About Us
Career-Wise
Australia was founded to help people
faced with the need to consider alternative
career options due to changes in the economy, changes in their lives or
just being ready for the next stage in their life adventure.
The site contains free career change information, professional advice
and tips. It also
recommends for purchase a carefully selected range of career change
resources.
The types
of career change we can help
you with include:
- A change to a
completely different full time
occupation
- Adding a part
time role
- Undertaking
further college study
- Starting a
business or working from home
- Or even just
moving to a better position within
your industry
Our approach
is based on the beliefs that:
- Money is good
thing... but career sucess is
more than money alone
- Career change
support needs to be practical
while also taking into account your need for passion and purpose in
your life
- The world is
entering a period of major change and we need to be
prepared for this in our careers
The founder of
Career-Wise Australia is...
MITCH
LAWRIE
- Master of
Education in Career Guidance, QUT
- Professional
Member of the Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA)
- Certified
MBTI® Personality Indicator Practitioner
- Certified
Lifeline Counsellor
- Further
postgraduate studies in Future Studies - personal futuring (USC),
leadership (QUT), human resource management (Columbia University, NY)
- Currently completing further
studies in Positive Psychology, Clinical Hypnotherapy and Strategic
Psychotherapy
- Over 20 years
experience in the development of interactive personal and career
development programs
In
addition to his founding roles
with Career-Wise Australia and Career Pro, Mitch is Director of
Career Services for
the EastCoast Human Resource Group. He also trains and accredit
numerous
career counsellors in the use of the “Career
Voyage” career guidance software for JIIG-CAL
Australia.
For
over 10 years now Mitch has been working as a
professional career consultant with clients of all ages. He has
successfully
provided career support services
to numerous individuals and organisations, such as TAFE, Brisbane City
Council, Energex and Queensland Rail. He also runs career direction
and job search workshops at the University of Queensland through their
public ICTE courses.
Mitch
has the advantage of having worked in many fields himself. Roles have
included concrete worker, lifeguard, draftsman, town
planner, door-to-door salesman, English teacher in Korea,
youth
development worker, and community development consultant. His career in
his 20's and
early 30's took him all over the world and through many different
working experiences including
photojournalism in Hawaii, lecturing on leadership in Russia, and
facilitating international services projects in Turkey, Thailand,
Malaysia, the Philippines, and Guatemala. He has experience in the
corporate, government and community sectors in
Australia.
Mitch
now lives near the beach on the Sunshine Coast with Cynthia and 5
year old daughter, Zoe. He still goes surfing or kitesurfing
3 or 4 times a
week
when not assisting people
with
their careers. Mitch took the photo of Maroochy River above just after
dawn one morning on the way to the beach.
