Frequently asked questions
Yes, please feel very welcome to give me a call. You can ask any questions you may have and I can get a little background on where you or a family member is up to career wise.
We are in a revolution - whether we like it or not! While the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is still ongoing, the Fifth Industrial Revolution (5IR) has emerged as a response to it. 4IR was a period characterized by the seamless integration of the physical, digital, and biological worlds, fueled by innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and the internet of things (IoT).
The Fifth Industrial Revolution (5IR), is being driven by the continued evolution of AI, particularly technologies like GPT models. These models represent more than mere tools; they are cognitive partners set to redefine societal structures, economies, and the very essence of human existence. The 5IR posits a future where AI is not just an auxiliary function but a core component of our cognitive processes, enhancing our decision making, creativity and interaction with the world around us.
A major focus in my vocation as a Career Counsellor in the Fifth Industrial Revolution is to help people be fully prepared for, engaged in and benefitting vocationally and personally, from the ever evolving changes affecting every aspect of the human experience.
So, Revolution Career Counselling!
It is interesting and more than a little sobering (!) to look at the real cost to families when a family member does not commence or continue their higher education or training pathway in preparation for entry into a vocation. Currently around one in four tertiary students discontinue their programs. This is usually due to the individual not having any real idea of which career would suit them best and which educational or training pathway is appropriate to their needs.
Here is a brief summary of the cost of disengagement from post school education or training.
Cost of Disengagement – To Parents/Caregivers $12,000 pa calculated conservatively at a cost of $230 per week to parents to support their son or daughter.
Cost of Disengagement – To Son/Daughter $50,000 pa ($960 per week) calculated ‘opportunity cost’ i.e. the minimum amount of money they would have earned in an entry level, low skill job that does not require qualifications or training.
If you believe any of the following, Revolution Career Counselling is not for you or yours!
1. I can work out my career and my life direction myself. It’s working wonderfully thus far.
2. I should just be grateful I have a job.
3. My children receive great career counselling at school/uni/TAFE. (Check in with your son/daughter on this one!)
4. Young people today are too soft and think that life owes them a living. You don’t have to like your job, just do it and live for the weekends.
5. If I keep my head down, I’ll keep my job and be OK.
6. My current job pays well, so I just need to suck up the fact that I hate going to work most days. Also, my partner/friends/family all really enjoy my regular debriefs about how I am undervalued, unhappy, bored, frustrated etc.
7. Career counselling is expensive (2 days income using the average Australian wage).
8. I really do not believe in the idea of a vocation rather than a job.
9. I am too scared to change, life is hard and I’ll be dead soon anyway.
Booking a career counselling service is easy! Simply visit the Bookings tab on our website or call John on 0413 266 852.
Please note that Revolution Career Counselling does not provide refunds on services that have been booked and Sessions are not transferable to others. However if you wish to reschedule an appointment, please just let me know as soon as possible and we can schedule another time. Thank you, John
Writer Annie Dillard famously said, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” For many of us, a large portion of our days is spent at work; in fact, the average person will spend 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime. So it’s safe to say your job makes a huge impact on your quality of life. Deciding that you are entitled to work in an area that you find meaningful, authentic and enjoyable will always be the most important decision you will ever make. Do not let fear, self limiting thoughts and behaviours undermine your confidence and fundamental right to pursue a vocation that fulfills you. Career change counselling leads to you gaining personal control of your life at every level.
Tailored career counselling provides personalized guidance by helping you identify your unique strengths, values, interests and potentials and aligning these elements to a fulfilling career path. This specialized support involves self-exploration, using assessment tools, and receiving detailed information on career options and market realities. This approach is highly effective in reducing indecision and building confidence. A professional career counsellor should offer individualised strategies, actionable advice and a personalised roadmap to help you make informed choices and achieve your career and life goals. This applies to young people wishing to find a career, people wanting to change their current career and people wishing to advance in their chosen career.
What defines tailored career counselling?
Personalized Support
· A professional level career counsellor provides guidance tailored to your individual needs and situation, rather than generic advice.
Goal-Oriented
· The process is designed to help you create a personally meaningful career by finding work that aligns with your values, interests and potentials.
Strategic Guidance
· You receive actionable advice and step-by-step plans to navigate your career journey and overcome challenges.
How does it work?
Self-Exploration
You work one on one with a career counsellor to identify your core strengths, values, interests and goals.
Assessment Tools
Revolution Career Counselling uses the Strong Career Interest Inventory. The Strong is the world's leading professional level instrument with very high (.05) reliability and validity properties.
