Happy new year

I hope everyone had a lovely break over the festive season, and your batteries are recharged and you're ready to go.
We've had a lot of positive feedback on our new Career Compass extras that were released at the end of last year, so if anyone would like to give that a free trial, go to the website www.careercompass.com.au , click on the schools tab, and sign up. For people already using Career Compass, please let us know what you think of the extras.
There are lots of new and exciting things planned for Career Voyage this year, so I'll let you know about them as they're released.
Don't forget that the desktop and network editions for 2012 are out already, so if you'd like to let your IT people know, they can update your version so that you have the latest improvements and jobfile.
Feel free to call if you have any queries.
08 9440 5333
Penny

2012 Version of Desktop and LAN

We have released the 2012 version for Desktop and LAN, which can be downloaded from www.careervoyage.com.au/download.

The Web Access version is due to be released in February with some lovely new features...I'll keep you updated.

New Sydney Trainer

Our long time trainer in NSW is taking a well deserved retirement from all things JIIG-CAL, so we are currently looking for someone to fill the position.

There are a number of criteria to be met, but if you are interested in taking up this position, please contact me to begin descussions, on either pennyg@jiig-cal.com.au or 08 9440 5333.

Get an extra month FREE!!

If you recommend Career Voyage or Career Compass to someone and they take up any licence, ie not PAYG, we will extend your licence by a month for free.

All you have to do is get the other person to let us know who recommeded the program to them.

Feel free to call me, Penny, on +61 8 9440 5333 if you have any questions.

NEW CAREER COMPASS NEW ZEALAND EDITION

Just to let you know that we have just released a New Zealand edition of Career Compass.

For a FREE trial please visit www.careercompass.co.nz

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us on +61 8 9440 5333 or email pennyg@jiig-cal.com.au.

2011 CAREER VOYAGE SOFTWARE AVAILABLE

NETWORK & DESKTOP:
You can download the latest version of Career Voyage by going to www.careervoyage.com.au/download

WEB ACCESS
You can continue to go to www.careervoyage.com.au/webaccess/au.html

Happy New Year

from all of us at JIIG-CAL

For your information, Career Voyage 2011 version will be available in January 2011.

Boys miss out on uni with 'wrong choice'

The head of the WA Curriculum Council has warned that boys are missing out on opportunities to go to university because they are not taking courses which will make them eligible.

Latest Curriculum Council figures show more boys than girls avoid the rigours of Year 12 exams, with 46 per cent of boys enrolled to sit at least four WA Certificate of Education exams this year, compared with 54 per cent of girls.

Scores from a student's best four subjects are used to calculate a university admission rank.

"On the assumption that there should be an equal distribution of boys and girls because there roughly is in the population, then boys are not being provided the same opportunities," Curriculum Council chief executive David Wood said.

Two years ago, Mr Wood said he was concerned more boys were not taking the rigours of the Tertiary Entrance Exams, but he believed the introduction of compulsory exams by this year could narrow the gender gap. However, the gender split has now changed since 2008.

"This remains an important issue for schools to monitor to ensure that boys are not being disadvantaged," Mr Wood said. "I am hopeful that increasing familiarity with the opportunities offered by the new courses means that the situation will change in future."

Education Minister Liz Constable said schools should ensure boys were not disadvantaged.

"It is important that students are encouraged to participate in challenging courses which will result in students, regardless of gender, getting the best education we can give them," she said.

"The range of WACE courses, endorsed programs, and vocational education and training options offers an ever-increasing range of attractive and relevant options, many of which do not involve external examinations and some of these non-exam options have proved particularly attractive to boys."

WA Secondary School Executives Assocation preseident Rob Nairn said schools gave boys and girls the same opportunities.

"It's what they choose to do with these opportunities," he said. "You can't actually force students to go into a particular course - it's all about choice."

Written by Bethany Hiatt - Education Editor. Published in The West Australian on 22nd Oct 2010.

2011 Price List

For your information, prices for Career Voyage will change in 2011. This is effective from 1st January 2011.

Please contact Deborah on (08) 9440 5333 or email deborah.mills@jiig-cal.com.au for more information.

Pay by credit card now available

Visit www.jiig-cal.com.au/Invoice/ to make payment for your Career Voyage, Career Compass and Career Voyage Correspondence Training invoices.

Any questions please call (08) 9440 5333.

Career Compass Online

www.careercompass.com.au
Designed for 12 to 14 year olds
Provides introductory career exploration

JIIG-CAL has just launched Career Compass Online which provides introductory career exploration for your 12 to 14 year olds. Career Compass helps your students to work out their job related interests and levels of training & education, then allows them to explore types of work of greatest interest.

