News

05 June 2017

Volunteering at an Inspiring the Future event for the first time can be nerve-wracking, but it will always be worthwhile. If you’re worried about giving a career talk, taking part in speed career netw...

29 May 2017

In a brightly lit corner of the library on a brightly coloured lounge, Inspiring the Future volunteer Tony Ibrahim from Choice sat with a small group of students discussing his experience as a Journal...

24 May 2017

What did you want to be when you grew up? As children we are filled with dreams and idealistic ambitions, we want to be astronauts or knights or flowers! We tell our children now to dream and explore,...

16 May 2017

Exchanging Expectations facilitates conversations between volunteers and school students, in order to learn about each other's hopes, aspirations and expectations of the workplace and young employees....

08 May 2017

On April 3rd 2017, Inspiring the Future Australia was launched nationally by NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes and NSW Minister for Western Sydney Stuart Ayres. The day was a great success, with an op...

02 May 2017

On the 1st of May, careers advisers in Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains met together. A recurring theme within the conversation was that of social media and personal branding.While the advice of ...

25 April 2017

You're eager to sign up, but not sure what to click?In case you're puzzled about what category you fit in to, read below to understand exactly what each Inspiring the Future profile means, and know fo...

18 April 2017

We caught up with Gai Hawthorn, a volunteer from our National Launch, to hear her thoughts on ITF and the activity she participated in. Could you give a brief overview of your career and what made you...

11 April 2017

We need to give young people a chance! Young people in Australia have a wealth of career options at their fingertips, but do they really know about them? For the last 5 years, the youth unemployment r...

04 April 2017

Yesterday, on April 3rd 2017, we launched Inspiring the Future nationally! The Hon. Rob Stokes MP and the Hon. Stuart Ayers MP both attended the event held at Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High ...

30 March 2017

Our founding partners in the UK, the Education and Employers Taskforce, have celebrated another milestone this week, reaching 35,000 volunteers. "Since Inspiring the Future was launched in 2012 the pr...

16 March 2017

Very few people have a ‘dream run’ at career success. For most, their story involves hard work, extra study, recognising and acting on opportunities and overcoming set-backs with resilience and persev...

14 March 2017

What are career speed networking events?Career speed networking events involve a range of volunteers coming together to chat to groups of young people about their jobs. The aim is to introduce young p...

13 March 2017

One of the greatest demands from primary schools is to help broaden the aspirations and interests of children about jobs and careers. As research shows, gender stereotypes are developed at a very youn...

06 March 2017

Invite volunteers to help with a related projectInspiring the Future volunteers have a multitude of skills in different areas, and have real industry experience they could show your students. Perhaps ...

27 February 2017

Do you know people who could spare one hour this year to talk about their job and career journey?Help inspire and motivate young people by signing up and spreading the word today! Ask your employer, c...

26 February 2017

It's been a great start to the national Inspiring the Future campaign. In the first 3 weeks we have had 14 Associations join up and volunteers are signing up at around 6 per day! We have volunteers fr...

16 February 2017

ABC news has published an interesting article written by Justine
Parker on the topic of gender segregation in the Australian job market. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-10/men-entering-health-pink-...

30 January 2017

Inspiring the Future changes students experience and aspirations, as proven by recent research conducted by the pioneers of Inspiring the Future in the UK. Students across various career events were s...

07 December 2016

People’s republic of China and the initiative has had a positive pick up  from the Chinese media including Xinhua  official press agency of the People’s Republic of China the biggest and most influent...