Brigidine College
Library Pathfinder
Semester 1, 2005
Start Here!
Take this quiz to determine what job you will be good at.
Work
Interest Quiz
http://www.myfuture.com/toolbox/workinterest.html
Through the "Career Quizzes" you can explore your
abilities, interests
and preferences as part of making a career decision
Jobsetc.ca : IQuizzes
http://www.jobsetc.ca/toolbox/quizzes/quizzes_home.do?lang=e
Try this
interactive game that helps you to work out a career path
Career
Game
http://getaccess.westone.wa.gov.au/izone/career-game
Job Seeker's Workshop
http://www.careersonline.com.au/jswindex.html
Connect
to your future
School subjects you like and jobs they can lead to.
Year 12 What
next?
A guide to help Year 12s plan their post-school education and training
Determine your personality type
What’s your personality type?
http://www.personalitytype.com/quiz.asp
Choosing
a career : personality
http://www.careersonline.com.au/disc/pa.html
Personality
Profiles
http://www.worksite.actu.asn.au/showall.php3?secid=1&workst_Session=b7c56fe476c9a94c545d014517a84d11
Having the right attitude to work can help determine
your suitability for a career path.
Attitudes
http://www.careersonline.com.au/disc/attitudes.html
Here are some sites that can direct to what jobs are available
My Future : Occupations. Try
browsing alphabetically. Outlines information such as duties and tasks, labour
market and personal requirements
http://www.myfuture.edu.au/services/default.asp?FunctionID=5000
Job and
Course information
http://www.careersonline.com.au/jobsetc/index.html
My future
http://www.myfuture.edu.au
The
facts
New Apprenticeships
www.newapprenticeships.gov.au
The Source.
Australian Government Site
http://www.thesource.gov.au
Job Search -
http://www.jobsearch.gov.au/
Australian
Job Guide -
Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs
http://jobguide.detya.gov.au/
Job
Network
An Australian Government Initiative
http://workplace.gov.au/workplace/jobnetwork
Job Outlook
http://www.workplace.gov.au/workplace/Category/ResearchStats/LabourMarketAnalysis/JobOutlook
Department of Education,
Training and Youth Affairs
A very useful site with information in the vocational education and training
area.
http://www.detya.gov.au/train/index.htm
Connect to your future. Career Advice
http://www.connecttoyourfuture.dest.gov.au/youth/toolkit.htm
Jobs
and Careers
http://www.trainandemploy.qld.gov.au/client/jobs_and_careers/index.html
Apprenticeship Information.
http://www.apprenticeshipsinfo.qld.gov.au
Want to take a new
direction? TAFE Queensland
Your pathway to greater possibilities.
http://www.tafe.qld.gov.au
ACTU Work site
http://www.worksite.actu.asn.au
Information for Australian
Apprenticeships
http://www.trainandemploy.qld.gov.au/resources/training_delivery/pdf/aac_induction_manual.pdf
Now that you have an idea of what you might like to do ,read the guides to resume writing.
Your guide to resume writing. What is a resume?
http://www.jobweb.com/Resumes_Interviews/resume_guide/res.htm
Look at a sample
Samples of Resume and Covering letters
http://www.jobstar.org/tools/resume/samples.cfm
More samples resumes! Jobweb
http://www.jobweb.com/resources/library/Interviews__Resumes/More_Sample_Resumes_127_01.htm
Sample
resume. UTS
Career Service
http://www.ssu.uts.edu.au/careers/fstudents/resumes_app/sample.html
Create your own resume
What’s in a resume, resume tips. UTS Career Development
http://www.careerdevelopment.uts.edu.au/myapp/resume/index.html#tips
Resume writing tips. Jobweb
http://www.jobweb.com/resources/library/Interviews__Resumes/ResumeWriting_Tips_29_01.htm
Action words to use in your resume. Jobweb
http://www.jobweb.com/Resumes_Interviews/resume_guide/action.htm
Just for fun - use this
online resume builder.
Fill in the form
Create
Your Resume
Go
to Resume Builder
http://www.myfuture.com/toolbox/resumebuilder.html
Resume Calculator
http://www.careervictory.com/resume_calculator/college/rescalc01.asp
You will
need a covering letter to accompany your resume
Cover
letters.
What’s in a cover letter?
http://getaccess.westone.wa.gov.au/izone/career-game
Practice your interviewing techniques
Maybe
you want to go to University
A website
for senior secondary students to
encourage them to think about attending university.
Where to find information on careers in the Library
Books
- Non Fiction
Some titles for information on careers
|
NF
155.2 MAR |
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Looking
at type and careers |
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NF
155.2 SIN |
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Do
What You Love, The Money Will Follow |
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NF
155.2 TIE |
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Do
what you are : discover the perfect career for you through the secrets of
personality type |
|
NF
331.12 STI |
|
Job
Prospects |
|
NF
331.7 PRI |
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Work
in our lives |
|
NF
331.7 TAK |
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Take
the Test Have You Got What It Takes To Be a .... |
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NF
331.7 WIL |
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Work Skills:
A Course In Career Education For Secondary Students |
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NF
338 ECO |
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Ecotourism
Education |
|
NF
371.3 SOR |
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Survival
Kit For Senior Students |
|
NF
378 ASH |
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Good
Universities Guide To Australian Universities: 1998 Course Edition |
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NF 378
ASH |
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Good
Universities Guide To Getting In Getting On & Getting A Job |
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NF
378.1 BAR |
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Higher
Education |
|
NF
500 BLE |
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Getting
The Job Done: Science Skills For The Rest Of Your Life |
|
NF
650.1 BUR |
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Secrets
Of Finding And Keeping A Job |
|
NF
650.14 CRE |
* |
Surfing
Your Horizons |
|
NF
650.14 HOG |
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Your
First Job: Getting It , Keeping It, Going Further |
|
NF
650.142 MAD |
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The
Resume guide : how to write a winning resume |
|
NF
650.4 BOL |
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What Colour Is Your Parachute? |
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NF
700.23 REE |
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Career
Ideas for Kids Who Like Art |
On-line
databases:
Newspapers on-line
Sydney
Morning Herald - My Career.com
A very useful website offering information about jobs. Areas covered include
career options and current job vacancies.
http://www.mycareer.com.au/default.asp
Courier Mail
http://careerone.com.au/thecouriermail/
Newspapers
Look for
the 'Careers" supplement weekly in the 'Courier Mail' or the
"Australian".