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Have you registered for the pre-conference sessions?

This year's conference opens on the Tuesday evening with an interactive forum, 'The Many Voices of Career Development: What are they telling us?', facilitated by Ms Ellen Fanning. Before this there are also a number of pre-conference sessions. These exciting sessions recognises the contributions and diversity of career development practice. These three stimulating sessions offer innovative and creative ideas, opportunities to share, network and collaborate, and to be challenged through opportunities to reflect on your own practices. The sessions are:

Sharing strategies to support the lone practitioner
Chairs: Wanda Hayes and Shauna Quinlivan
Research Forum
Chair: Professor Spencer Niles
Schools Best Practice Showcase
Chair: Suzanne Curyer

Your views on the CD needs and wants of young people

Do you have 10-15 minutes to tell us your views on the career development needs and wants of young people in Australia? We are keen to hear from career practitioners on how children and young people can best be prepared for study and work.

Urbis is an independent social research company that has been commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) to undertake research into the career development needs and wants of young people in Australia. The purpose of the research project is to provide the Australian Government with an evidence base to inform the creation and implementation of a National Career Development Strategy for young Australians.

Please click on this link to start the survey and go in the draw to win $500!

Make sure you log you CPD for your chance to win a Kindle

In, 2010 CDAA implemented the Evolve system - an online facility for practitioners to record their CPD activity. It is important that all members record their CPD activity, whether that be structured activities provided by organisations or less structured, independent CPD that you complete.

As a special incentive for members to record their professional development CDAA is offering a prize draw of three Kindle E-Book Readers to those who have updated their CPD events on Evolve. The deadline for having your information recorded has been extended to 31st March 2011.

Divisional Events

	8 March 2011 - ACT AGM	1 CPD Hour
	16 March 2011 - ACT IWD - How to make flexible working arrangements work	2 CPD Hours
	1 March 2011 - WA AGM and Presentation	2 CPD Hours
	18 March 2011 - WA Careers in the Australian Defence Force	1 CPD Hour
	22 March 2011 - TAS Industry Visits: ABC Centre and Lenna of Hobart	2 CPD Hours
	23 March 2011 - Webinar Hot trends for Career Practitioners	1 CPD Hour
	31 March 2011 - QLD AGM and PD: Everything you need to know in 2011 for those working with young people	4 CPD Hours
	26 - 29 April 2011 CDAA National Conference	12 CPD Hours

Construction and property industry careers

The Construction and Property Services Industry Skills Council have released a number of short videos for the use of career practitioners. They can be accessed online at: www.constructmycareer.com.au/Careers_Adviser/Videos_1

Miles Morgan Award for Excellence in Career Development 2011

Miles Morgan Australia in conjunction with the Career Development Association of Australia is inviting nominations for the 2011 award which will be presented at the Annual CDAA Conference dinner in Cairns in April 2011.

Miles Morgan Australia Pty Ltd provides $1,000 for the award, which is open to financial Professional Members of the Career Development Association of Australia working in the career development field. For further information please follow this link

New occupation video search on myfuture

New occupation video search on myfutureThe number of occupations in myfuture that include videos is growing. To make these videos easier to find, an occupation video search has been created. Videos can now be searched by using a keyword and a number of filters, including the source, learning area and skill level. They can also be browsed by an alphabetical listing or industry subdivision. More...

National Career Development Week

Mark Furze (Ric from Home and Away) is an ambassador of NCDW and for 2011 will be having a series of 5 blogs on the Home & Away website about what he is doing in his career and providing career tips and links to the NCDW website. The first one went live in February and can be seen at: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/home-and-away/news/article/-/8920989/mark-furze-blogs-from-l-a/

Resources - News

NCVER - Employer Use and Views of VET
The Survey of Employer Use and Views of the Vocational Education and Training (VET) System is currently being reviewed by NCVER. This discussion paper is the first step in the review. It provides a framework for feedback and identifies key issues for consideration. More...

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