Information & Resources
You receive detailed information about a range of highly correlated career options and the evolving labour market to ensure you make informed decisions.
Skill Development
You learn decision-making skills, develop resilience and learn how to create clear pathways to achieve your career and life goals.
Benefits of Tailored Counselling
Increased Career Fulfillment
Discover and engage in a career that satisfies and excites you, leading to an optimum career choice and the best possible work-life balance.
Reduced Indecision
Overcome uncertainty and confusion about career choices, leading to greater confidence and heightened self-control of your career and life choices.
Improved Well-being
Feel more confident and less anxious about your career path, which will in turn positively impact every aspect of your life.
Actionable Plans
Develop a personalized roadmap with clear, step-by-step plans to achieve your career and personal goals.
You can pay online via the Bookings page, or via card over the phone any time before our first session. Zip Pay is also available on the Bookings page. See the steps for paying via Zip Pay on the FAQ page 'Do you offer Zip Pay?'
Yes, just choose the Afterpay option at Checkout.
Yes, you can pay for any of Revolution Careers services using Zip's Single-Use Card feature via the Zip App or Web Wallet.
Here are the steps to take:
1. Choose Credit/Debit Cards on the Revolution Careers 'Payment' page.
2. Open your Zip Pay app and choose Cards on the menu at the bottom of the page.
3. Scroll down and choose 'Shopping Online?'
4. Zip will then generate a Single Use Card.
5. Enter the card details for a secure online checkout.
No, there is no need to prepare anything before the start of your session. Arrive relaxed and ready to have a great experience finding out exactly what career suits you best and the best pathway to get there !
You will complete the Strong Career Interest Report® as part of our face to face meeting via video call. The Strong is a career interest tool that predicts your career interest areas with great accuracy. It takes just 20 minutes to complete. We review the results and find the career best suited to your personality, values and potentials. Revolution Careers is the only career counselling and career change counselling service in Australia that then provides carefully chosen, independent recommendations from the vast array of higher education, training other career pathways on offer.
Yes, you do! The Strong Interest Inventory is the world's leading career interest profiling tool, renowned for its reliability and accuracy. It predicts your career interest areas based on your personality type, making career counselling much more effective. Plus, it only takes about 20 minutes to complete and is backed by solid academic credibility. It works!
No, the Strong Career Inventory® is not a test. It is a profile that creates an inventory of your interests and is not difficult in any way. In fact, most people really enjoy this part of the process. Basically you are finding out what is of real interest to you in life and ignoring all the things that are not!
Psychologists consider the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) as having very little scientific validity and not an appropriate tool for determining career interests. The MBTI attempts to measure personality preferences, not career interest areas, aptitudes and personal values. It should thus never be used as an instrument for career selection.
A few key points to remember about the MBTI and career choices
It is not designed for career selection
The MBTI claims to provide insights into personality traits, not to one’s predict suitability for specific careers. Even as a personality type indicator, it is almost completely rejected by the academic psychology community. No major journal has published research on this indicator.
Lack of predictive validity and reliability
Psychological research indicates that scores or personality types as measured by the MBTI lack predictive validity, reliability and do not relate to suitability for specific careers, to vocational satisfaction or to job performance.
Potential for misinterpretation
Assigning career paths based on MBTI results will lead to inaccurate assumptions about someone's interests, values, aptitudes and potentials.
What to use instead
The Strong Interest Inventory®
The Strong Interest Inventory is the world's best professional level career interest assessment. It is based on consistent psychological research results that demonstrate that people are happier and most productive when their career choice matches their values and their personality. The Strong Interest Inventory® is specifically designed to identify your career interests and match these interests with potential occupations.
Professional level Career Counselling
Consulting with a professional Career Counsellor helps you explore your interests, values, and aptitudes to make informed career choice decisions.
Given that we spend around 90,000 hours at work - either working for someone else, with someone else, or doing our own thing - it is never too late to make a career change. At age forty you have about 45,000 hours to either enjoy or 'tolerate'! So if you feel you are currently 'spinning your wheels' in an unsatisfying occupation, it's clearly time to take some action and move into a role that aligns with your interests and values. Career change counselling works. No regrets!
Individualized professional level career counselling for young people provides a number of important advantages over the group offerings and the ‘cookie cutter’ services typically provided at secondary schools and tertiary institutions across Australia. These include:
1. Personalized Guidance: Every young person has unique skills, interests, and aspirations. Individualized career counselling helps tailor advice and recommendations specifically to each person’s strengths, passions, and challenges, rather than offering a one-size-fits-all approach.
