Career Development Opportunities in Australian Labor Market

Running head: CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Name of the student:
Name of the university:
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Executive summary:
This is a career development report prepared keeping in mind an international student
who is studying or intending to work in the nation of Australia. This report would mainly discus
the past, current as well as future trends in the Australian labor market along with the
employment trends. This would help an international student in seeking for job opportunities in
their desired industry. It is true that every student has come from a specific nation with different
backgrounds for which their aspiration, interest, values, beliefs, level of understanding, knowledge
and experience would differ from others. Many of the students might be already working as
healthcare professionals in their nations or hometowns but are not able to get hob opportunity in the
nation of Australia due to lack of their understanding of the labor markers here. This report would be
discussing the employment trends in the labor market here, seek oyt the bet domain of healthcare
industry that have best opportunities, venture the intercultural barriers and others. It would also
discuss the organizations where an individual can seek employment and along wit it job seeking plan
would be also developed.

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Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................3
Australian Labor Market analysis in healthcare:.............................................................................3
Healthcare sectors analysis:.............................................................................................................5
Mental healthcare industries:.......................................................................................................5
Disability care industries:............................................................................................................6
Intercultural challenges:...................................................................................................................7
Recommendations:..........................................................................................................................9
Job seeking plan:........................................................................................................................10
Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................11
References:....................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction:
Career development can be defined as the series of activities as well as the
on-going/lifelong process that concerns the development of one’s
career. It usually refers to the management of one’s career in an intra-
organizational or inter-organizational scenario involving training on new skills. As
well as to move onto higher job responsibilities and even making a career change within the
same organization. It may also move moving to a different organization or starting of one’s own
business. This assignment is mainly composed in the form of career development report which
mainly tends to evaluate career opportunities within the present national labor market
specifically focusing on the target industry of healthcare. It would mainly comprise of a number
of sections with the first one being the analysis of the current trends in the nation both on a
national as well state wise levels along with the identification of the employment trends. These
sections would then be followed by the venturing the career opportunities in two specific health
sectors along with the need to analyze the skills and knowledge that would be required to chose
one as the viable option for enhancing career paths. These would then be followed by
intercultural barriers one can face in the industry along with the three organizations that can be
chosen as the potential ones for applying for career opportunities. A job seeking plan would be
also included.
Australian Labor Market analysis in healthcare:
Healthcare is considered to be Australia’s biggest employer and it is found to get bigger
thereby accounting for 13.7% of the entire workforce as found in February, 2018. According to
the data provided by the Department of Jobs and Small Business ‘Australian Jobs 2018’ report, it