Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol 35 no. 19. 3rd August 1972
[Testing Your Career Aptitude cont.]
- First: don't write off a job because it sounds dull, or something. Always find out more about the job before you dismiss it, never write it off until you've found out about it.
- Second: whether you get the job is readily available and what the competition is, as well as on your suitability and qualifications, but it also depends on a chance element. Somebody once said, that all the attempts to show that two and two make four always seem to forget to include the effect of a roaring southerly. If you are perfect for the job, the roaring southerly could still have an effect on you. Keep trying, the wind has to drop sometime.
The Matrix below does not contain all possible careers (obviously enough it can't) but all careers listed are possible. At least one graduate from Victoria has gone into each of the fields listed here in the past five years. The classification of careers in a matrix like this involves a lot of subjective judgement and judgements change according to perspective. The final evaluation and judgement is yours and its validity will depend on how much you find out for yourself.