Grow Your Career

Think Big About Your Career

Think about your career as the sequence and variety of work roles - paid and unpaid - which you undertake throughout your lifetime. You may want to consider work-life balance, multiple work roles, and lifelong learning.  You can bring all your experiance to managing your career.  Career decisions can be daunting and some additional help from a career practitioner can be valuable.

Find a Career Development Practioner in your state:

ACT ACT   QLD Brisbane
 Regional QLD		   VIC Melbourne
 Regional VIC
NSW Sydney
Regional NSW
   SA Adelaide
Regional SA		   WA Perth
Regional WA
NT NT   TAS TAS      

Or search our Online Directory (open the advanced options for a detailed search).

You may also find these publications useful:

  Managing Your Career E-book
These articles provide you with an introduction to the Career Development Association of Australia and the value of career development practitioners. Practical tips are then given on managing your career through various phases - from building a reputation and networking, through marketing, handling transitions, to preparing a resume, writing to selection criteria and selling yourself during a job interview.  
   Ten Steps to Reinventing Your Career Guide
Due to overwhelming interest in the ‘Ten Steps’ at the Reinvent Your Career Expo seminars held in Melbourne on 26 and 27 July 2008, the CDAA is making this document available publically so that all career reinventors can have a road map to work from.
 National Career Development Week  NCDW - Career Factsheets
The National Career Development Week website has a range of useful factsheets that have been developed to assist you to take the steps on the road to your future to assist you to make decisions and seek further help.

These include workforce preparation, workforce adaptability and sustainability, and workforce re-integration.
www.ncdw.com.au/index.php/Career-Factsheets.html

Frequently asked questions

Doing Your Own Planning

Either as a personal Exercise, or in preperation for meeting with a career practitioner we suggest you consider the following questions:

  • What is important to you?
  • What do you value?
  • What do you want out of work?
  • What are your special talents and skills?
  • What type of work roles interest you?
  • Which employers and organisations need what?
  • Which employers and organisations need what you can offer?

 How can a Career Development Practitioner Assist You?

Our Members have a variety of skills that may help you with:

  • Career Planing
  • Idenitifying further study options
  • writing job applications
  • preparing for job interviews and other selection processes
  • developing jobsearch skills
  • recruitment and job placement
  • mentoring
  • coaching and counselling
  • career aspects of performance management
  • work experiance, structured workplace learning or internships
  • returning to work following injury
  • career and life management skills such as networking, negotiation, assertivness and decision making
  • vocational assessments
  • labour market knowledge
  • career information

 Choosing a Career Pratitioner

When looking for a career development practitioner you should ask about:

  • the way they work;
  • the assessment tools they use;
  • their qualifications and experiance;
  • specialaised skills and knowledge;
  • their costs; and
  • how many sessions might be required.

 What does it cost?

 Most practitioners charge a fee per session, however some use a sliding scale which means they offer lesser fees to people on lower incomes.  Some also offer a 'package' with a number of sessions which may include a specifice set of activities.