Please visit www.careercompass.com.au for more information. If you have any questions please contact +61 8 9440 5333.

Career Voyage Reports - Pop Up Blockers

Have your student computers had their web browsers upgraded over the holidays at all? If they are now using Internet Explorer 7 or 8 or a recent version of Mozilla Firefox, these browsers have their own built in pop up blockers. When you try to view the reports Career Voyage tries to open a new window with the report loaded in it. These browsers will attempt to block this action the first time.

It will however display a yellow information bar at the top of the content area of the browser window (just above Career Voyage) saying that a pop up has been blocked (see below screenshot). If you click this bar you can choose the option of allowing the pop up just once, or always allowing pop ups from this website - the preferred option.





An unfortunate side effect of changing the pop up rules when you make your decision, is that Internet Explorer will reload the page. Because Career Voyage is an Adobe Flash application this resets the flash component and you have to log in again. No data however, is lost in this process and your students should be fine to then print the desired report.

We realise this is a slight inconvenience however it is beyond our control and is quite common on many other sites on the internet.

Career Voyage 2010 - Desktop & Network - Available now to download

JIIG-CAL has decided to take a greener position in an effort to reduce our carbon footprint and impact on the environment. As a result, the software is available for download for our Desktop & Network Subscription customers. All manuals and job file booklets will be provided in electronic format. You will be able to download the software for Desktop or Network and view manuals & job file booklets online at www.careervoyage.com.au/download.

Added Features for 2010
In addition to a fresh appearance, and the updated 2010 JobFile (database of job details), a number of extra features have been added to make the software even more flexible and responsive to your individual needs. The 2010 version is now fully compatible with Windows Vista, Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008.

New Registration Key
For our Desktop & Network customers, you will receive a letter in the mail over the next few days. You will find your new registration key for 2010 version. You will need this key to install the software as your previous registration key will not work for 2010.

No internet access on your computer
If you do not have access to the internet to download the software, please contact me.

Interested in Web Access?
More and more organisations are using the Career Voyage Web Access edition as it requires no IT installation. The other advantages are that it can be accessed on any computer connected to the internet and it has an additional section - Resume Writing. If you would like to trial the web access edition then please contact me for trial instructions.

Any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Deborah
deborah.mills@jiig-cal.com.au

2010 Career Voyage software

Just to let you know that the 2010 version of Career Voyage will be available to download from the internet in the new year.

We will be sending out a new registration key and the link to you in January 2010.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us on 08 9440 5333.

2010 Job File Index

Please find below amendments in the 2010 Career Voyage Job File Index:

New jobs added: (Australia)

• Toxicologist
• Indigenous Community Liaison Officer
• Nail Technician
• Strata Manager
• Aquaculture Technician
• Science Field Worker
• Shopping Centre Manager

(NZ)

• Toxicologist
• Nail Technician
• Marine Farm Worker
• Shopping Centre Manager

Deletions:

• Bill Poster
• Brick/Stone Cleaner
• Cane Tester
  
• Egg Packer and Grader

Many jobs have had titles and/or descriptions and qualifications modified.

Put in a plea for suggestions for additions/deletions/modificatons to be emailed to info@jiig-cal.com.au These suggestions will be considered by the Jobfile Committee.

These changes will take effect in January 2010.

Career Compass (BETA version)

Career Compass is career exploration software for 12 to 14 year olds.

This program helps students to work out their job related interests and levels of education and training, then allows them to explore types of work that might suit them.

Career Compass is currently in beta version which means that we are just finalising the software and it is FREE to use. All we ask is that you give us your feedback.

The complete product will be available for purchase in January 2010.

If you would like more information please contact Deborah on 08 9440 5333.

Career Voyage Web Access edition

Career Voyage can be accessed via any PC with an internet connection.

This saves time on installation and any requirement for IT assistance.

All you do is enter
www.careervoyage.com.au/webaccess/au.html
or www.careervoyage.com.au/webaccess/nz.html
and then enter your username and password. It is that simple.

Contact us on 08 9440 5333 for a trial of Web Access and convert today.

JIIG-CAL going GREEN

JIIG-CAL would like to advise you that we are working towards reducing our carbon footprint.

In 2010, we will have all of our software downloads on the internet together with the manuals and job files.

We will look to send out new registration keys through email rather than mail so please ensure that we have your email address.

We would like to hear your opinion on this.

Regards

JIIG-CAL

Accreditation Training

We want to ensure that your clients/students receive the best outcome possible when utilising Career Voyage for career guidance. We would like to encourage you to get accredited so you are able to get the most out of Career Voyage.

Visit www.jiig-calworkshops.com to find out more details.