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Education and career aspirations are often shaped by how young people think they will fit in with others, and by the expectations of their parents, carers, teachers and peers. In the last few months, there have been many pathways and career conversations with students across multiple year levels. For many young people, choosing the right career pathway requires a lot of consideration and exploration. Parents/carers are the greatest influencers of student’s career decision-making. Together with the College we can prepare young people for the many opportunities and challenges ahead.

Career education and guidance at OLMC empowers students to explore career options and make informed choices for their future beyond school. Our Careers and Pathways teams provide a personalised approach to career planning. The pathways and careers conversations are a discussion about students’ areas of interest, skills and career ambitions.

We need to have career conversations often and much earlier than secondary school.

So how do we have career conversations?

Parents can have career conversations with their child by showing an interest in their aspirations. Consider the following:

• Make time to have career conversations with your child.
• Support high aspirations and take care not to ‘crush dreams’.
• Link children’s learning to career pathways.
• Provide accurate, up-to-date career pathway and labour market information.
• Point young people to information on the full range of options and pathways open to them. A great starting point is the myfuture website.