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June 1, 2025National Report Reveals a Committed, Capable Career Development Workforce Ready to Shape Australia’s Future
Australia’s career development profession stands as one of the most committed and capable workforces in the country, according to new findings released in the 2024 National Survey of Career Development Practitioners, commissioned by the Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA). Drawing on detailed responses from 734 career development practitioners across Australia, the survey paints a […]
May 21, 2025
🚨 The State of Global Teenage Career Preparation: New OECD Report Raises Red Flags
A major international study reveals that one in three teens is unclear about their future careers, and many aspire to roles that don’t reflect actual labour market demand. In Australia, 66% of students expect to work in high-status professional jobs, but few get the career guidance, information, and experiences needed to make those goals a reality. […]
May 20, 2025
OECD Release New Report – The State of Global Teenage Career Preparation
A new OECD report on student career readiness finds that too many young people are navigating their futures without enough support. The report shows that students across OECD countries are now expressing very high levels of career uncertainty and confusion. Job expectations have changed little since 2000 and bear little relationship to actual patterns of […]
May 19, 2025
🛠️ National Careers Week 2025 Wraps Up: A Celebration of Purpose, Possibility & Pathways 🚀
National Careers Week 2025 has officially ended, marking another extraordinary celebration of career development, opportunity, and lifelong learning across the country. With the theme “Future Frontiers: Navigating New Career Pathways,” the week-long initiative engaged Australians at every stage of life—school students, early career starters, career changers, job seekers, and those navigating their next chapter in […]
March 28, 2025
Good adult career guidance
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation has just published a new report on Good adult career guidance. The report emphasises that public employment services are a critical element of the provision of adult guidance services, and suggests that they should move beyond helping people who are unemployed find work, towards the provision of universal career guidance services. […]
