First, determine your passion.
Second, learn more. Acquire knowledge and skills that are valuable for work in jobs related to your passion. Part of that can be taking a course, but it needs to be a good course, and the right course for you.
Third, get experience. If you can’t get a job at first, start volunteering. Paid work comes more easily to people with relevant experience, even unpaid experience.
Fourth, network. Make friends and build relationships with people who have shared interests.
Email admin@acs.edu.au and start a dialogue with one of our staff who can help you with all four of the above steps.
Our school offers more than 800 different courses covering many disciplines including Psychology, Health, Fitness, Trade skills, Horticulture, Pets, Wildlife, Hospitality, Writing, Business and more. See www.acs.edu.au.
What makes a good course?
More people than ever are studying multiple certificates, diplomas and degrees. But our time on this earth is limited and spending it studying something you’re not truly interested in can be just as unproductive as studying with the wrong course provider — even if it’s in a subject you care about.
Many accredited courses today are becoming shorter and more superficial. In Australia especially, there’s often a greater emphasis on assessment than on the learning itself. This shift is unsustainable — it prioritises ticking boxes over meaningful understanding and leaves students with qualifications that don’t always translate into real-world knowledge or skills.
- A good learning program needs to keep “learning” as the top priority.
- It should revisit key content in different ways throughout the course to help learners remember and understand better.
A good course engages students through varied methods and settings — both in and out of the classroom — using discussion, reading and multimedia to inspire and motivate their passion for learning.
Why is avoiding frequent career changes better?
Becoming a jack of all trades and master of none isn’t sustainable for anyone’s mental health, self-worth or overall life fulfilment