A site for mature aged people looking for work (inc apprenticeships for adults, an on-line resume builder, job outlook [lists of careers in demand - just like www.jobsearch.gov.au], link to the New Enterprise scheme to help unemployed people start a business, Transition to Work – helps people, especially women returning to work and mature aged people looking for work.

Job Outlook is a quarterly journal from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations that provides forward-looking information for around 400 occupations. This covers the number of opportunities and vacancies, predicted growth in openings and broad earnings projections. Contains web references to sites that give further detail for careers rated as having ‘Good Prospects’. Can be downloaded from the website.

The commonwealth on-line job information resource. This initially looks like a site for students but persevere, register and get a login as the content is appropriate to adults. Acts as a portal with links to relevant information. Provides career profiles and allows a personal profile to be built. The site includes a series of simple questionnaires intended to clarify interests/ preferred working conditions / aspirations and other aspects relevant to career choice.

The Job Guide is an annually updated and State specific publication containing around 500 careers. Describes the tasks involved a job, personal requirements, education and training, employment opportunities, contact details of professional bodies and where tertiary education courses are held in the State. May be purchased in hardcopy, on CD, or used for free on the web with the link above.

What Color is your Parachute. American flavoured workbook approach to career planning and job hunting. Extremely popular. If you love reading and completing exercises you’ll enjoy this.

Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People. Carol Eikleberry. American look at working in creative careers.

An American workbook booklet that looks in detail at work values. (concise, interaction based and under $30) If the Values Inventory in the Morrisby workbook was of interest/benefit to you, Career Anchors focuses more deeply on this area. It includes a Career Orientations Inventory with scoring key, and leads to the identification of one career anchor (out of 8) that you would not give up when changing career.

Designed to be used with a friend/partner/adviser who interviews you about your work history to make you think and clarify your needs. Some Career Advisers may use this as a central part of their work.

A site for mature aged people who are looking for work. It provides information on careers, training and job opportunities.

As well as job searches, this site provides career research, resume/CV and job hunting tips.

Australian search engine including a careers section with articles and links to other websites.

A job search site that includes articles about how to develop a resume/CV and find work

A job search site that also includes articles with a focus on recent industry news.

Aimed at graduates. Job vacancy search, industry career profiles, tips on CV’s and job applications, interview strategies and information about further study. Also produces a range of A4 information booklets aimed at graduates. These include ‘general’ careers for all graduates and careers for Arts and Humanities graduates.

Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre. A guide to university and TAFE courses. Comprehensive information on how to apply for further study.

Online directory of short courses in Victoria.

Lists TAFE courses on offer across Victoria

Site for the building industry – aimed at apprenticeship entry but with a wide range of information relevant to others.

A site dedicated to exploring information on careers using science, technology, maths and engineering skills.