DISC VER
TMMY VISION

Pack your bags!
You’re going on anadventure!

Contents
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Do I recognise me? A letter from your Career Guide

5Introduction.

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Get a clear picture of your future study and work
life in Australia.

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How will you make it happen?

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Letter to yourself.

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Pack your bags, you’re going on an adventure.

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Self-Awareness, what is it?

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Capture Me.

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Making my current reality clearer.

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Feel excited about the journey you’re aboutto take.

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Moving with Motivation.

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Getting the most out of your time.

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Tools to help your organising styles.

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Do you put the PRO in procrastination?

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My Discoveries

Do I recognise me?
INTRODUCTION

Dear Aussie Adventurer,
Like you, I was not born in Australia. When I moved here I had no idea what to expect.
Getting around was my first challenge. Everything seemed so foreign. Firstly, the steering wheel
was on the other side of the car, and cars were driven on the other side of the road. This seemed
crazy to me!
I also found that even when I would simply step out onto the road to cross the street,
I automatically looked in the wrong direction to where the cars were coming from.
This meant that sometimes I narrowly missed being hit by a car that seemed to be headed rightfor me.
Perhaps when you moved to Australia you experienced the same thing, or the motorways inyour home country also had traffic on the left, so the Aussie highways reminded you of home.

G’day and welcome toStudy > Live > Work™,
the next phase of yourgreat Aussie Adventure!

Either way, the tram cars of Melbourne, or the hilly roads of Sydney may have seemed difficult tonavigate at first, you maybe felt awkward, but then you got used to it,
and your daily commute to wherever you were going seemed normal.

You chose to journey to Australia to study
and live and now here you are, ready to
explore your work options!

When we are discovering new things, whether they are about ourselves, where we are, where
we want to go, or how we want to get there, we will at times feel like we are learning to dosomething very basic, that we thought we knew how to do, like crossing the road, all over again.

Discover My Vision IS THE FIRST OF
A NUMBER OF EXCITING MODULES
designed to expand your horizons, immerse
you in a new way of thinking,and increase knowledge and learning skills
that will guide you towards getting the best
career outcomes possible
for you.

The thing about studying, living and working in another country from where we are born is thatit puts challenges in front of us that we cannot anticipate. That’s all part of the adventure, right?
There are unexpected joys, and daily challenges, and often moments of missing home. You may
notice that the way your saw yourself before you left home has changed,
and then you might find the realisation that home is wherever you are.
Maybe the way you think about your future, about what kind of career you would like to have,
has also changed from before you left home. Or perhaps your heart is set on a very clear
career goal. Either way, the desire to acquire more knowledge and understanding around theAustralian way of life and workplace culture will inform your thinking and shape the foundationof your career.
By choosing to study, live, work in Australia, you have begun your journey to learn new thingsand relearn some old things. This process will allow you to keep a competitive edge as apotential employee by developing yourself as a person, while also building a global perspective
and understanding your place in it.
Sounds daunting right? Don’t worry, we will be right by your side!
Congratulations on continuing your learning. Enjoy adding to your discoveries.

Your Career Guide

It doesn’t matter how long you plan to live,
study and work in Australia, or whether
you stay here or head back home to set up
your professional life, through this dynamicjob-ready program, you’ll learn skills andknowledge that can set you up for a long
lasting and enriching career – wherever ittakes you in the world.
Each module is filled with useful
information and interactive activities thatare focussed on developing your skills andhelping you to learn as much as you canabout yourself as a potential employee andthe kind of work you would like to do.
Our aim is to build your confidence so thatyou are the best candidate foryour dream job!

Importantly, Study>Live>Work is designed
for you to work through at your own pace.
You can access the program from any
internet point, so you can complete themodules at home on your laptop,on oursmartphone on your way to class, or evensitting in the park on the weekend! We
encourage you to complete all the activities
to get the most you can out of the program.
In this module, you’ll discover how todevelop self-awareness and get a greater
understanding of your current reality. You’llalso develop some clear goals and create avision for your future work experience andset about developing a plan of action tomake it all happen!

MY VISIONACTIVITY

Write out some ideas you want to get from your study and work
life in Australia:
What do you want to achieve through your study?

What are your goals for your career?

Get a clear picture of yourfuture study and work life
in Australia!
With the help of this module, Discover My
Vision, you get to become more aware ofwhat you want to achieve. You can establish
exactly where you are right now, formulate
a vision of what you want for the future anddevelop a plan of action in order for you toachieve it.

Get to know what you want.

