The main objective of the Wilderness School Careers Committee this year is to promote and encourage more students in our community to take advantage of the career education opportunities available to assist with their future study and career decisions.

As a committee, we decided to start by collaborating with Ms Caroline Palmer (Rocco) to organise a series of 8.00am University Guest Speaker sessions, with the bonus of a lovely breakfast provided to all attending. Our school was fortunate to host several informative presentations by interstate universities, including representatives from Bond University, The University of Queensland, Monash University, and ANU (The Australian National University), as well as a Zoom session with The University of Sydney.

The students who attended found these sessions found them to be extremely useful, as summed up by Annecy Cheung (Year 12):

“Having the university guest speaker sessions was a valuable opportunity for us to learn more about each university, as well as the pathways and courses available. I found it helpful being able to chat in person with the university representative to get specific questions answered.”

Isabelle Yu
Career Representative, SRC

Upcoming Tours and Webinars

University of Melbourne

Hear from current students, meet the academic and pastoral care staff, learn more about our scholarship programs, and discover the best of residential college clubs, societies, events, and leadership opportunities.

Residential College Virtual Tours
Saturday 21 May
12.00pm to 4.00pm
Register here

University of Sydney Virtual Kickstart Science

Online workshops for high school students.
Register here

University of Sydney

Publications and resources, such as 2023 course guides, can be viewed here.

The following Course-specific webinars are available:

• Careers in Architecture Careers in Architecture
• Your Future in Business Your Future in Business
• Circular Economy = CE= Chemical Engineering Circular Economy = CE = Chemical Engineering
• A Day in the Life of a Law student A day in the life of a Law student
• Medicine and Health Medicine and Health

UNSW (University of New South Wales)

UNSW Medicine Information Evening recording. Watch here.

World Health Day

This year’s theme acknowledges how intricately our physical health is linked to a healthy planet. Amid a pandemic, a polluted planet, and increasing diseases like cancer, asthma, and heart disease, on World Health Day 2022, WHO (World Health Organisation) will focus on the actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and foster focus on wellbeing.

5 Careers in Environmental Health

As awareness of the link between the environment and health grows, there are several emerging and developing careers in this sector.

Many of these roles focus on better understanding, analysing, and managing health through environmental considerations. Others focus on raising education within specific industries including agriculture and food production.

The field of healthcare and medicine is firmly in the spotlight. With the impact of COVID-19 still moving across our communities, with vaccines and boosters, health has been on our minds!

Read the article here.

Working at Capgemini – Worldwide Technology company

Capgemini is a multinational information technology services and consulting company. The group helps companies manage and transform their companies by using technology, with 290,000 team members in nearly 50 countries.

Watch the video here.

Immerse Education 100% Scholarship to attend their online Insights Program

The Immerse Education Blog Competition provides the opportunity for students aged 13-18 to write a blog about a pre-set topic. Four winners will receive a 100% scholarship for their online insights virtual summer programme, with runner-up prizes also awarded.
Click here for more information.

Projecting Employment 2026

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Industry Immerse Work Experience at Schneider

For students in Years 10-12 (Monday 4 July - Friday 8 July 2022)

Schneider Electrical are keen to work specifically with a small group of girls by providing a week of work experience from Monday 4 to Friday 8 July (a week of the July holidays). Although Engineering is one area of work covered at Schneider, Engineering is not the only area of work covered during the work placement; other areas including Accounting, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Logistics, and more should also be considered.

Why join the academy? Get real-world industry knowledge skills and work experience at a multinational company.

• Build 21^st Century skills to give you a running start in the 'real world'. Understand the skills future employers are seeking
• Experience a rare opportunity to play with projects aligned with an area of your interest
• Access to the Big Sister Academy, where you will learn skills such as confidence building, growth mindsets, and goal setting
• Get an insider preview into the many exciting career pathways available in the future world of work
• Meet empowering women and change-makers in their industry, plus you can mingle with like-minded girls and build lifelong friendships
• The program aims to guide and support you towards being future-ready and, importantly, choosing a career that you will love, not what society or stereotypes tell us.

Students keen to undertake the week of industry immersion should email Ms Palmer with a brief explanation (250 words) as to why they should be considered for the experience.

More information about Schneider Electrical can be viewed here.