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Careers Guidance

A Job for Life is OUT!

The workplace of the future will resemble a playground of opportunities, with sideway steps, career jumps and leaps into new fields. In order to survive in this new environment, you need to develop portable employability skills.

If you are experiencing difficulties in your life, and finding it hard to work out what you want to do, keep going in a course, or not sure if you've chosen the right course to reach your goals, talk with our careers counsellor.

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Career's guidance is available at Coonara on Thursday afternoons, by appointment only, during school terms.

FREE CAREER COUNSELLING
Free career counselling is available to students at Coonara or those people who pay the annual students amenities fee.

COST
The cost of a one-on-one session with a qualified careers counsellor is $45 per half hour.

ADVICE

• Job searching
• Applying for work
• Resume/cover letters
• Interview Techniques
• Goal setting
• Time Management
• Evaluating yourself
• Portfolio advice

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

• Investigate the world of work to make informed decisions
• Strategies to achieve future career goals
• Relationship of personal qualities, education, training & work

ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

• Effective learning in school & life-long learning
• Academic preparation for post secondary options
• Relationship of academics, work, family & community life

PERSONAL/SOCIAL

• Interpersonal skills to respect self and others
• Decistion making, setting goals and taking action to achieve goals.

BOOK
Please call to make a booking - up to one hour with one of our career counsellors - Sally Dusting Laird or Debbie Whitehead

Call 9758 7081 for an appointment.

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While awaiting your appointment you might like to use the following links to assist you.

http://www.acfe.vic.gov.au/

http://www.myfuture.edu.au/

http://www.skills.vic.gov.au/

http://www.careerone.com.au/