Kate's Career Kickstarter Course

Welcome to the Rask Education Career Kickstarter Course! The full program is divided into lessons and then topics. For example, the introduction lesson includes a few short topics. Some lessons or topics have short quizzes or actionable tasks at the end to test your knowledge…

1. Supercharged LearningLesson · 8 min
2. Key course takeawaysLesson · 8 min
3. Introducing your course guideLesson · 8 min

Remember back to when you were 15 and at every family gathering, you started to hear the question, “what do you want to do after high school?” But this question goes back even earlier than that, I remember being asked this as far back as kindergarten, where the common answers…

1. What do you want to do with your career?Lesson · 8 min
2. Do personality and career tests help?Lesson · 8 min
3. The myth of finding your passionLesson · 8 min
4. Exploring different optionsLesson · 8 min
5. Should I complete further study?Lesson · 8 min

When it comes to making your way in the workplace, the lyrics of Vanessa Carlton’s, A Thousand Miles, occasionally come to mind… Making my way downtown Walking fast, faces pass and I’m homebound Staring blankly ahead Just making my way Making a way through the crowd But if…

1. Getting that jobLesson · 8 min
2. Learning in publicLesson · 8 min
3. Dealing with recruiters & HRLesson · 8 min
4. Curating your digital presenceLesson · 8 min
5. Creating an online portfolioLesson · 8 min
6. A resume for successLesson · 8 min

Of course the reason why we’re all here, money. Hey, you might be more altruistic and be working out of the good of your heart, but for most of us, some exchange of value is required. Getting paid allows us to do important things like put a roof over our head, support our…

1. Running your life like a businessLesson · 8 min
2. Everyone’s replaceable (so sort out your emergency fund)Lesson · 8 min
3. Balancing multiple jobs (and incomes)Lesson · 8 min
4. Salary negotiation (like a boss)Lesson · 8 min
5. Becoming a super(hero)Lesson · 8 min
6. Are you telling me I have to pay tax?Lesson · 8 min

Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why look for friends or partners who will just shore up your self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to grow? And why seek…

1. Investing in your careerLesson · 8 min
2. Soft skills of the futureLesson · 8 min
3. Small scale career experimentsLesson · 8 min
4. Building a bulletproof career mindsetLesson · 8 min

You’ve done it, shoved one foot in the front door and ready to climb the stairs with the other. This is a great achievement, but you can’t stop on level one. It’s time to focus on all the skills that will help you reach the higher floors, in whatever form that takes for you.…

1. Becoming friends with failureLesson · 8 min
2. Building your networkLesson · 8 min
3. Promotions & pay risesLesson · 8 min
4. Making better decisionsLesson · 8 min
5. De-risking yourself to future employersLesson · 8 min

Congrats on making it to the end of this careers course, it’s a massive achievement! Not only is this a rapidly evolving area where out of the box thinking is rewarded, but being proactive and starting as early as possible will make sure you’re front and centre for your next…

1. Where to next?Lesson · 8 min
2. Building your personal monopolyLesson · 8 min
3. Recommended career resourcesLesson · 8 min
4. Career course feedbackLesson · 8 min