Education, Jobs, Futures. A Brief Lesson in Life Strategies

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Education, Jobs, Futures. A Brief Lesson in Life
Strategies

• Dr. Alan Montague
• Phone [phone]
• alan.montague_at_rmit.edu.au

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I will cover

• Emerging Jobs
• Skills shortages
• Education pathways
• Apprenticeships and Traineeships
• Obtaining jobs

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• All
• Is
• Not
• What
• It
• May
• Seem

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Keira Knightley

• English film actor starred in
• Bend It Like Beckham
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Love Actually
• King Arthur
• Pride and Prejudice

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DID YOU KNOW ..
It is impossible to suck your elbow.
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DID YOU KNOW ..
Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
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Balancing the Information
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Qualifications getting that ticket
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All 19 TAFE Colleges in Victoria conduct VCE and
VCAL
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Teenagers in Full-time Education and Full-time
Work March 1990 to March 2005, 12 month averages
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students casual jobs

• Youth today are far more likely than hose in
  previous decades to undertake further study,
  rather than to leave school in Year 10 and enter
  the full-time labour market without
  qualifications. For instance, in February 1988,
  54 of 1519 year olds and only 9 of 2024
  year-olds were in full-time education. By
  February 2006, over two-thirds (68) of 1519
  year olds and 26 of 2024 year olds were
  full-time students. Many students now balance
  study with a casual job, with 39 of teenagers
  and 48 of 2024 year olds in full-time education
  also working part-time. Reflecting this, teenage
  part-time employment has grown by 60 over the
  last 15 years.
• Source Australian Jobs 2006 DEWR p.4

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Source DEWR Jobs Outlook 2005
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Source Productivity Commission 05
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Emerging Jobs

• Health area
• Trades
• Laboratory
• Electrical/electronics technicians
• No name jobs
• Managers

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Where will the new jobs be?

• Five industries are expected to provide more
  than 80 of Australias new jobs over the five
  years to 201011. Over this period, Health and
  Community Services is expected to experience the
  strongest jobs growth (2.8 per year or more than
  150 000 new jobs over the next five years). Large
  numbers of new jobs are also projected to be
  created in Property and Business Services and
  Retail Trade, with each also increasing by more
  than 150 000 jobs (growth of 2.3 and 1.9 per
  year respectively). Construction (75 600 new jobs
  over the next five years), Accommodation, Cafés
  and Restaurants (45 200) and Personal and Other
  Services (42 700) will also contribute
  significantly to jobs growth.

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Where are the new jobs?

• Nearly four out of every five (779 700) of the
  998 000 jobs
• created in Australia in the five years to
  February 2006 come
• from the four most highly skilled occupational
  major groups.
• The largest jobs growth was in
• Professionals (290 500 new jobs)
• Associate Professionals (189 400)
• Managers and Administrators (185 400)
• Tradespersons and Related Workers (114 400).
• In percentage terms, employment growth over the
  past
• five years has also been strongest in the most
  skilled
• occupational groups
• Managers and Administrators (28.0)
• Associate Professionals (18.3)
• Professionals (17.4)
• Tradespersons and Related Workers (10.0)

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Projected Employment Growth, 5 years to 201011
top 10 Industries (000)
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Total Sep 05 397,900 Aged 45 12 Aged
20 68
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Is the labour force ageing?

• Another important element behind the changing
  nature of the Australian labour market has been
  the ageing of the labour force. In February 1981,
  25 of the labour force was aged 45 years and
  over. In February 2006 the figure was 36, and it
  is projected to increase further in the coming
  decades. In some industries, more than half of
  the workforce is already aged 45 years and over.
  The ageing of the labour force is expected to
  lead to strong replacement demand in a range of
  occupations.

Source DEWR Jobs Outlook 2006 p.4
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Unemployment Rate by QualificationMay 2004 and
2005 ()
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Skill Shortages
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Need to Knows

• Disabled Australian Apprentice Wage Support is
  available to an employer who currently employs an
  Australian Apprentice with a disability and has
  been assessed as a person requiring assistance.
  Evidence must be provided to support a claim for
  assistance. An employer of an Australian
  Apprentice with a disability who satisfies the
  eligibility criteria may receive wage support of
  either 104.30 for a full-time Australian
  Apprentice, or pro-rata amount for part time
  Apprentices.
• Assistance for Tutorial, Interpreter and Mentor
  Services is payable directly to the Registered
  Training Provider in respect of an Australian
  Apprentice with a disability who has been
  assessed as eligible for Disabled Australian
  Apprentice Wage Support and who requires
  additional assistance with off-the-job training.
  An Australian Apprentice with a disability may
  attract this form of assistance regardless of
  whether their employer receives Disabled
  Australian Apprentice Wage Support.
• Financial assistance available for tutorial
  services for an Australian Apprentice is 38.50
  an hour up to a maximum of 5,500 annually and
  for interpreter/mentor services, 38.50 an hour,
  up to a maximum of 5,500 annually.
• Source http//www.australianapprenticeships.gov.a
  u/employer/incentives.asp for more information
  regarding assistance for disabled Australian
  Apprentices contact a Australian Apprenticeships
  Centre in your area.

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70 of Jobs are never advertised
Dear Ms YYYYY I would like to work as an xxxx
in your organisation. I have attached my résumé
detailing my background, skills and capabilities.
I have also listed the names of three people who
have kindly offered to act as referees on my
behalf. I am very interested in meeting to
discuss the possibility of working in your
organisation. I will phone you on Thursday to
ask if there is a possible opening in your
company and if we could meet for a
discussion. Thank you for considering my
application. Your sincerely
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Info of Use

• 1. RMIT Apprenticeship and Traineeship Website
• www.rmit.edu.au/appstrainees
• 2. Jobs Employment Training
• www.jet.org.au
• 3. TAFELINE
• 9637 2000
• www.tafe.vic.gov.au
• 4. Jobs Outlook 2006
• http//www.workplace.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/D89DF430-
  C009-4E7F-812E-1BA4235428E1/0/AustralianJobs2006.p
  df

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Useful links

• www.grouptraining.com.au group training
  information
• www.ntis.gov.au National Training Information
  Service
• www.najobpathways.com.au

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More

• www.jobjuice.gov.auemployment information with
• links to other useful sites
• www.centrelink.gov.auinformation on support
  services
• and programmes
• www.newapprenticeships.gov.auexplains
  apprenticeships
• and traineeships and where to get more
  information
• including pamphlets in languages other than
  English
• www.gtaltd.com.auGroup Trainingapprenticeships
• and traineeships made easy
• www.jobsearch.gov.au/training and
• www.jobsearch.gov.au/joboutlookmove between
• information on job prospects, earnings, type of
  work
• and other occupational information and related
  courses
• and vacancies
• www.jobguide.dest.gov.auexplore opportunities
• available after leaving school
• www.youthpathways.dest.gov.auassists the most
  at-risk
• young people make a successful transition through
  to
• completion of Year 12 and further education,
  training or

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And More

• www.graduatecareers.com.au/more information on
• GradsOnline
• www.ncver.edu.auinformation on TAFE outcomes and
• Vocational Education and Training (VET) research
• www.jobsearch.gov.augraduate careers in
  Australian
• government and State agenciesclick on graduate
  links
• www.goingtouni.gov.aumore about studying at
  university

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