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Jan 12, 2016
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What is a career?
Define Work
List types of workPaidUnpaidVolunteerHouseworkSchool work
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Define Job
Tasks done on a daily basisEveryday that you do to make up your day/life/career
Define Career
The sum total of all your experiencesLearning, life roles and work you undertake throughout your lifeConsolidates jobs you do and will do in the future into a plan or pathwayList types of work
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What is career development?
Refers to the choices a person makes in relation to their career
These choices relate to
•Level of education
•Level at which they join the workforce
•The amount and type of training undertaken as they progress in their career
Career development involves modifying and refining career direction in order to achieve personal satisfaction, maintain motivation and acquire maturity in a career
It is also taking risks and making choices along the way
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Theories of career development
Ginsberg. S.W
One of the earliest thinkers on how students chose their career pathways He undertook studies of student selections and came up with three distinct stages
•Fantasy•Tentative•Realistic
See diagram next slide (p44 manual)
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Theories of career developmentDonald Super
A contributor to the theories behind why people choose careers
He came up with five major stages
His studies show that a person will go through these steps each time they make career changes
Some careers are planned and others are develop as people change situations
Super’s stages depict a traditional view of how people have changed careers over time
Some evidence suggest that today people follow this method with each new task they undergo
While others seek more formal ways through further study
See next slide (p45 manual)
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Two views of career development
Today vs. Traditional
Two views of career development have changed enormously over the past 30 years.
The table on the next slide summarises these difference
(next slide p 45 manual)
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Life long learning
Education is at the heart of both personal and community development; its mission is to enable us, without exception, to develop all our talents to the full.
Learning has always been fundamental to the life of the individuals, community and cultures
It is in part what makes us human and contributes significantly to quality of life
There is a growing national and international trend that suggests formulating a love of learning in a countries people will be the key to prosperity
(next slide p47 manual)
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FORCES FOR CHANGE
Some key forces are putting life long learning on the national and international stages
Jobs are changing
Traditional jobs are disappearing to new technologies
Flatter business structures, place emphasis on team work and multi skilling
Therefore further training is required
There are more jobs in the service sector
The Australian economy is becoming knowledge based
Today’s workers require different literacy skills and greater communication skills
There is a need for workers not only to KNOW there job but also be able to INTERPRET its function
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Work arrangements are changing
Rising part time and casual work
Greater outsourcing of work and hired specialists
Self employment is growing
Individuals are managing work portfolios
Workers need to learn business and negotiating skills
Continued need for further education is needed to be successful
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The economy is changing
The electronic economy is expanding rapidly no one knows what jobs will be like in the future
The money economy has gone global
Australian industries are competing in a global market
Intense international competition and sophisticated consumer expectation
To prosper in Australia Australians must produce goods and services that are outstanding by world standards
Australian economic survival depends on an educated work force
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Growing focus on social cohesion and civil society
Rising poverty on a global scale
Inequality between different parts of the world and between social groups
Learning promotes understanding, tolerance, compassion, and in effect equality
Learning allows workers to be prepared for change
Education promotes cohesion between social and economic relations
Education enhances opportunities, allowing everyone to participate in the changing Australian culture
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Australia’s record so far
Businesses are investing billions of dollars in vocational education and training to promote a culture of educated people
Improvements to the education sector
•Amount of training has expanded
•Training has been work orientated
•Trainers and workers are more responsible for their learning and seek training to enhance their work requirements
•Education and training is now available to women, Indigenous Australians, disabled people, Non English speaking persons, residents of rural and remote communities and other disadvantaged groups
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Australia’s record so far (cont)
95% of workers are undergoing vocational training
However 52% of the work force has not achieved a post secondary qualificationTAFEDegreeDiplomaOr other further educational certificate
Australia is ranked 15th among 22 countries that place a high value on vocational education for economic growth (OECD)
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Australia’s record so far (cont)
People without secondary education are on average
•More likely to be unemployed
•Less able to change jobs, or to be promoted
•More likely to be retrenched
•Worse paid
•Less likely to do more training
Rapid and widespread social and economic change means that more people must engage in life long learning throughout their careers
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CAREER PATHWAYS
The changing nature of society means that the notion of career has also changed
People change jobs and career pathways more frequently
It is expected that people entering the wok force (this means you) will have 3-4 career changes in their lives
30 years ago people may have only had i-2 pathways in their life time
Vocational education has opened up many opportunities for people to change or get promotions
Education in this form has created stability and commitment for workers and employees alike
A successful company expands its staff knowledge as it expands its company
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CAREER MYTHS AND REALITIES
The following table identifies the changes of the work place from traditional views to the realities of working today
However many people still believe the traditional values still exist
(Next slide pp 50 and 51 manual)
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