2. Self-Discovery: Career counselling provides young people with the tools to explore their own interests and abilities. This can help them better understand themselves and what career paths might suit them best, boosting their self-awareness and confidence.
3. Improved Decision-Making: Young people often face pressure when making career choices. With personalized career counselling, they are given the knowledge and support to make informed decisions, consider all available options and the long-term implications of their choices.
4. Increased Motivation and Engagement: When career counseling is focused on the individual’s goals and aspirations, young people are more likely to feel motivated and engaged in their career planning. This greatly boosts their overall commitment to their chosen path.
5. Better Preparation for the Future: By working one-on-one with a Career Counsellor, young people gain insight into the specific skills, attributes and qualifications needed for various career paths. They also learn about trends in the job market, helping them stay ahead in a constantly changing world.
6. Increased Confidence and Reduced Anxiety: Career decisions can be overwhelming, especially for those who don’t feel confident in their choices. Individualized counselling helps alleviate anxiety by breaking down big decisions into manageable steps, and by reinforcing that they have support throughout the process.
7. Networking and Opportunities: Professional Career Counsellors have connections with businesses, mentors, and educational institutions. This can help young people access internships, job shadowing, and networking opportunities that they might not have been able to find on their own.
8. Support in Overcoming Barriers: For young people facing challenges such as financial constraints, lack of resources, or uncertain family support, individualized career counselling can help them navigate these barriers and find viable solutions.
In short, professional level individualized career counselling supports young people by empowering them with tailored guidance, increasing their confidence and preparing them for a happy, fulfilling, successful future designed and lived on their own terms.
Parents do not attend Student Career Counselling Program® career counselling sessions with their daughter or son. However with the young person's permission, the specific details of the 'Action Plan' describing the chosen career area and the selected education/training pathways to be undertaken, can be provided to parents or carers.
The Strong Career Interest Inventory is the world's leading professional level instrument with very high (.05) reliability and validity properties. Schools do not provide this type of assessment. The Strong is fundamentally a career interests 'quiz' that predicts your career interest areas with incredible accuracy. It takes about 20 minutes to complete.
Yes, Revolution Career Counselling is the only career counselling and career change counselling service in Australia that provides carefully chosen recommendations from the vast array of tertiary education, training, professional development, personal branding and other appropriate pathways that will lead to the careers in which my clients are interested. Having worked extensively in Australian and international tertiary education, coupled with over twenty years as an independent career counsellor and coach, I can recommend exactly which pathway is best for you, why it is the perfect fit and most importantly, exactly how to make it happen!
The Student Career Counselling Program® is ideal for assisting students with their Year 11 and Year 12 subject choices. Informed subject choices will ensure they will meet the specific subject requirements of the tertiary programs they wish to undertake.
Revolution Careers' hours are 10 am - 6 pm Tuesday to Friday and 10 am - 2 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Phone inquiries are welcome 7 days a week from 10 am to 7 pm. I love my job!
All career counselling, career change counselling and career coaching services are delivered one on one face to face online via Zoom.
Career development counselling can be tax deductible. Please consult your tax professional for advice.
The non completion rate in Australian universities is still around 25%. So around one in every three students do not graduate in the program in which they enrolled. There are arguably many reasons for this very high attrition rate. However not receiving professional level career counselling and higher education advice before enrolment is clearly a major contributor to program withdrawals, and the accompanying frustration and stress that inevitably follows.
With a wide variety of majors and electives to choose from a Bachelor of Arts degree gives you the freedom to design your own skillset. You learn to think critically, to innovate, collaborate and communicate for the future world of work in a way that many vocationally focussed degrees do not offer e.g. engineering, information technology, medicine etc.
Most importantly, you will become highly literate and capable of demonstarting your unique personality and skills in a competitive job market, where these attributes combined with innovation and flexibily are now prized above all else.
The best way to prepare for a successful career is to master the skills that artificial intelligence never will and that employers demand. LinkedIn's recent research on the job skills most sought after by employers in 2021, found that the four most-wanted 'soft skills' were creativity, persuasion, collaboration and adaptability. Developing and demonstarting these skills will lead to exciting, rewarding and futureproof careers.
Thank you for your inquiry. Here are a couple of things to consider:
1. Professional Expertise and Training
Career counsellors are trained professionals with specialized knowledge about career development, labour market trends, and psychological insights into how young people make decisions. They are equipped with a wide range of tools, resources, knowledge and experience that most parents do not have.
