If Australia is serious about jobs for Indigenous youth we must invest in specialist career roles in schools
Over the past 20-plus years I’ve moved around the education system in a range of roles. One of my first jobs ever was working at an Indigenous Homework Centre here in Rockhampton in the mid-90s. Over the past decade I’ve become increasingly concerned with the ways Indigenous students access (or don’t) appropriate career advice and education. So I did a PhD that investigated this and similar issues.
In 2019 the federal government released its plan to improve career education with the intention to lead the preparation of the nation’s future workforce. The plan is called A Student Focused National Career Education Strategy. The goal is to create a workforce that can navigate a “not yet imagined” world of work. It details a vision for leadership on career education for the country with the following six focus areas:
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