St Joseph's Catholic High School Albion Park eNewsletter

Career News

June 27th - BlueScope Cadetship Talk

Andy Stirling from BlueScope and ex-student Bianca Cacciola (see photo below), came back to Joey’s to talk to students interested in cadetships at BlueScope. Bianca is now a third year Materials Engineering student and explained to our students how she juggles work and university studies. The students present, gained an insight into the cadet program and the real life applications it provides for cadets. Cadets have the opportunity to apply their university content to projects of their choice at BlueScope. If you are interested in applying please see bluescope.com/careers.

One to One Careers Interviews

Career Interviews are ongoing for students who are referred from teachers and students who call into the careers room at lunchtimes. Parents may wish to also attend. Over the past fortnight, there have been interviews set up for students requesting this service as well as referrals from staff. If your child would like to have a one to one career planning session please contact me via email.

Subject Selection Meetings

Assisting Year 10 students with subject selection has been a priority this fortnight. One to one interviews and addressing this in School Life Balance classes has supported our students at this crucial time selecting subjects for senior years.

July 26th - Apprenticeship Support Morning

Students in Years 9-12 have been emailed an expression of interest form to attend this event. The purpose of this morning is for our students to meet Industry representatives from Childcare, Aged Care, Transport and all trades. The employers will provide valuable information on processes to apply for employment, what is involved in these careers and offer opportunities to our students. If your child would like to be involved in this please ask them to check their emails and send in their expression of interest form for this event ASAP.