Career counsellors have a deep understanding of how to match a young person’s strengths and interests with the most promising career paths, something that may be hard to achieve without professional training and significant experience.
2. Objectivity and Neutrality
Parents naturally want what’s best for their child. However their involvement can be clouded by emotional attachment or bias. A career counsellor offers an objective perspective, which is important in helping young people make decisions that are best for their individual growth, rather than making choices based on family expectations or pressures.
A career counsellor provides an impartial, third-party perspective that can be valuable for your child to feel heard and supported in exploring options beyond what the family may envision.
3. Personalized, Tailored Advice
Unlike most parents/carers, career counsellors have experience in assessing a young person's personality, skills, aptitudes and ambitions through a variety of methods, such as psychometric tests, counselling and structured guidance. This individualized approach helps a young person explore career paths that parents may not even be aware of. Counsellors can provide a customized approach based on your child’s unique strengths, skills and interests - something that is difficult to achieve without a structured, personalized process.
4. Access to Resources and Networks
Revolution Career Counselling provides carefully chosen independent recommendations from the vast array of higher education, training, career development and transition pathways on offer, the only career counselling service in Australia that provides this service. I also provide advice on valuable resources such as internships, career fairs, industry insights, and connections to professional bodies across all vocational fields. This provides young people with real-world exposure and networking opportunities that would be challenging for parents to discover on their own.
5. Decreased Pressure on Parents and Child
Parents often feel a sense of pressure to guide their child toward the “right” career! Professional career counseling allows the responsibility to be shared with an expert, relieving parents from the potential stress of navigating a complex and often confusing decision-making process. This also allows the young person to have a safe space to explore their interests without worrying about disappointing their parents. So fundamentally having a professional career counsellor guide your son or daughter helps take the pressure off you, while allowing your child the freedom to explore different paths in a neutral, supportive environment.
6. Improved Communication and Relationship
Sometimes a young person may resist advice from their parents, especially as they approach adulthood and seek more independence. A career counsellor can act as a mediator, helping to foster better communication and understanding between parents and children by providing clarity and guidance in the career decision-making process. This can create bridges to open communication between you and your child, helping to address concerns and aligning expectations in a way that works for everyone.
7. Preparation for Long-Term Success
Career counsellors not only focus on immediate decisions but also work with young people to set long-term goals, build relevant skills, and to plan educational and professional paths that will ensure future success. This holistic approach to career development is something that may go beyond what parents can offer on their own.
The goal is to develop a long-term strategy for success, planning not just for the next few years, but for a fulfilling career that aligns with their personality, values, evolving interests and the ever changing job market.
8. Professional Development for Parents
Parents may feel ill-equipped to give career advice, especially if they don't have familiarity with current educational and training opportunities, vocational trends or career planning resources. A career counsellor can help by letting parents know about their child’s interests, strengths and options, helping them to better support their child’s growth and making the most of all opportunities available.
In Summary
Career counselling is a professional, specialized service that offers both immediate and long-term benefits for your child’s future success. All the academic research clearly shows that ideally young people should start receiving this help at around 14 years of age. Professional career counselling greatly reduces the stress and anxiety that quickly develops in young people when they have no sense of personal direction. As parents we all want the best for our children, but all the love and good intentions in the world can't take the place of well informed, objective vocational guidance and support.
Young people from 14 years of age e.g. Year 9 level, can complete a Student Career Counselling Program®. Knowing where they are going in life and finding the specific higher education or training pathway to make it happen is incredibly empowering for young people. Years 10, 11 and 12 can be rather stressful for many young people. However when they know exactly where they are going and how they will get there it makes these years a whole lot more manageable - for themselves and their parents/carers alike! The Student Career Counselling Program® is also the only career counselling program in Australia that provide young people with individualized recommendations on the higher education and training courses best suited to their individual needs.
I have worked with many people who can offer valuable skills, knowledge and experience without formal qualifications. Some may opt to take on extra training or qualifications as part of their career change or reinvention plan.
Regarding resumes, many people 'hide their light' by not knowing how to best present themselves to prospective employers. These days a very well put together resume is crucial to get to interview. This should be complemented by interview preparation with an experienced specialist so that you can do your best at interview and get the position.
