Resources

QILT – helps you compare official study experience and employment outcomes data from Australian higher education institutions. Create your own shortlist to compare different study areas and institutions.

Course Seeker – is a national course comparison tool which allows students to search over 7,000 undergraduate courses. Students can search, select and compare up to four higher education courses nationally.

Australian Job Search – Australia’s largest free online jobs website

Job Jump Start – Find new ways to explore careers and prepare for work by reading articles and using the tools provided. All the information on Job Jumpstart fits into three themes: Looking for a job; Building a career; and At work.

jobactive – Australian Government employment services system that supports job seekers and employers

Disability Employment Services – helps people with a disability find work and keep a job

Parents Talking Career Choices – an additional downloadable flyer to supplement the use of Job Guide

Job Outlook – a careers and labour market research information site to help you decide on your future career

Labour Market Information Portal – developed by the Department of Employment to provide up to date labour market data to assist people understand their local labour markets

Australian Apprenticeships – Australian Government information site for apprenticeships

Australian Apprenticeship Pathways – apprenticeships and traineeships information and resources

Australian Apprenticeships and Traineeships Information Service – provides apprenticeships and traineeships information and resources for Australian Apprenticeships Centres, Registered Training Organisations, Group Training Organisations, jobactive providers and other service providers and stakeholders

National Apprentice Employment Network – the national association representing group training organisations, Australia’s largest employer network of apprentices and trainees

National Centre for Vocational Education Research – informing policy and practice in Australia’s training system

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority – ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority) improves learning for young Australians through world-class school curriculum, assessment and reporting

Work Studies Years 9-10 Australian Curriculum – The Australian Curriculum: Work Studies Years 9–10 will deliver a school-based subject that provides opportunities for students to undertake vocational learning and develop work-readiness skills in preparation for further study towards a skilled occupation or further education after leaving school

International

The International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy – The main purpose of this web site is to facilitate policy learning through the international exchange of knowledge and information concerning public policy and career development issues

International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance

Canadian Career Development Foundation – a non-profit organization that works to advance career development and the capacity of the profession to respond with compassion and skill to all clients and stakeholders in an ever-changing work environment

Asia Pacific Career Development Association – connects career development professionals who work in or are interested in the Asia Pacific region and provides a global forum for sharing career development ideas, research, and techniques that are effective in the Asia Pacific region

Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training – is a national policy research institute, established in 1997 with the mandate of supporting national human resources development policy and the Korean public’s lifelong skills development

Careers New Zealand – is a Crown entity established under the Education Act 1989, and governed by a board that reports to the Minister of Education

Career Development Association of New Zealand – operates as an advocate for its members’ practice standards and professionalism, as well as a national voice for access to well-considered, personally, socially, and economically rewarding career development across the lifespan for all people

OECD Career Guidance Policy Review – effective career information and guidance systems are a key to making lifelong learning a reality for all.

European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network – aims to assist the European Union (EU) Member States (and the neighbouring countries eligible for the EU Lifelong Learning Programme) and the European Commission in developing European co-operation on lifelong guidance in both the education and the employment sectors.

International Centre for Guidance Studies – is an applied research centre specialising in career development and employability

The National Careers Council UK – is chaired by Dr Deirdre Hughes, OBE, with 9 members and 3 associate leading experts from business, education and careers sectors

National Careers Service in England

Northern Ireland Careers Service

Skills Development Scotland

Careers Wales

Position & Commissioned Papers

Connecting the Worlds of Learning and Work – July 2018

Youth Action Policy Paper – Career Guidance – The Missing Link July 2017

CICA Career Development Practitioner Survey Analysis – September 2012

CICA VET Career Development Services – June 2012

CICA Identification of issues that impact upon the provision of effective career development services for VET learners 2012

Career Development Guidelines for People with Disability February 2012

CICA Trial Report Career Development of Young People with a Disability Final June 2012

Engaging Parents in the Career Development of Young People – 2012

CICA Paper – Using career development services to strengthen student retention and attainment – January 2009

Improving the Career Literacy of Australian Students – 2009

Career More than Just a Job – Career Development understandings informing myfuture – 2008

The Public Benefits of Career Development Services – A Position Paper

The Public Benefits of Australian Career Development Services – Towards a National Research Strategy 2007

