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Bev Laing: Mar 7, 2025 3:56:41 PM
We show BECOME to a lot of people. Sometimes what we hear really drives home how much the Career Development profession has done itself a disservice by buying into the idea that a simple quiz or test should be the dominant Career Development...
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Dr Trent Loader: Feb 12, 2025 2:07:05 PM
These phrases, so familiar to us all, pop up regularly in career development. 'Follow your passion' and 'You can do anything!' mean well, but our...
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Jim Bright: Jan 17, 2025 4:04:36 PM
Waiting for a career breakthrough? A bit of luck is all you need - First published in the Sydney Morning Herald, July 2024
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Bev Laing: Nov 13, 2024 11:48:40 AM
A scramble for decisions at the end of high school is often too little and too late to prepare students for fulfilled lives and careers.
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Liv Pennie: Oct 30, 2024 1:32:47 PM
Has your career been a simple path from A - to B - to C? Would 16-year-old you be surprised at what you do now? What would they have said if someone...
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Jim Bright: Sep 25, 2024 4:15:41 PM
First published in the Sydney Morning Herald, August, 2024. School careers advisors are like a “backwards Google” and the tools they use are...
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Bev Laing: May 8, 2024 9:18:19 PM
Most educators, parents and specialists would agree: the transition from Primary to High School can be challenging. Students have to get used to...
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Bev Laing: Mar 7, 2024 12:29:01 PM
You know how - a bit too often - when discussing senior subject selections with students, they say, 'I haven't really thought about it'. Or they come...
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Liv Pennie: Feb 13, 2024 1:18:17 PM
Quick quiz! What does your school's motto or slogan say? Got it in mind? Great. Now here's the important bit: Does the school slogan relate to the...
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Liv Pennie: Jan 30, 2024 10:32:45 AM
Humans are naturally wired to imagine the future. Data shows that young people are actively thinking about their lives and careers long before formal...