By Aaron Cordy
SHEPPARTON hosted a Career Compass Professional Development Day on Thursday, March 13, to equip educators with the latest insights into emerging career pathways for young people.
“Today’s event is all about partnerships and connecting. Bringing industry together to our schools across the region with career practitioners and vocational leaders,” said GMLLEN CEO, Bec Costa Lowe.
“By building a strong relationship and knowledge around jobs, and the future employment market. It enables our careers teachers to have those better conversations and to help pathway and transition students into where there’s work.”
Key highlights of the event include:
The Future of Clean Energy
Allied Health & Care
Connecting with Employers
AI & Technology in Recruitment
Every day technology and AI are changing the landscape of future jobs, these roundtable events for education and industry will continue to be vital to prepare students as they transition into the workforce.
“This school-to-industry event is not only supported by the education department through their school-to-industry initiative, which is about bringing the two parties together to build that connection and opportunities for our young people but also the local learning and employment networks heavily involved in planning the event as well. Schools from right across the region, we’ve got 60 plus career practitioners in the room, right from Broadford, Wang, Benalla, Shepparton and everything in between. It’s a worthwhile event on the calendar for schools,” said Ms Costa Lowe.