Access Economics Scoping Study on Economic Benefits of Career Development Services Nov 2006

Access Economics Study response Tony Watts Notes 2006

Managing Life Learning and Work in the 21 Century – 2002

Submissions

CICA Comment on Draft Implementation Plan Transparency of Higher Education Admission – May 2017

CICA Submission – Department of Employment Employability Skills Training Consultation Paper – August 2016

CICA Submission to HESP consultation on Transparency of Higher Education Admission – May 2016

CICA Response to the AWPA Skills and Workforce Development Needs Discussion Paper – August 2012

CICA Response to the National Career Development Strategy Green Paper – July 2012

CICA Submission Inquiry into combining school and work: supporting successful youth transitions – February 2009

Goverment Policy & Review

National Career Development Strategy 2013

National Career Development Research Project

A research project on career development in Australia was undertaken to inform the National Career Development Strategy. The research project comprised four separate elements.

1. Literature Review

A literature review of national and international research into career development, prepared by Miles Morgan Australia to inform the National Career Development Strategy.

NCDS Element 1 Miles Morgan

2. Needs Analysis

Identifies and analyses the career development needs and wants of young people (5-24 years), their parents, teachers and communities.

NCDS Element 2 Qualitative Research

NCDS Element 2 Quantitative Research

NCDS Element 2 Synthesis Report

3. Cost-Benefit Analysis

A cost-benefit analysis exploring the pros and cons of the options for the National Career Development Strategy. Prepared by Deloitte Access Economics to inform the National Career Development Strategy.

NCDS Deloitte Access Cost Benefit Analysis

4. Recommendations and Options

A rationale and options for a National Career Development Strategy provides recommendations for improving career development interventions and a range of options for the National Career Development Strategy. Prepared by Nous Group to inform the National Career Development Strategy.

NCDS Rationale & Options Nous Group

Frameworks

CICA School Career Development Service Benchmarking Resource

This resource has been developed for principals and leadership teams of schools to help them get the best value and outcomes from their career development services. The resource describes the features of a contemporary school-based career development service and sets out progressive performance benchmarks that enable schools to review their service delivery.

Schools can use this resource repeatedly as a quality improvement tool, to stimulate thinking about the aims of their career development service, how to achieve these aims, and how to continue to meet the changing career development needs of students within a rapidly changing world of work.

Although this resource is intended to be used by schools, the main elements could be adapted and customised for use in other sectors

CICA School Career Benchmarking Resource

Australian Blueprint for Career Development

The Australian Blueprint for Career Development is a framework for designing, implementing and evaluating career development programs for young people and adults. At its core, the Blueprint identifies the skills, attitudes and knowledge that individuals need to make sound choices and to effectively manage their careers.

The Australian Blueprint for Career Development (“the Blueprint”) has the potential to change the way Australians think about career education, information and guidance programmes.

The Blueprint has multiple goals but its primary aim is to have users work with a national framework of career competencies to create comprehensive, effective and measurable career development programs which help Australians to better manage their lives, learning and work.

Australian Blueprint for Career Development

Australian Blueprint Poster

Managing Life Learning and Work in the 21 Century – Issues Informing the Design of an Australian Blueprint

ABCD Review Report Nov 2012

CICA Guiding Principles for Career Development Services and Career Information Products

These Guiding Principles for Career Development Services and Career Information Products were designed to provide all those who offer such career development services and career information products with a clear and simple set of criteria with which to assess and continuously improve the quality of their services or products. Their widespread use will also enable clients to make judgements about the quality of the services and products they receive.

Guiding Principles for Career Development Services Information 2007

Preparing Secondary Students for Work – December 2014

Preparing Secondary Students for Work sets out a framework for vocational learning and vocational education and training (VET) delivered to secondary students. It updates the New Framework for Vocational Education in Schools released in 2001 by the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs. The 2001 framework was introduced at a time when the VET sector, including vocational education in schools,was expanding.

In 2014 the Education Council decided to update the framework to ensure that vocational learning and VET delivered to secondary students reflect modern schools and workplaces. Like the earlier framework, Preparing Secondary Students for Work is a policy document. It is likely to be of most value to people who set policies, design programs and implement vocational learning and VET, whether they are within schools, schooling systems, industry bodies, training package developers or VET regulators.

