USEFUL INTERNET SITES FOR CAREER PLANNING - 2007

There are many Internet sites that can help you with your career planning. Below is a selection you might find useful. Many of these sites have links to other helpful sites. Be aware that Internet addresses do change. These addresses were active on 01 August 2007.

Career questionnaires
Australian Careers www.jobsearch.gov.au/careersearch.aspx?WHCode=2 Job Juice www.jobjuice.gov.au/default.htm myfuture www.myfuture.edu.au (select My Guide) Smart future www.smartfuture.qld.gov.au

Skills for the Future www.skillsforthefuture.gov.au/

Specific occupations
Accounting www.icaa.org.au/ www.cpacareers.com.au/ Architecture www.architecture.com.au Auto careers www.autocareers.com.au Aviation Australia www.aviationaustralia.net.au/index.php?home/item/7 Biotechnology www.biotechnology.gov.au/ Construction industry www.constructmycareer.com.au www.bigplans.com.au www.csq.org.au www.beconstructive.com.au/ Creative Industries Skills Council www.cisc.com.au Defence Forces www.defencejobs.gov.au Engineering www.ieaust.org.au/careers/index.html www.coordinatorgeneral.qld.gov.au/engineer/students/ind ex.shtm Film & TV industry www.afc.gov.au/ Information technology www.acs.org.au/ (select IT Careers Portal) www.itskillshub.com.au Invest Australia agribusiness, biotechnology, energy industries, environmental industries, financial services, ICT, advanced manufacturing, minerals, nanotechnology, and services www.investaustralia.gov.au/# Manufacturing www.zoom.aigroup.asn.au/ Marine Science www.amsa.asn.au/ Mining www.miningcareers.com www.qrccareers.org.au www.ausimm.com.au/main/education/careers.php Music industry www.themusic.com.au/ Nanotechnology www.innovation.gov.au/index.cfm?event=object.showCon tent&objectID=9503052F-65BF-4956B5BC7362DC90786C Nursing www.thinknursing.com/ Queensland Police www.police.qld.gov.au/pr/join/default.shtml

Career planning
Australias Careers Online www.careersonline.com.au/ (select Start here) Career Information Service www.cis.qsa.qld.edu.au/ Graduate Careers www.graduatecareers.com.au/ (select Industry Career Profiles) myfuture http://www.myfuture.edu.au/ (select My Guide) jobjuice www.jobjuice.gov.au/ (select Choose a direction) The Good Guides www.thegoodguides.com.au/ (select Career) Year 12 what next? www.year12whatnext.gov.au/

Occupational information
Australian Careers jobsearch.gov.au/ (select Careers and Job Explorer) Australias Careers Online www.careersonline.com.au/ (select Start here/World of career information) Careers Advice Australia Connect to your future www.careeradviceaustralia.gov.au/ Enterprise Network for Young Australians www.enya.org.au/ Get a Trade www.getatrade.gov.au/ Job Explorer - Search for Job Characteristics jobsearch.gov.au/JobExplorer/default.aspx Job Guide - Occupational profiles www.jobguide.dest.gov.au/ Job Outlook - Information on Occupations and Careers jobsearch.gov.au/joboutlook/default.aspx myfuture www.myfuture.edu.au (select The Facts) National Innovation Website Youth www.innovation.gov.au/index.cfm?event=object.showInd exPage&objectID=33DEB348-2552-A17DA4E86B5746C975C8 Skilling Solutions Queensland www.skillingsolutions.qld.gov.au/

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Queensland Public Service jobs.qld.gov.au/working/qldps.asp Recreation industry www.rtq.com.au Retail www.ara.com.au/careers Science www.smartfuture.qld.gov.au http://science.uniserve.edu.au/ www.careersinscience.gov.au http://smartmoves.questacon.edu.au/index_flash.asp Tourism and hospitality www.ttq.org.au/ Volunteering www.volunteeringaustralia.org/html/s01_home/home.asp

(search for Scholarships) Department of Education Training & the Arts http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/service/highereducation/university/courses-otherinfo.html#uni_scholarships_and_grants Going to uni www.goingtouni.gov.au/ (select Fees, loans and scholarships) myfuture www.myfuture.edu.au (select The Facts)

Queensland education
Department of Education Training & the Arts www.education.qld.gov.au Queensland Studies Authority www.qsa.qld.edu.au Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre www.qtac.edu.au Smart OP www.qsa.qld.edu.au/for/students/smartOP.html

