Students Get Ahead in Life Written by Cara Jenkin More than nine in 10 jobs that are forecast to be created in the next 10 years will require workers to have obtained a qualification after finishing high school. For almost half of them, a vocational education and training...
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What are you looking for? Did you know that training in a laboratory could get a job in a range of industries, The scope of career opportunities by undertaking laboratory and pathology training is huge! Have a look below at some of the industries you could work in. Thank you to our friends at LTT...
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The role of the parent is so important There are over half a million students in Year 11 and 12 in Australia, and every one of those students is on the cusp of some serious decision making (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021). Whether they’ve got a clear idea of what they want to do once...
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Author: Cara Jenkin There may be a lot of things that teenagers don’t want to get help from their parents about, but career advice is not one of them. In fact, parents are the number one source of information and the biggest influencer in their post-school job and study decisions. Maybe all those times...
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Author: Cara Jenkin Many students face a choice when they finish school and are contemplating further study – go to university and get a degree, or pursue a qualification through vocational education and training. However, there is no need to choose at all. Contrary to the myth that you can’t go to university if...
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Author: Cara Jenkin If you had told your grandparents when they were growing up that one day there would be workers employed to help them stay fit, coaching them to run and lift weights, they probably would not have been able to imagine it. But personal trainer today is an important job and a...
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