Information for parents, family and whanau
Common career myths
It's the school's responsibility to talk about careers and work through it there
"Schools do have a part to play in providing career advice to students and are funded
to provide this by the Government. But others also have a responsibility.
"I would suggest that a student-parent-school partnership approach is far better and a more powerful and influential way of looking at this. A lot of information and contacts are available on the Internet, in the paper, through relatives and personal contacts that parents can encourage to support their son and daughter with their career development. The parent can, with the student, discuss subject choice options at school subject choice evenings or career events. I think if the student, parent and school work together in exploring options then better results occur for everybody."