Working conditions
Australian Council of Trade Unions www.worksite.actu.asn.au Pay scale summaries www.workchoices.gov.au/ourplan/payconditions/Payscale summariesS-U.htm Young Workers Advisory Service www.ywas.org/ Wage Net www.wagenet.gov.au workplace.gov.au www.workplace.gov.au/

Tertiary institutions
Australian Agricultural College Corporation www.agriculturalcollege.qld.edu.au Australian Catholic University National www.acu.edu.au Australian College of Natural Medicine www.acnm.edu.au Australian Defence Force Academy www.defence.gov.au/adfa/ Australian Maritime College www.amc.edu.au Australian tertiary course information www.goingtouni.gov.au (select Course Information) Australian Universities (select Universities) www.avcc.edu.au Bond University www.bond.edu.au Central Queensland University www.cqu.edu.au Christian Heritage College www.chc.qld.edu.au Going to uni www.goingtouni.gov.au/ Griffith University www.gu.edu.au James Cook University www.jcu.edu.au QANTM College www.qantmcollege.edu.au Open Universities Australia www.open.edu.au/wps/portal Queensland University of Technology www.qut.edu.au Queensland Institute of Business & Technology www.qibt.qld.edu.au SAE Institute www.saecollege.edu.au SkillsTech Australia www.skillstech.tafe.qld.gov.au Southern Cross University www.scu.edu.au TAFE Queensland Institutes www.tafe.qld.gov.au The University of New England www.une.edu.au The University of Queensland www.uq.edu.au

Training sites
Department of Education Training & the Arts www.trainandemploy.qld.gov.au/ Group Training Australia www.grouptraining.com.au/career_options/career_option s.html Department of Education, Science & Training www.dest.gov.au Australian Apprenticeships Centres www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au/default.asp National Training Information Service www.ntis.gov.au TAFE Queensland www.tafe.qld.gov.au

Financial assistance
Centrelink www.centrelink.gov.au Going to uni www.goingtouni.gov.au/ (select Fees, loans and scholarships) The Source http://thesource.gov.au Youth Allowance Guide www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/payments/you th_allow.htm

Scholarships
ATSI undergraduate scholarships http://cis.qsa.qld.edu.au/deadly/scholarships_atsic.html Australian Govt Undergraduate Scholarships, Fellowships & Grants www.education.gov.au/goved/browse/0,14899,14927,191 80,18159,17439,15579 Career Information Service www.cis.qsa.qld.edu.au//learningoptions/studyhow/scholarships.html Check tertiary institution websites

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Universities Australian - contact details www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/database/report.asp ?a=memberunis University of the Sunshine Coast www.usc.edu.au University of Southern Queensland www.usq.edu.au

Job search
Australian workplace www.workplace.gov.au Career one www.careerone.com.au Youth Pathways www.youthpathways.dest.gov.au Seek www.seek.com.au/ The Source http://thesource.gov.au Public Service - Australian Government http://jobsearch.gov.au/government/default.aspx?WHCod e=0 or http://www.psgazette.gov.au/ Public Service - State & Territory Govts http://jobsearch.gov.au/Government/GovLinks.aspx?WH Code=5 Public Service - Queensland Government http://www.jobs.qld.gov.au/ Defence Forces www.defencejobs.gov.au (select Careers)

InterExchange www.interexchange.org/ International Exchange Programs www.iep.org.au/homev3_flash.asp Overseas Working Holidays www.owh.com.au/ STA Travel www.statravel.com.au/cps/rde/xchg/au_division_web_live/ Volunteering http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/html/s01_home/hom e.asp

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Info for students with a disability

Australian Catholic University National www.acu.edu.au/student_life/student_services/disabi lity_services.cfm Career Information Service www.cis.qsa.qld.edu.au/special/index.html Griffith University www.gu.edu.au/ua/aa/ss/equity/home.html Job Access www.jobaccess.gov.au/JOAC/Home/ Job Search http://jobsearch.gov.au/Jobseeker/DisabledPeople.aspx? WHCode=0 myfuture www.myfuture.edu.au (select The Facts & Career Links) Queensland University of Technology www.equity.qut.edu.au/programs The University of Queensland www.sss.uq.edu.au/index.html

Info for Indigenous students

Deadly pathways http://www.cis.qsa.qld.edu.au/deadly/index.html myfuture www.myfuture.edu.au (select The Facts & Career Links) workplace.gov.au www.workplace.gov.au/workplace/Individual/IndigenousA ustralians/

Gap year organisations

Antipodeans Abroad www.antipodeans.com.au/ Camp America www.campamerica.com.au/ Gap Australia www.gapaustralia.org/

Curriculum Branch, Department of Education Training and the Arts, August 2007