You might already be using digital portfolios in the classroom, but if you’re not, they’re a great idea. Digital portfolios capture aspects of your school life. They’re a way to collect, store and display work electronically, from written assignments to artwork, lab experiments to physical projects, academic awards to school reports. You can blog it,… Read more
I was very fortunate to be on the beautiful Darling Harbour 2 weeks ago as Sydney played host to Pacific 2019. Pacific 2019 is an international maritime exposition for government and industry. It’s a showcase where world leaders in the commercial and defence sectors of the maritime industry, and maritime primes and their supply chains… Read more
Teenager Daniel Bendo heard about the Naval Shipbuilding College’s Workforce Register from his Mum – the rest is history. Struggling to break into the workforce after successfully finishing his final year at high school, Daniel Bendo decided to take some good advice from his mum. With a fair bit of work experience during and after… Read more
We talk to our students about the uncertain and changing face of the workforce of the future. We encourage them to skill up on STEM and pitch towards jobs that don’t even exist yet, even though there’s little consensus about what the future of work will look like. Meanwhile the government has stared into the… Read more
Welcome if you’re new to the Work-Ready program, and welcome back if you have returned. Now that you have registered with Work-Ready, you’ve probably had the chance to explore our 13 informative modules and the many exciting resources they have to offer. You also have access to the Educators Community where we encourage you to… Read more
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Yes we can! So there’s been a survey on the state of health of high school work experience system and the verdict is in. It’s broken! Tell us something we don’t already know! We’ve been treading water for years now. Although many schools throughout Australia have managed to run excellent work experience programs in partnership… Read more
Many jobs have been replaced by automation, with many more to follow. This has been happening for many years now, from factory assembly lines, to self-serve checkouts and even the performance of intricate surgeries. Recently you might have noticed automated orderlies delivering equipment at some of Australia’s hospitals, or even been assisted by a humanoid… Read more
For some time now we’ve been hearing and writing about the importance of entrepreneurship in the future workforce. The call has been for young Australians to become job creators over job seekers. More importantly though, the workforce needs intrapreneurs! Students don’t have to be entrepreneurs to be successful, but unlocking their entrepreneurial skills will certainly… Read more
Billions of dollars are being spent in the Defence Industry, with work beginning in naval shipbuilding in South Australia and Western Australia from 2018; and employment opportunities will continue to open up throughout Australia for the next thirty to forty years! It’s an exciting time, not only for today’s students, but also for the next… Read more
