There is still a month’s worth of Your Career, Your Way sessions remaining at the Caroline Springs Library, a Victoria University run program designed to provide career and training opportunities for locals.
The free program provides a wide range of workshops that help prepare people for work and shine light on the opportunities available to them.
Program facilitator Di Debrincat said the program sets out to empower and inspire the community to put their best foot forward when seeking a new career.
“Rather than just resume writing and practising interviews, it’s more about what’s important to you and helping them gain confidence in being able to decide and make the right career decisions,” she said.
“The bonus is making friends and networks. Some of the cohort are migrant people who lack confidence and courage because they don’t have local skills in Australia.
“This helps them believe in themselves and source the roles they want and look at their career journey as something they are in control of.”
Ms Debrincat said the program doesn’t just give participants advice and then send them off into the wild, with ongoing support provided whenever it’s needed.
“I put my heart and soul into it. It’s rewarding to see some people come to me with extreme anxiety… We build their confidence and help them understand how to market themselves.
“I like to not just offer a program that says goodbye and good luck we offer career counselling afterwards.”
The program runs every Tuesday until October 15 from 10am at the Caroline Springs Library and Learning Hub.
Gerald Lynch
