Skilled Migrant Professionals October 2014 | Page 11

Career
fession. This simple six stage process is a guide for anyone that is
looking to start their journey towards becoming job ready.
1. Find a career path: If you are just starting university or
making an occupation change, you should outline a career path to
support the accomplishment of your career objectives.
2. Evaluate your interests: Consider what you appreciate,
enjoy and what you are best at doing. Take career ability tests to
determine if you have the type of character and values that are
needed to meet your job goal. Understand your ‘thinking preference’ – a great tool to do this is the Herrmann Brain Dominance
Instrument (HBDI), a system used to analyse and describe thinking
preferences in people. Understand your personality by using assessment tools such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Learning
Orientation Questionnaire, DISC assessment etc.
3. Investigate potential jobs and businesses: Look into professions in your area of choice. Decide if the employment
potential, remuneration and work conditions are suitable for you.
Finally, narrow down the emphasis to one or two explicit opportunities in the selected occupational field.
4. Set a career goal: Research the kind of preparation, abilities and education required to reach the set goal. Plan a clear process map on how you will achieve your career outline.
Jackson Merrey, Business Services Team
Leader at ISA Group

Are you ready to
find the right job?
Business leaders in Australia and around the globe continue
in their war for talent, vying to recruit skilled employees. At a
time when many in the baby boomer generation are approaching retirement, it is very important that businesses build and
preserve a cache of talented candidates so they can effectively
compete in, and fuel the global economy.

5. Select a training or educational facility: Find a university, trade school or preparation program that will help plan for
the occupation or profession that you have decided to work towards.
6. Attend classes: Finish your training, up-skilling or degree.
While at school, take the opportunity to practice and be better by
applying and taking part-time jobs or internships in a career that
most interests and benefits you.
Begin the job hunt: Prior to graduation time, plan your CV
and get the best career guidance possible. Talk to a counsellor or
maybe an experienced friend or acquaintance for help with CV tips,
potential jobs in your field of interest and interview advice and procedures.

Employment readiness is defined as being capable, with
slight or no external assistance, to locate, obtain, and keep
a suitable occupation as well as being able to change over to
new professions. Being employment-ready includes ensuring
you can effectively sustain the following three goals:
1. Self-sufficiency in four employability dimensions:
− Planning and pre-employment
− Job search
− Skills/qualifications
− Career decision making
2.  nderstanding and accepting the specific
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pressures or challenges one confronts.
3. Efficiently managing the stresses or tasks one faces.
Before you jump into applying for employment, you should
ensure that you possess the right skills and qualifications to
enable you to fulfil the essential criteria for your future pro-

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