Virtual Work Experiences

The best and most natural way to find your future career.

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For Parents

Research has shown that the destinations for the majority of young people have been laid as early as age 12.

You owe it to your child to help them get the right guidance and support for their future career. And it can start as early as you wish.

Our brief video is one of the the most important videos you and your child will ever watch for their career development and will help you get started.

For Students

When you begin your Virtual Work Experiences activity, it's like a fun game. The best part is it keeps getting better the more you do!

Watch our video to get started. You will see in the video, how a person used their Virtual Work Experiences activity to land one of the best jobs in their career, beating over 100 other applicants!

For Teachers

There are 110+ Virtual Work Experiences to select from.

Based on the , these experiences give your students:

Highly enjoyable career activities.
Suitable for ages 12 to adult.
For students of all levels of ability.
Improve student performance and commitment across their other studies.
Students receive a Certificate detailing their achievements.
Employer Reference form provided for student's completed project.
Comes with supportive Worksheet for the students' current and future planning needs.
Most careers are able to be easily modified for students from a First Nations background and students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Support provided.
The video includes troubleshooting guidance to help support them into adulthood.

This video and the accompanying Virtual Work Experiences activity are a life changing experience for you to provide to your students.

NOTE: It is recommended you present this video and this website to your parents, such as on a Parent Teacher Night.

Theory of the Career Game

There are countless examples of people who have 'discovered' their future vocation when they were quite young, as a result of a chance life changing experience or a fostered approach. It spurred them on to do naturally fun, game-style activities. These processes are demonstrated from an early age and include, exploration, asking questions, trial and error, collecting, making and constructing, testing boundaries, opening things up to see what is inside, to name a few. Virtual Work Experiences uses these methods and is more natural and developmental in the career decision making process.

These game-style methods have largely been abandoned within the formal Career Education environment.

The Theory of the Career Game is applied with Virtual Work Experiences and provides the seeds that, once sown, will enrich the student over time and well into their lifetime in their chosen career.

Over the past 70 plus years, psychological testing has held sway. It is based on the premise that if you answer the questions, you will be delivered an answer and a clearer idea of your future range of career options. This approach removes and relinquishes the key person, the student, from responsibility and the point of centrality. With Virtual Work Experiences, the student is central and driving their own career formation.

Psychologically, young people around the ages of 14, 15, 16 develop a stronger ability and perception to focus on their anticipated post high school life (and this is when most psychological testing is done). This is not to be confused with and is completely different to a student's ability and desire to explore possible careers that may suit their natural talents and interests. Such exploratory activities can and should be initiated much earlier.

A salient reminder is that research has also shown that the destinations for the majority of young people have been laid as early as age 12.

Virtual Work Experiences are distinguished by a number of key factors.

Virtual Work Experiences provide educational delivery using open ended activities. This allows a student to continually extend their project activities over time. It is not based on a set of narrow activities that are an end in themselves and that are often very prescriptive.
Virtual Work Experiences are able to be enjoyed by students at nearly all levels of ability. It therefore provides for greater educational equity.
The purpose of Virtual Work Experiences is to provide a long-lasting desire to explore and experiment in the student's chosen career. It is not meant to turn them into mini/semi professionals for their chosen career.