I'm currently 20 years old and have worked a few odd jobs here and there including retail, hospitality and teaching English overseas. I have had difficulty looking for work in an industry that would interest me and keep me motivated to continue. The work that do interest me are however not in demand. This has left me at an impasse in terms of career options. What employment options are realistically feasible for a young person such as myself? What jobs are in demand?
Thanks.
Some results I googled:
http://www.reinventyourcareer.com.au/news/australias-in-dema…
This website has a quick 1 page summary of jobs in demand. It does not list or cite any reputable sources… so I would take it with a big grain of salt.
For more reliable information, check out Government websites.
use http://joboutlook.gov.au/ to search for a certain occupation and it will give you data on things like job outlook, unemployment rate, what type of skills you require and it also give you statistics on job vacancies in a particular state -e.g NSW
https://www.myfuture.edu.au/home
is also another website that gives you help on identifying what your STR and Weaknesses are
also lists occupations and their pay grade as well as some more statistics for different industries.
It does not list or cite any reputable source
But the second paragraph cites the October to December Hays Quarterly Report. How do you know that's not reputable? Isn't Hays an active player in the recruitment and labour hire industry with a solid market-cap? On closer look however it is from 2012 so even if it was reputable it's probably quite outdated.
But anyway OP can go straight to the current Hays Report… https://www.hays.com.au/report/HAYS_1853139
The easier it is to get into, the less you're probably going to want to do it.
I think people in this position either suck it up and go for a low pay/low skill job or they work towards having a skillset required for those harder to obtain jobs.
As for what is in demand, this can change so I would suggest having a look through the current job listings in your area.
I like to use Indeed.com because it uses basically all of the job search networks to create search results.
Wot edumacation does you have?
Scrimshaw gives good advice to refer to joboutlook and myFuture. These are the starting points for career guidance.
This will take you to the most recent Dept of Employment Skills Shortage list - but take note of the difference between shortage and recruitment difficulty. In the latter for example, there may be plenty of qualified people, but they may not have the experience employers are looking for, or the "qualification" might be that in name but not actually be of much value (think some of the online and private provider certificate courses which have recently been offered with the lure of government funding). Recruitment difficulty could also mean that the jobs that are available are not where you are located or want to live.
Recent discussions in careers guidance have centered on the need for employees to have well developed "soft skills" which can be applied across many industries. You will have started to develop these in the areas in which you have already worked, and should be able to transfer them to any new endeavour you undertake. There is plenty of information out there for you to look up on employability skills/soft skills.
Finally, not everyone gets to work in a field that they love. Look inside to connect with your values and passions - hopefully you will be able to find work in an area that at least does not contradict these.
What education Do you have ? Have you been to university ?
I'm currently studying teaching at uni.
Teaching has good prospects. Least likely to get automated job in the future.
Retail is going the way of the dodo if Amazon gets their way :(
get your degree and do the JET programme, teaching in Japan. plenty of opportunities over here!
How about looking at placement roles then?
your after the perfect job, pays well and you love. might be hard to find because your ideas change all the time. Find a job you half like and has a good future financially/mentally and you might stick around in that area of expertise. To be honest retail is a dead end job and never quit a job unless you have another lined up and never leave on bad terms doesn't matter how much you hate the boss.