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Adapt2020. Back to work. A free online course. Register now.

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A free online employability course is available for workers who are newly unemployed or on pause from their careers.

It’s Adapt2020, developed by Carolyn Alchin and a team of qualified and experienced career development practitioners, entrepreneurs, educators, and business specialists.

Adapt2020 has 4 hours of expert Career Development online support built into the course. Adapt2020 runs over 4 weeks, with more online content added weekly.

Let’s help people Adapt2020 and get back to work!

Please share with your networks and get the word out there.

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/careeradapt-2020-tickets-102549949660

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A Career Check Up for Mature Workers

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Mature workers are remaining in the workforce or deciding to return to work after retirement. ACCELL’s doctoral researcher Jennifer Luke is investigating the post-retirement work of members of the community.  This PhD research project is an exploration of individuals’ motivations and career adaptability. How do these valuable members of society regenerate their experience and skills for a multi-generational workforce?

Mature Workers Discover More Options

Recently, Jennifer presented a workshop at the “Career Check Up Expo for Mature Workers” in Ballina, NSW.  The Expo is an initiative of the IRT Foundation in partnership with the NSW Government, and endorsed by the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Continue reading “A Career Check Up for Mature Workers” →

Philosophical Considerations on Employability: That Matrix of Person, Context, and Relationships in the World of Work.

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Employability is Not…

  • a shopping list of knowledge, and cognitive and behavioural skills; or
  • the probability of getting a job; or
  • owned by government or industry.

Employability is…

  • person-centred; and
  • context-sensitive; and
  • relational.

Employability is Person-Centred

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Employability Research Teams United

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ACCELL has joined forces with the International Research and Intervention Laboratory: Psychology for Vocational Guidance and Career Counseling and Talents (LabOProCCareer&T), under the leadership of Professor Annamaria di Fabio, at the University of Florence, Italy.

ACCELL’s Research Director, Peter McIlveen (USQ) and Research Fellow, Allison Creed (USQ), presented an Australian flag to LabOProCCareer&T’s Research Director,  Annamaria di Fabio. The ceremony symbolizes the partnership between the two research teams. Professor di Fabio was honoured to receive the flag brought from the Toowoomba office of Dr John McVeigh, Member for the Seat of Groom in the Australian House of Representatives. Continue reading “Employability Research Teams United” →

ICCDPP 2017: The World’s Career Development Think Tank

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Imagine a hall filled by a selection of leading thinkers and doers, sharing ideas, challenges, professional practices, and national policies reflecting their nations’ aspirations for educational and labour market outcomes. They all met in Seoul at the 8th Symposium of International Centre for Career Development Public Policy (ICCDPP), hosted by the the Republic of Korea’s Department of Education and KRIVET.  Evidently, career development is high on the agenda of many nations seeking to improve the employability of their citizens. Continue reading “ICCDPP 2017: The World’s Career Development Think Tank” →