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Helping you find work with a future

Finding work that will continue to be in demand in a world of rapid techonological change can be a challenge. This site will make employment and training decisions a bit easier by showing which industries and job skills are in demand now, how much they pay, what skills and training you will need and where and how you can maximise your chances of scoring long lasting, satisfying employment.

Future proof your worklife

CareerChoices uses data science to find and highlight current and future opportunites for work using data drawn from the Australian Taxation Office, the Department of Education and Training, the Department of Industry, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Department of Employment.

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Process

Search

Find skills that are in demand in your current location.

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Build

Identify training that will lead to the best employment opportunites

Fly

Look for skills that will be in demand in the future and tailor your personal development around these areas

Benefits

How can you benefit from digging deeper?

Following the money

Drawing on data from the migrant employment data, CareerChoices can show you the areas that are in current demand - jobs that employers can't find enough local candidates to fill.

Jobs for the future

Using the Bureau of Statistics experimental industry data you can identify jobs that are only just being invented and get in on the ground floor

Train Smarter

Look at completion and drop out rates for various courses to inform your training decsions, then look for or create training opportunities that will maximise your chances of future success.

About careerChoices

CareerChoices was build as an entry for the 2016 GovHack event

Datasets Used

Dataset Name: 
Higher Education Attrition Rates 2005-2013
Publishing Organisation/Agency: 
Department of Education and Training
Jurisdiction of Data: 
Australian Government
Dataset URL: 
https://data.gov.au/dataset/higher-education-attrition-rates-2005-2013
How the data was used: 
Once a site visitor has identified an area of study that might provide future employment opportunities they can view attrition rates for their area of study, giving them an idea of how difficult it might be to complete a course of study in that area, or which universities or training organisations might best fulfil their training aspirations.
Dataset Name: 
Experimental Industry Estimates by Geographic Area
Publishing Organisation/Agency: 
ABS
Jurisdiction of Data: 
Australian Government
Dataset URL: 
http://govhack.abs.gov.au/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ABS_EIE
How the data was used: 
This data was used to suggest areas of study that could best lead to future employment options
Dataset Name: 
SA3 Region Innovation Data 2009-15
Publishing Organisation/Agency: 
Department of Industry
Jurisdiction of Data: 
Australian Government
Dataset URL: 
https://www.data.gov.au/dataset/sa3-region-innovation-data/resource/223e2340-5c0...
How the data was used: 
This data was used to suggest local opportunities for future proof employment.
Dataset Name: 
Characteristics of Temporary Skilled Migrants - GovHack Only Dataset
Publishing Organisation/Agency: 
ABS
Jurisdiction of Data: 
Australian Government
Dataset URL: 
http://portal.govhack.org/datasets/2016/australia/australian-bureau-of-statistic...
How the data was used: 
Used to identify current skills shortages. Used to inform intelligent choices about study options most likely to lead to employment outcomes.
Dataset Name: 
Jobs Services Australia Vacancy Data
Publishing Organisation/Agency: 
Department of Employment
Jurisdiction of Data: 
Australian Government
Dataset URL: 
https://data.gov.au/dataset/jobs-services-australia-vacancy-data
How the data was used: 
Another dataset we used to identify current skills shortages. Used to inform intelligent choices about study options most likely to lead to employment outcomes.
Dataset Name: 
Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) statistics
Publishing Organisation/Agency: 
NCVER
Jurisdiction of Data: 
Australian Government
Dataset URL: 
https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/aus-vocational-education-and-training-vet-st...
How the data was used: 
Used to inform potential students on the difficulty of their chosen course of study, as reflected by the completion statistics for that field.
Dataset Name: 
Completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees 2014: state and territory data tables
Publishing Organisation/Agency: 
NCVER
Jurisdiction of Data: 
Australian Government
Dataset URL: 
https://www.ncver.edu.au/data/data/all-data/completion-and-attrition-rates-for-a...
How the data was used: 
Used to inform potential students on the capability of their local training providers for a given area of study, as reflected by the completion statistics for that field in their locality.
Dataset Name: 
GovHack2016
Publishing Organisation/Agency: 
ATO
Jurisdiction of Data: 
Australian Government
Dataset URL: 
https://data.gov.au/dataset/govhack2016
How the data was used: 
Used as an indication of potential future earnings for given occupations, based on past tax returns for workers in the target job area
Dataset Name: 
Vocational education training packages
Publishing Organisation/Agency: 
training.gov.au
Jurisdiction of Data: 
Australian Government
Dataset URL: 
https://ws.sandbox.training.gov.au/Deewr.Tga.Webservices/TrainingComponentServic...
How the data was used: 
Used to provide links to registered training organisations delivering courses relevant to the chosen occupation

Prizes entered for

Commerically Viable Hack
Creative Humanities Hack
Data Intelligence Hack (Data journalism, spatial modelling, analytics)
Entrepreneurial Hack
Future Australia Hack
Innovative Ideas Hack
Inspired by Research Hack
Local Industry activity
No Boundaries Data Hack
Smarter Data
Student Droput Rates
Training Data
Best Data Visualisation
Most Commercial Potential
Most Disruptive Innovation
Most Outstanding Tasmanian Benefit