The future of work is not only about hard skills, it is increasingly about holistic job skills. Employers now look for more than just task-oriented or technical skills. Organsations want people with an eye for detail, creative problem solving skills, a high level of emotional intellegence, flexibility, a collbarative mindset and an ability to deal with ambuiguity and complexity. Current research across every area of the new world of work, especially since Covid19, clearly shows the importance of human interatction and clear communication skills and aptitudes in the new economy. 'People and culture' is the new focus, with employers and employees wanting to create environments that are also people based, and not only focused on technical skills and productivity. Career counselling, career counselling and career coaching will help you to develop the key skill types required in your given career field.
Yes, Revolution Careers provides Higher Education Selection Sessions covering all aspects of selecting university and technical college programs offered anywhere in Australia.
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Career Coaching Sessions can be focussed on advancing in your current role, applying for a new position, or creating your own career opportunity by building a sustainable business.
They also provide a great opportunity to develop the job search and employability skills you need to get the job you want, receive expert advice on all kinds of education and training options available to give you an edge in the employment marketplace, and to fully use the power of your personal career brand via a high performing resume and LinkedIn profile.
Revolution Career Counselling is not a recruitment agency, so Idon't match you with specific jobs. Instead, I offer career counselling, career change counselling, and career coaching to help you understand what drives you. Together, we'll identify the occupations and career paths that best suit your needs, values, goals, and personality. This approach is the best and fastest way to find your ideal job!
A really important part of the career counselling and career change counselling process is to take things slowly - ‘baby steps’ win the day ever time. Whether it’s getting fit, learning an instrument, learning a new job skill, or navigating your way to your ideal career, it is much better to empower yourself with small, incremental steps. This way you apply a bit of behavioural reinforcement (!) to yourself, rewarding yourself with steady progress. Getting ‘unstuck’ and being clear about what you want, matched with a doable action plan will get you where you want to be in your life in the shortest possible time.
Career counselling should always be practical, stepwise and actionable to ensure you get you to where you want to be. This includes finding the most suitable pathway/s. It may be selecting the right secondary school subjects, choosing the most appropriate higher education or further vocational training, 'rebranding' your current experience, knowledge and skills to match a new opportunity, reengineering a current role, or planning a pathway to self-employment.
Revolution Career Counselling Programs® provide a detailed action plan that includes:
* Practical support and advice to focus and follow through on your career goals and pathways
* Addressing any doubts or self limiting behaviours that may be affecting your progress
* Problem solving and guidance on any education or training pathway challenges
* Expert advice on fully leveraging your education, training or skills development career pathway
When I first started out working as a career counsellor in universities I decided I needed a very good career interest assessment tool. The Strong Interest Inventory was and still is, the world's best professional level instrument. It is based on consistent research results that demonstrate that people are happier and most productive when their career choice matches their personality. It is essentially a career quiz that accurately predicts your career personality type. It only takes about 20 minutes to complete. Here is a basic summary of the 6 Strong Personality Types:
Realistic
Likes to work with animals, tools, or machines; generally avoids social activities like teaching, healing, and informing others
Has good skills in working with tools, mechanical or electrical drawings, machines, or plants and animals
Values practical things you can see, touch, and use like plants and animals, tools, equipment, or machines; and
Sees self as practical, mechanical and realistic.
Social
Likes to do things to help people - like, teaching, nursing, or giving first aid, providing information; generally avoids using machines, tools, or animals to achieve a goal
Is good at teaching, counselling, nursing, or giving information
Values helping people and solving social problems; and
Sees self as helpful, friendly and trustworthy.
Investigative
Likes to study and solve math or science problems; generally avoids leading, selling, or persuading people
Is good at understanding and solving science and math problems
Values science; and
Sees self as precise, scientific and intellectual.
Enterprising
Likes to lead and persuade people, and to sell things and ideas; generally avoids activities that require careful observation and scientific, analytical thinkingIs good at leading people and selling things or ideas
Values success in politics, leadership, or business; and
Sees self as energetic, ambitious and sociable.
Artistic
Likes to do creative activities like art, drama, crafts, dance, music, or creative writing; generally avoids highly ordered or repetitive activities
Has good artistic abilities - in creative writing, drama, crafts, music, or art
Values the creative arts - like drama, music, art, or the works of creative writers; and
Sees self as expressive, original and independent.
Conventional
Likes to work with numbers, records, or machines in a set, orderly way; generally avoids ambiguous, unstructured activities
Is good at working with written records and numbers in a systematic, orderly way
Values success in business; and
Sees self as orderly and good at following a set plan.
The Student Career Counselling Programs® provides higher education students and graduates with the necessary focus and practical strategies to gain employment in their field of choice. They learn how to manage your own career and leverage their qualifications to get the type of jobs they want.