By having a clear vision around what you
want, you get to set specific goals and figureout the best way to achieve those.

What would you like to obtain from your time spent in Australia?

A vision is theability to think
about or plan afuture using yourimagination,
creativity andforesight.

HERIP!
E’S A T

Begin with the end in mind!

ACTIVITY

Write out 3 things you can do TODAY that will bring you closer towards
your vision of what you want to achieve in your Australian study andwork experience. They can be simple steps, like making a list of yourdream companies to work for, or putting aside extra hours for study.
Go ahead, give it a try:Ok, so you have a clearer
picture of what you want.
Now, let’s start taking
the necessary actions
that can turn your vision
into reality.

You’ve already taken thefirst steps to being
job-ready! What else
can you create throughyour actions?

If you want to go surfing,book somesurfing lessons.

If you want to improveyour English, join an

English conversationgroup – today!

Let’s go ahead andDO IT!

“Setting goals is the first step in turning
the invisible into the visible.
Tony Robbins“How will you
make it happen?

REFLECTION ACTIVITY

If I were to paint a picture, My Vision would include;
Think more about what your experience could be like?
- What field do you want your work experience to be in?
- What would you like to learn the most from it?
- Do you already know how this will look?
- Or do you need to fill in some details?

Consider these things to prompt your thoughts:- Where? Big city? Small town? Working on the land?
- Do you want to work in an established company? Or a start-up? Or maybe ina position with lots of travel, so you can become an international roamer?
- Develop a vision that is as specific as possible.

Consider some additional hopes and dreams
for your work experience in Australia.

At this point,
let yourimagination

run wild.

Close your eyes and imagine theBEST possible experience.
Have you secured an internship at Sydney’s top
accounting firm? Has the children’s hospital in
Melbourne given you a role doing administration?

Whilst your eyes are closed, see yourself
in these workplaces. Think about yoursurroundings.
What you are wearing? A formal suit? Bigheadphones? Are you using a lap-top?

What kinds of sounds are there? Loud music?
Or a quiet workplace?

Do you take the stairs? Or do you take theelevator 30 floors up?

See yourworkmates, theequipment, theenvironment
and the colours.
Think about how
you are feeling.
Do you feel fullof excitement?
Or calm andfocused?
Imagine it.
Absorb as muchas you can.

Experience thisvision like it’s really
happening!
How does visualisation work?

Your subconscious mind tends to accept
the thoughts that are repeated. This
subsequently changes your mindset alongwith your habits and behaviour. As a result,
you come into contact with new people,
situations and circumstances.

““REFLECTION ACTIVITY

Imagination is the beginning of creation.
You imagine what you desire, you will what you
imagine and at last you create what you will.
George Bernard ShawMY VISIONACTIVITY

Letter to yourself

Write a letter to yourself.

Write a letter to your future self, telling yourself what you willachieve in the future. Remember you are writing this as though you
have already completed your study live work experience in Australia
and are congratulating yourself on achieving all of your goals. If
you like, you can be specific about what you want to achieve byincluding a desired timeframe. This will be something to inspire youon your journey and something you will have to reread later.

Save it and keep it in a safe place, as you will look back at it later.

Here’s an example written by Yun, who wrote this letter to himself so he could look forward andplan what he hoped to get out of the following year as he entered into the Australian workforce.
Dear Yun,
Congratulations on getting through one of the most challenging and rewarding years.
After getting through the end of my marketing degree, I’ve managed to get an internship and a
job at one of the most established media agencies in Sydney.
Through the internship, I learnt how media buying works and participated in writing creative
for tvcs (television commercials) and contributed to the development of an overall marketingstrategy.
I joined a local soccer team, continued with karate and made loads of new friends. I’ve evenlearned how to surf! I wound up competing in a surfing competition on the Gold Coast, which
was an awesome way to travel up the east coast of Australia.
Most of all, I can comfortably work with all kinds of people, including local Aussies. I’ve beenworking in an environment that is a proper Australian work environment and I have been trustedwith more and more responsibility. I have been able to utilise skills learned through my degree
and the Study>Live>Work program I undertook and made real career progress! I feel like I fit inand am a part of a dynamic work team.
I have loved living with Aussies! We have regular BBQs and I’ve gotten to improve my English toyet another level, including understanding a lot of slang! It’s helped me to feel more confident indoing other new stuff, meeting different people and travelling more.
Regards, your adventurer Yun.

SAHERE’TIP!

Go with the idea ‘thoughts are things’.
They are REAL. They exist to give you aglimpse of your future vision.