Information for parents, family and whanau
Common career myths
- Pat Cody
Read about the 13 most common career myths.
Click on the myths below and find out what career consultant, Pat Cody has to say about them.
Common career myths
Career Services website
- A CV is the only way to get a job
- I have to make my decision now and once I make a decision, I have to stick to it
- Everything depends on me making the right career choice now
- I can't get into the work I like because there are too few opportunities
- Getting a university education is necessary to get a good job
- If the people who are important to me disapprove of my study choices I should cut off all ties and do it anyway
- Other people can prevent me from entering the kind of work I like
- At this time in my life I should know what kind of work I want to do/my child should know what kind of work they want to do
- I can get into a management position earning a great salary package straight out of university
- I don't have to start at the bottom if I have a graduate tertiary degree
- One training provider/university is pretty much like another
- My children are not interested in me talking to them about careers - they would rather talk to their friends about it
- It's the schools responsibility to talk about careers and work through it there
