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There are a few things you can do to help determine your future career. The first is to jump on the internet and search for a few jobs that are of interest to you. There are different reasons to pursue an occupation, like passion, ability, salary, qualifications, travel, weekly hours, demand, social respect, location, or benefits. Do a few searches based on a range of these reasons, to give you a broad selection of ideas to consider or reject. Find out exactly what each job entails, how much you’ll earn, what qualifications you’ll need, and what type of personality is best suited to that career. This is a great screening process. It may help you discard science teaching, and pick up an interest in radiography, or realise that no one can write The Great Australian Novel overnight, so best look into journalism.

Then, find out what course you’ll need to do in order to pursue a particular job. Check exactly what prerequisites you will need to enter a course, and compare them to what you’re studying at school. If you’ve still got a year or two to go until you finish high school, use these prerequisites to help you decide what electives to do. If you’re in year twelve and not doing appropriate subjects, then either look into other jobs that follow your interests, or research other potential avenues to study what you want.

Careernav is designed to help you with these issues. This site has a range of occupational profiles you can browse through to develop an understanding of what particular jobs entail. Some jobs will appeal to you, and some won’t. Each profile has a range of information, from a general description, to qualifications, possible career paths, and the best and worst things about the job. If reading through this information doesn’t help, don’t despair. 

You can navigate a bit further and take up the opportunity to have a career advice session, a personality test to determine what occupations might best be suited to you, and a range of professional and personal development packages. Take a look around, because your future is worth the investment of time and consideration. You don’t want to flounder after high school, drop out of an ill-considered uni course and wish after ten years that you’d had a plan in high school. And just think of how great it’ll feel to have an answer when someone asks what you’re going to do after year twelve.