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		<title>Finding your &#8216;power-button&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you know someone who really enjoys their job?  Do you think that happens by accident or do you think you can plan to have a career in a field that really interests you and where you can realise the dream of really enjoying your job?
And how is it that some people who seem to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whr24u.co.nz/blog/index.php/2010/02/finding-your-hot-button/</link>
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		<title>A STAR Quality Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you a teacher?  If so, we'd like to hear about your school's STAR Programme.
STAR stands for "Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource" and this is what the New Zealand Ministry of Education website says about it:
"The Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource (STAR) provides all state secondary schools with additional funding to access courses that provide greater opportunities for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whr24u.co.nz/blog/index.php/2010/01/a-star-quality-education/</link>
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		<title>Does New Zealand really need more University Graduates?</title>
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A University graduate will earn approximately $1.5 million dollars more than a school-leaver with no other qualifications, and be less likely to go to prison, or die before reaching their normal life expectancy age.  These are just some of the assertions made in an address by Derek McCormack from AUT University.
 Speaking to business leaders in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whr24u.co.nz/blog/index.php/2010/01/does-new-zealand-really-need-more-university-graduates/</link>
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		<title>Jobs that pay well without a university degree</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to an interesting article about jobs that pay well but don't require a lot of formal qualification - all you need is a strong stomach!  http://www.worldwidelearn.com/education-articles/top-5-gross-jobs.html
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		<link>http://www.whr24u.co.nz/blog/index.php/2009/12/jobs-that-pay-well-without-a-university-degree/</link>
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		<title>News Bulletins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click the link below to read Whr24U newsletters.  These bulletins are sent to school Career Advisors and other interested people on a monthly basis. 
In the January edition we talk about:

Our predictions for 2010
The Blogosphere
Hot Tips for Career Advisors
The Importance of Values and Motivators in making Career Choices

Please contact thane@whr24u.co.nz if you have an item you would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whr24u.co.nz/blog/index.php/2009/12/news-bulletins/</link>
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		<title>Psychometric testing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Employers use psychometric testing extensively to gauge the suitability of candidates for jobs.  Can psychometric testing also help you find the right career?  Here is a link to a very brief article on the benefits of psychometric testing in career guidance.  What's your view?
http://www.opragroup.com/images/opra/pdf/community/Articles/psychometric%20assessment.pdf
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		<link>http://www.whr24u.co.nz/blog/index.php/2009/11/psychometric-testing/</link>
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		<title>Broaden your Horizons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I left school at 16 not having any idea what I wanted to do, so I decided to head to a recruitment agency, hoping they would be able to help me out.
Luckily they did and my first interview was with a company called Deutsche Bank. I went to the interview, feeling pretty nervous as it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whr24u.co.nz/blog/index.php/2009/11/broaden-your-horizons/</link>
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		<title>Should Schools allow Access to Facebook?</title>
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Schools generally do not allow access to Facebook and other social networking sites.  It's hard to imagine how they could allow students access without things getting out of hand, but this is the way the world is moving so shouldn’t schools be looking to USE things like Facebook rather than trying to block access?  Can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whr24u.co.nz/blog/index.php/2009/11/should-schools-allow-access-to-facebook/</link>
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		<title>What kind of Animal are you?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you ask a five year old what they want to be when they grow up, the answer changes daily.  From a fireman to a fairy, and everything in between, their career goal normally depends on the most recent character they’ve seen.  Well not for me.  At that age, I would regularly tell my Mum [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whr24u.co.nz/blog/index.php/2009/11/what-kind-of-animal-are-you/</link>
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		<title>Career Back-Packing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found a bundle of my old school reports in a dresser drawer recently.  My teachers had written things like " ... could do better" or "... needs to apply himself" on almost every one.  I distinctly recall being told things like "You are so talented, you could be anything you want to be".  The problem of course [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whr24u.co.nz/blog/index.php/2009/11/career-back-packing/</link>
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