The Student Career Counselling Program® significantly reduces the stress for Year 12 students (and their parents/carers!). The Program provides a clear self-understanding of a young person's interests and potentials. The Program then guides them to the most suitable higher education or training options for their chosen careers. Knowing exactly what uni or TAFE program to apply for relieves a lot of the stress and apprehension experienced by Year 12 students, who typically have little idea of what they want to do after school. Revolution Career Counselling takes away the guesswork and empowers young people with a surety and confidence that makes Year 12 a lot easier to navigate - for everyone 😊!
Young people invariably take to career counselling very well, often to the surprise of parents and carers! They soon realize they are now—maybe for the first time—taking an active role in what they want to do with their lives. This sense of self-direction is a great motivator.
As I am often wont to say, I don't want to help people get a job! I really want them to get a vocation. Sometimes we can get a bit lost 'tilting at windmills' but career counselling provides a terrific opportunity to take a little time to find your way to a career - and a 'congruent life' - that best matches your personality, your interests and most importantly your values.
The Student Career Counselling Programs provide higher education students and graduates with the necessary focus and practical strategies to gain employment in their field of choice. They learn how to manage your own career and leverage their qualifications to get the type of jobs they want.
I get variations of this kind of questions a lot! Fundamentally I am in the business of helping people just like yourself, who wish to make meaningful changes in their lives that lead to a truly 'congruent' life. The humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers described congruence as a state in which a person's ideal self and actual experience are consistent. In a nutshell, this is what I would be helping you to achieve, including a practical and straightforward plan to make it happen 😊 .
Anxiety levels in Australia are currently at an all-time high. People are experiencing the challenge of dealing with rapid and deep changes to the way they live their lives. But change (whether we want it or not!) always offers opportunities. Taking a little time to assess what you really want and how to make it happen, is a very effective way to deal with situational stress and regain a strong sense of self direction and purpose in your life. This is what good career change counselling is all about.
'The sponge is full' is an apt description for the sense of overwhelm felt by a lot of young people today. Career counselling removes the clutter and misinformation. It empowers young people to focus on what matters to them and the type of career that will offer them a strong sense of meaning and purpose.
TAFE is Australia's largest vocational education and training provider. TAFE SA delivers job-focused training from industry experts across a wide range of industries from entry-level certificates to bachelor degrees. TAFE programs focus on practical, hands-on skills and experience. This results in students graduating with the skills employers value. The TAFESA Cert 4 in Cyber Security is a good example of a job-ready career pathway, with a number of Revolution Careers clients having completed this course and immediately finding employment.
Career counselling should always be straightforward, transparent in terms of the process and enjoyable, as it is designed to enlighten and empower individuals with choices. Career counselling and career change counselling should also always result in a practical step-wise plan that helps get people to where they wish to be in their lives.
Individual career counselling is rare in schools, as is the provision of reliable career interest assessments administered by qualified career counsellors. This contributes to the confusion and stress experienced by many young people, particularly in upper secondary, who are overwhelmed already and unsure of their futures. Revolution Careers' programs focus on the individual (anything else is really an untenable compromise) and all include the Strong Interest Inventory®, the world's leading professional level career interest assessment instrument with very high (.05) reliability and validity properties. Recently one of my young clients impressed me when she spoke of about "entering her vocation" and this is exactly the point. We want our kids to have a vocation, not just a job!
Clarity about their career choices is key for young people. This clarity is achieved when a young person is given the career counselling time and support, to find a vocation that aligns seamlessly with their personality, interests and values. I use the Strong Career Interest Inventory in all my work. The Strong is a professional level career interest tool that uses a career quiz format to accurately align the young person's personality type with specific career options. It takes just 20 minutes to complete. The results are then interpreted by myself and my client. A clear Career Action Plan is then put into action.
The creative industries sector in Australia is experiencing a high growth rate with a lot of demand for talented creatives - who have received appropriate education and training - right across the spectrum from production to performance. To address skill shortages in a range of employment areas - including the creative industries - the Australian Government is currently subsidizing a number of TAFE and university programs. A young Revolution Careers client recently auditioned for and was offered a place in the Diploma in Music (Performance) at Southbank TAFE in Brisbane. The Diploma fee is normally over $14,000 but this year she will complete the course for under $200! From my client: "John helped me to understand how I can make a career in music as a professional singer and musician. I have now gained a place in the Diploma in Music (Performance) at Southbank TAFE."
