Connecting with Career Ready Advantage
The Career Ready Advantage Award is our sector-leading employability program that encourages students to develop the skills and experiences highly valued by employers.
Students can achieve up to 3 Career Ready Advantage Awards – silver, gold and platinum, based on completion of a minimum number of activities. All students should have the opportunity to achieve the silver level award through activities within their course.
The Career Ready Advantage Award levels are recognised on students' academic transcripts. Students can find out how to apply for the award via the Career Hub.
About the program
The program is structured in three parts. Read on to identify opportunities to include employability in your subject or course and help students on their way to earning a Career Ready Advantage Award.
1. Professional learning
At each level of the award, students are required to complete 4 learning activities. Eligible activities include:
AIM and Wominjeka modules
Students are required to complete these modules in their first year of enrolment.
LinkedIn learning courses
There are over 8,000 courses on LinkedIn Learning, free to all La Trobe staff and students. You may wish to include a link from your subject LMS to a LinkedIn Learning course. These are good resources for students to learn specific skills to assist in completing a learning activity or assessment task. For example, a course on Microsoft PowerPoint or working in teams.
Career Development Learning (CDL)
Completion of a Career Development Learning activity within curriculum is recognised as Professional Learning for the Career Ready Advantage Award. Subject coordinators should reach out to the Employability team to ensure their CDL is automatically added to their student’s Career Ready Advantage Award.
Other content in subjects
Modules that support students obtaining a professional certification (such as first aid, computer programming languages) can also be recognised under the award program.
2. Practical experiences
Students are required to complete 2 practical experiences for each level of the award.
Within the curriculum, practical experiences include Work Integrated Learning subjects, clinical placements, virtual industry projects, study tours, employability-focused subjects (such as innovation challenges) and networking events.
3. Career portfolio
Students need to complete 3 career portfolio items for each level of the award.
Career portfolio items are designed to increase the quality of students and graduates job applications. Career portfolios include career plans, resumes, video interviews, mock job applications. Custom portfolio items relevant to the discipline can be included, such as authentic work tasks, that a student or graduate could show an employer.
To include a career portfolio item in the curriculum, it must be assessed, and students provided with feedback.
The Employability team are available to the design of suitable assessment tasks.
Contact the Employability team
Reach out to the Employability team at careers@latrobe.edu.au to discuss how your subject can contribute to the Career Ready Advantage Award.