Starting a career in ICT

Many young women are turned off careers in ICT because they believe it's 'for computer nerds' or 'for blokes' or 'boring'.

However, when asked what they are looking for in a career, young women say they want fun, variety, security, interaction with others, expressing their creativity and the opportunity to travel.

It sounds like they are describing the ICT industry!

A career in ICT doesn't mean sitting behind a computer cutting code for twelve hours a day. ICT careers could mean working in the fashion or film industry, medical research, publishing or pharmaceuticals, marketing, transport and automotives or farming. And make good money doing it!

Design websites, develop games, run projects or run your own business. You could make a difference in the education arena, help save our precious environment or develop new technologies to gaze at the stars. Really, the sky's the limit.

Career resources
The Girls With IT website was created by female TAFE students and features profiles of women involved in the ICT industry, as well as information about ICT careers.

Go For IT! was created by a university student to help girls find out more about ICT courses and to encourage them to study ICT.

Start Here, Go Anywhere is a Victorian program to encourage more young people to study ICT - you'll find information about the range of job options available and educational institutions that can kick start your career.

The Australian Computer Society careers information is for people who have an interest in careers in computing and Information Technology.

The Australian Government's education portal is a gateway to more than 5,000 websites providing information about education and training in Australia. You'll find every ICT-related university and TAFE course listed.

Myfuture brings together comprehensive information on the labour market, education, training and jobs in Australia.

Online recruitment is now the favoured channel for many organisations in Australia's ICT industry. Some of the major career websites include mycareer, Seek, JobServe Australia and JobSearch.