Resource library
Free, official resources for careers practice, with notes on how to use each one with students. Every link was checked on 8 November 2026.
National career information
Free government and national services that students, families and staff can all use.
Your Career (another website)
The Australian Government's national careers service, run by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. It covers occupations, industries, courses and training, with tools for people at every stage.
With students: Use it as the default place for students to look up an occupation or search for courses nationally, so they see official information rather than advertising.
Your Career: resources for teachers and career advisors (another website)
A page for teachers, principals and career advisors with the School Leavers Information Kit, a parents and guardians guide, and kits for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, young people with disability, and young people in regional, rural and remote areas.
With students: Give the School Leavers Information Kit to Year 12 students before they finish, and the parents and guardians guide to families at subject selection or senior evenings.
myfuture: for teachers and career practitioners (another website)
myfuture, Australia's national career information service run by Education Services Australia. Its section for people helping others has teaching resources, webinars, insights papers and post-school information.
With students: Students can build a free career profile of their interests, values and skills, then explore suggested occupations. Career bullseyes link school learning areas to occupations, which helps at subject selection.
Australian Blueprint for Career Development (another website)
A national framework for designing, delivering and evaluating career development learning for all ages, hosted on Your Career with a user guide, an individual pathway plan, slides and a brochure.
With students: Use the career management competencies to plan a whole-school program and check that each year level builds on the last. The pathway plan template works as a student record.
Labour market information
Official data on jobs, vacancies, shortages and the future of work, in forms you can turn into a lesson.
Labour Force, Australia (ABS) (another website)
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' monthly survey of employment, unemployment, participation and hours worked, including figures for young people aged 15 to 24.
With students: Use the headline figures to show students how employment and unemployment are measured, and why one month's change should be read with care.
Internet Vacancy Index (Jobs and Skills Australia) (another website)
A monthly count of online job advertisements by occupation, skill level, state and region, with a Vacancy Report that spotlights one part of the labour market each month.
With students: Ask students to compare advertisements for occupations they are interested in across states or regions, and to notice which skill levels employers are asking for.
Occupation Shortage List (Jobs and Skills Australia) (another website)
An annual, point-in-time assessment of which occupations are in shortage nationally, in metropolitan areas or in regional areas, with a key findings report and downloadable data.
With students: Use it to start a conversation about demand, not to steer a student into a job. Pair it with what the student enjoys and is good at.
Occupation and Industry Profiles (Jobs and Skills Australia) (another website)
Profiles of occupations and industries with employment, demographic and earnings information. They replaced the Labour Market Insights website, whose address no longer works.
With students: Have students look up an occupation and note how many people work in it, where, and at what age, then compare two occupations side by side.
Employment Projections (Jobs and Skills Australia) (another website)
Projections of employment by industry, occupation, skill level and state over five and ten years, with notes on how to read them.
With students: Use them to discuss where growth is expected, and to practise the idea that projections are estimates based on assumptions, not promises.
Training and VET data
National statistics on vocational education and training, including training done by school students.
NCVER research and statistics (another website)
The National Centre for Vocational Education Research publishes national data and research on VET students, apprentices and trainees, completions and outcomes.
With students: Look up outcomes data before a VET or apprenticeship conversation, so advice rests on national evidence rather than impressions.
NCVER: VET in Schools collection (another website)
National information on vocational education and training undertaken by school students as part of their senior secondary certificate.
With students: Useful background when planning VET in Schools options or reporting to school leaders on how VET is used nationally.
Professional standards and associations
The frameworks and bodies that describe good careers practice in Australia.
CICA Professional Standards for Australian Career Development Practitioners (another website)
The Career Industry Council of Australia's professional standards, released in a new 2026 edition. CICA describes the qualifications, competencies and ethical obligations expected of career development practitioners.
With students: Read the standards when planning your own PD. CICA says the standards require career practitioners to undertake continuing professional development; check the current edition for what that means for you.
Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA) (another website)
A professional association for career development practitioners across sectors. Its members use a member centre for membership details, CPD and resources.
With students: If you belong to CDAA or another association, check its own rules for professional development before you plan your year.
State and territory careers programs
Programs and pages run by state governments. Each state does things differently, so start with your own.
NSW: Career learning and VET (another website)
The NSW Department of Education's pages for careers and transition advisers in public schools, including the K to 12 Career Learning Framework.
With students: NSW public school staff can use the framework and the adviser pages to plan career learning across year levels.
Victoria: My Career Insights (another website)
The Victorian Department of Education's program that gives government school students free access to the Morrisby online career education tool, paired with a free career consultation.
With students: Victorian government schools can use the family information on this page when asking for consent and preparing students for their consultation.
Victoria: Career pathways and course exploration with your child (another website)
A Victorian Government page for families about career education from Years 7 to 12, including career action planning.
With students: Share it with Victorian families before subject selection so they know what the school program covers.
Queensland: Career Education Pathways Program (another website)
The Queensland Department of Education's optional career education program for Years 7 to 10, with a companion program for educators.
With students: Queensland state schools can use it to strengthen career learning in the middle years.
South Australia: Pathways to further education and employment (another website)
The South Australian Department for Education's page on career education and guidance in schools, Flexible Industry Programs and VET for school students.
With students: South Australian staff can use it to explain to families what career education and guidance schools provide.
Western Australia: Year 9 Career Taster Program (another website)
A Western Australian Department of Training and Workforce Development program that lets Year 9 students try hands-on career activities before choosing senior subjects.
With students: WA schools can register students and use the activities to spark career curiosity ahead of subject choices.
Career Calling tools
Free Career Calling sites you can use with classes and families. None of them sells or lists courses.
Career Calling Schools (another website)
A free hub for school careers advisers: VET in Schools explained for every state and territory, printable class activities and a class plan link.
With students: Print an activity for a careers lesson, or send families the parent and carer guide.
Career Calling Schools: pathway planner (another website)
Students pick their interests and see vocational and university routes side by side, without signing up.
With students: Run it in class as a starting point, then follow up the fields each student is drawn to.
Try It by Career Calling (another website)
Explore any Australian occupation by trying it: real tasks, decision simulations, case studies and simulated workplaces. Free, with no accounts.
With students: Let students try the tasks of an occupation before work experience, so they arrive with better questions.
The Career Table (another website)
Conversation cards and a short family guide that help families talk with young people about school, work and the future.
With students: Send the cards home before parent interviews or subject selection, or use them in a family evening.
Career Calling Advice (another website)
Independent, research-sourced career and study advice in plain language, for individuals and for families and supporters.
With students: A referral option for families who want more one to one support outside school.
Career Calling Education (another website)
A plain English guide to studying in Australia: how the system works, what to check before you enrol, rights, paying for study and credit for experience.
With students: Point senior students and families to it before they compare study options, so they know what questions to ask.
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