{"id":1677,"date":"2020-05-08T14:59:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T04:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1677"},"modified":"2020-05-08T14:59:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T04:59:22","slug":"careers-vet-news-2","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/article\/careers-vet-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers &amp; VET News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1537 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/03\/Catherine-Rentoule-320x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/03\/Catherine-Rentoule-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/03\/Catherine-Rentoule-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Head of Faculty \u2013 Careers &amp; VET<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Catherine Rentoule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt is a beautiful thing when a career and a passion come together\u201d<\/em> Anonymous<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The concept of \u201c<em>a job for life<\/em>\u201d is fading as our workplaces grow ever more responsive to the accelerated pace of technological change and shifts in the global economy. A \u201ccareer\u201d is now seen as the process of managing life, learning and work across the lifespan. This means that lifelong learning is no longer an abstract concept but a vital necessity for navigating an increasingly fluid and complex economic landscape\u201d <em>(Miles Morgan Australia, 2003)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I would always encourage your daughter to visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stpatrickscollegetownsvillecareers.com\/\">College Careers Website<\/a> to investigate future pathways ideas. This is an excellent resource for students, as it contains a vast amount of up-to-date and relevant careers information. \u00a0There is also some great tips and advice for parents\/guardians about how to best support your daughter on their individual career journey.<\/p>\n<p>Now may be a good time to encourage your Year 10, 11 or 12 daughter to login to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stpatrickscollegetownsvillecareers.com\/\">Student Secure Area<\/a> to update their Career Planner if they haven&#8217;t already done so.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Activities tab on the left hand side there are a number of topics to choose from. <strong>Select the area where you think you are at on your career journey and start from there. The activities are either online or in PDF documents.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learning About Myself<\/li>\n<li>Career Exploration<\/li>\n<li>Enterprise\/21st Century\/Employability\/Transferable Skills<\/li>\n<li>Preparing For Work<\/li>\n<li>The Workplace<\/li>\n<li>Future of Work<\/li>\n<li>Self-Employment\/Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<li>Volunteering\/Community Service<\/li>\n<li>Money and Finance<\/li>\n<li>Learning and Study Skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like some assistance please contact Ms Rentoule: crentoule@stpatscollege.qld.edu.au<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head of Faculty \u2013 Careers &amp; VET Catherine Rentoule \u201cIt is a beautiful thing when a career and a passion come together\u201d Anonymous &nbsp; The concept of \u201ca job for life\u201d is fading as our workplaces grow ever more responsive to the accelerated pace of technological change and shifts in the global economy. A \u201ccareer\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1677","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=1677"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=1677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}