
Uncover your pathway to an ideal job
Kickstart Your Career improves your “employability” by helping you discover your skills, talents and interests. You’ll create a pathway to your ideal new job by considering your current strengths, learning how to job-search effectively and, importantly, identifying areas that you may need to develop. This course is designed to show you how to plan for a new career, and it provides training in the skills that employers are looking for in today’s workplaces. It also helps you determine if you need further training for the job you want to get. Whether you are looking for your first job, changing your current job, or returning to work after a break this course gives you the tools, confidence and skills to follow your career goals.
Course Outline
Topics covered include:
- Career Planning
- Personal Skills
- Explore occupations and interest areas
- Identify your work and learning styles
- Job and skills matching
- Action planning
- Practice cover letters and resume writing
- Employer/employee expectations
- Identification of work and personal values
Work Skills:
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Problem solving
- Initiative and enterprise
- Planning and organising
- Self-management
- Learning
- Technology
Who is it for?
Open to anyone who wants to improve their job seeking skills so that they can find their ideal job.
Pre-requisites
There are no pre-requisites for this course.
Pathways
May lead you directly into a job or onto further study.
Duration
Course length is 100 hours, delivered 9:30am-3pm, 2 days per week for 9 weeks. See the locations tab below to check scheduled days for your preferred location, or click the Course Calendar link below to view all our scheduled courses.
Delivery mode
Course is delivered in a classroom setting. Rolling intake and flexible entry and exit. You can join the course at any time.
Costs
This course is subsidised by the Victorian Government through Adult, Community and Further Education (ACFE). Full delivery fee is $85.00 Concession fee (for eligible participants) is $17.00
Locations
- Advance Community College, 1/16 Henry Wilson Drive, ROSEBUD. Thursday & Friday
- Hastings Community Hub, 1973 Frankston-Flinders Road HASTINGS. Thursday & Friday
- Advance Native Nursery, 43 Mitchell Street, MORNINGTON. Tuesday & Thursday
How to apply
Contact reception directly at your preferred location (see contact details below) and our friendly staff will take you through our simple enrolment procedure. Alternatively go to the
Information and Enrolment page to complete the enrolment form.
Contact for further information
View or download the latest Course Calendar
These details are correct at 27-02-2020