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Wait, did a hedgehog design this?
Liv Pennie: Apr 15, 2026 5:54:28 PM
Most career advice was designed by hedgehogs. Our kids need foxes.
Career Development
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Five BIG ways all teachers boost career ideas
Bev Laing: Jul 22, 2025 5:22:00 PM
There's so much going on at school. Teaching knowledge and understanding, learning skills for study, life and wellbeing. Some - but not all - of it...
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Time to fly
Bev Laing: Mar 13, 2025 3:37:18 PM
Let's look at the second new feature BECOME has released for schools this month! The new Lesson Flythroughs are a super-quick way for BECOME teachers...
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'Where's the career quiz?' A case for the right kind of data
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...
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When 'Follow Your Passion' is a Waste of Time
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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Lucky New Year
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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Career Development in Complex Times
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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Why we need to stop the careers counselling guessing game
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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Transforming Senior Subject Selection
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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Careers on Screen
Bev Laing: Oct 20, 2023 10:10:52 AM
Updated October 2024 A while ago, we asked on social media what movies and TV shows people thought made great examples for career development (and...