Career

Career Program

Our Career program is for students in Year 10 and over and provides extra support for them to complete Year 12 and enjoy life beyond school.  We offer mentoring from volunteers who work in the student’s career area of interest and workshops identifying potential areas of strength and interest.  The program has been developed over the past several years, and we offer this program as a one day workshop in schools or corporate offices as an excursion for the students.

Our young people have innovation and entrepreneurial skills, abilities and ideas, however they may struggle to match these to career pathways without mentoring support.  By providing these students with direct real world experience we provide them with a clearer picture of work.  This helps them recognise the choices they have in life, increases their employability skills and helps them to make decisions about their future career.

Raise trains volunteers from our corporate partners in various industries in our 6-hour mentoring skills training course, and then we match mentors with students who have an interest in working in their area of expertise.  The program consists of a full one day workshop which assists the students to identify their learning style, personality type, career aspirations, and suitability for certain fields.  The mentee and mentor are matched to work together for the day to identify career goals and strategies and have a lot of fun.

The Career program has fabulous outcomes where young people are able to identify their areas of career interest, and thereby ensure they have chosen the right subjects for senior studies at School.  They also gain confidence that they can complete their higher education and move happily into a career of their choice after school finishes.