Advancing your career

Build on your knowledge and skills

One way to advance your career is to build on your knowledge and skills through higher education or vocational education and training (VET). This can be done by getting qualified in your chosen field or further studies such as bachelor or post graduate degrees.

You can find a course that’s right for you based on your chosen field of study. These links will take you away from myGov.

Other ways to develop your skills

There are many other ways to develop your professional skills. This may be through:

• on the job learning
• learning and development opportunities through your employer
• finding a mentor
• joining industry groups and meet ups.

What payments you can get

If you decide to start studying find out what payments you can get.

Find employment using your existing skills

You may want to find out what sort of work you could do with your skills. The career quiz on the Your Career website may help you find jobs that match your skills and qualifications.