the career book
INSTRUCTIONS
Making career decisions and managing your career will be a lifelong process. There are skills that
you can develop and steps you can take each time you are faced with your next career transition.
These can be divided into three sections: ‘Understanding myself’, ‘Exploring my career’ and
‘Managing my career’.
1. Read the introductory paragraph on each page, beginning the book at Section 1 through to
Section 3. A teacher resource section is also included.
2. It is not intended that you would complete every activity nor explore every web link, but there is
a sequential order to the book. You can decide which areas are relevant for you to explore.
3. Each graphical image has an identifying number and explanatory title. A full list of these web
links are cited in the ‘Glossary of links’.
4. Click on the blue icon at the lower-left corner of each graphical image. This will take you to the
relevant web link, some of which are videos and others are relevant websites which you can
further explore.
5. Some graphical images have red icons. These link to activities, some of which are compiled in
the ‘Activities’ section of the book. These can be downloaded to complete these activities. Other
activities will be found on the linked webpages. Follow the instructions as directed on these
pages.
6. The aim is for you to develop necessary career management skills through undertaking a series
of practical experiences, both inside and outside of school.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
USQ Opening Doors: Career Development Project members would like to acknowledge the willing
collaboration of our partner P-10 and secondary schools in Fraser Coast, south-east and south-west
Queensland. Together we have embarked on fostering career development and career management
skills, with the m utual goal of empowering and raising aspirations of our young people.
CONTACT DETAILS:
USQ Student Services: Career Development
Phone:
(07) 46312372
Web:
usq.edu.au
Email:
[email protected]
The Opening Doors: Career Development Project is funded through the Commonwealth Government’s Higher
Education Participation Program (HEPP) to improve the access, participation and success of students from communities underrepresented in higher education.
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