Services to Students, Teachers and Schools
Making decisions about career directions and transitioning from school to work is a major challenge faced by many young people.
Workforce Development Centre offers career guidance services as well as working with schools to facilitate youth career decisions and skills development.
This service is open to all students (13 to 18 years of age), school leavers, parents, guardians and teachers. We aim to assist students in the transition form school to further education, training or employment by;
- Developing students' career planning, employability and job search skills.
- Providing up to date information about careers, education and training opportunities, apprenticeships, traineeships, employment and the labour market.
- Provide students with information and links to other people who can help.
Workshop Services
High school can be daunting, especially where students are expected to start making decisions about their career and further education. Through the Workforce Development Centre (WDC), Career Practitioners facilitate interactive school based group activities with students to help with these decisions and to make this period of transition easier.
These workshops are as follows:
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Introduction to Career Development (for Years 8 & 9)
Exploration and Decision making. How do you make your Decisions? Understanding the influences that shape your choices and then take the five steps to help you make a realistic decision towards a suitable career pathway
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Career Development Transition – Exploration & Decision Making (for Years 10,11 & 12)
How do you make your decisions? Understanding the influences that shape your choices and then take the five steps to help you make a realistic decision towards a suitable career pathways.
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Choices after School
Exploring TAFE, University and Employment pathways
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The 'Real World' of Work
Includes employer expectations, employability skills, and your rights and responsibilities in the workplace.
Marketing 'You'
How do YOU market your skills, knowledge and experience (whether it be paid or voluntary)? A practicle workshop that shows what employers expect to see in your resume and how to write a professional, targeted application letter.
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Selling 'You'
Interview Techniquies (Years 10-12) - How to 'Sell' your skills to a prospective employer. Understanding typical interview questions - why the prospective employer is asking certain questions and how to answer them.
School Leaver Destination Survey
WDC conduct the School Leaver Destination Survey in the West Coast region each year to determine students transition from school to further education, training or employment. The service offers assistance to those who have not achieved their personal career goal and works as a safety net assisting those students who may otherwise fall through the gap.
This process allows trained Career Practitioners to speak to students that have completed high school to provide valuable advice and information and where appropriate, provided with WDC career and employability service.
Youth at Risk:
WDC Provides spcialised career support to young people who are not engaged in mainstream educational systems.
One on one career guidance appointments are available and we welcome agencies who work with disengaged youth to utilise our services to assist their clients' journey into further education, training and employment.
We also deliver specialised career and employability workshops to this group of participants through the Finding My Place, GATE and COMET programs. If you are an organisation that assists disengaged youth, please contact us to discuss your requirements.
BJL also provides Youth Connections Type 1 services for disengaged youth still at school. For further information on this, please refer to the Youth Connections page within this website. Youth Connections. or contact our Joondalup office for more information.
Our Services
- Career Advice & Guidance
- Specialised services for many groups
Connecting Communities
- Creating community links
- Connecting schools, organisations & industry