Preparing Secondary Students for Work

Core Skills for Work Developmental Framework

The Core Skills for Work Developmental Framework (the CSfW) describes a set of non-technical skills, knowledge and understandings that underpin successful participation in work. Participation in work could be as an employee, as someone who is self-employed, or as a volunteer.

This set of non-technical skills, often referred to as generic or employability skills, contribute to work performance in combination with technical or discipline-specific skills and core language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skills

Core Skills for Work Developmental Framework 2013

ELGPN Guidelines for Policies and Systems Development for Lifelong Guidance

The aim of these guidelines is to provide advice and reference points for lifelong guidance policies
and systems across the education, training, employment and social fields in order to improve the career
learning experience of EU citizens and strengthen the professionalism of career services and tools. The
Guidelines also aim to demonstrate how coherent guidance policies and systems contribute to achieving
education, employment, youth and social policy goals. The Guidelines can be used by policy-makers and
developers, social partners, civil society, career guidance services and professional leaders, guidance
practitioners, and trainers of guidance practitioners. This tool synthesises the policy development work
undertaken by the members of ELGPN in 2007–15.

ELGPN Guidelines for Policies and Systems Development

UK Gatsby Benchmarks

Every young person needs high-quality career guidance to make informed decisions about their future. Good career guidance is a necessity for delivering technical education reforms and is a vehicle for social justice: those young people without social capital or home support suffer most from poor career guidance. Yet, despite its importance, career guidance in English schools has often been criticised for being inadequate and patchy.

Against this background, in 2013 Gatsby commissioned Sir John Holman – Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of York, senior education adviser and former headteacher – with setting out what career guidance in England would be like were it good by international standards.

After six international visits, analysis of good practice in English schools and a comprehensive review of current literature, John wrote The Good Career Guidance Report which identifies a set of eight benchmarks that schools can use as a framework for improving their careers provision. These benchmarks have been well received by schools, government and a wide range of stakeholders.

The eight Gatsby benchmarks of Good Career Guidance

1. A stable careers programme
2. Learning from career and labour market information
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
5. Encounters with employers and employees
6. Experiences of workplaces
7. Encounters with further and higher education
8. Personal guidance

The Good Career Guidance Report

Reaching the Gatsby Benchmarks

Understanding the Role of the Careers Leader

Practitioners

Australian Frameworks and Resources

CICA Professional Standards

CICA School Career Benchmarking Resource

CICA Registration Brochure

Preparing Secondary Students for Work

Career Education Self Assessment Tool for Schools

Australian Blueprint for Career Development

Australian Blueprint Poster

Bullseye Charts

2018 Beyond School Study Guide

Back 2 Basics

Succeed

What is QILT Factsheet

QILT FAQ’s

Tomorrow’s Digitally Enabled Workforce

Preparing Young People for the Future of Work

Workforce of the Future

Core Skills for Work Developmental Framework 2013

ReCaP Resource for Career Practitioners – 2010

Why Career Development Matters Brochure

Careers Education Quality Framework

CICA Australian Career Development Practitioner Brochure

Career Services Guide – Supporting People Affected by Mental Health Issues – Canada May 2015

The Early Years Career Development for Young Children Educators Guide – October 2017

CICA Registration CPD Annual Record

International Frameworks and Resources

Enhancing the quality of career guidance in secondary schools

Understanding the role of the Careers Leader A guide for secondary schools

Good Career Guidance – Reaching the Gatsby Benchmarks

Reports

The Capable Country – Mitchell Institute – October 2018

Connecting the Worlds of Learning and Work – Mitchell Institute – July 2018

Participation in Tertiary Education in Australia – Mitchell Institute April 2018

Finding the Truth in the Apprenticeships Debate – Mitchell Institute – August 2017

Preparing Young People for the Future of Work – Mitchell Institute – March 2017

Parents

The Early Years Career Development for Young Children Parents Guide – October 2017

Beyond School Study Guide

Womens Work | Mens Work – Career Profiles

Parents Talking Career Choices 2014

Parents as Career Transition Support (PACTS)

Career Conversations – an online resource to assist you to talk to your child about what sort of career they’d like in the future. Talking to your child about their own interests and abilities can help them to realise their potential

Parents as Partners March 2014