Blake Shipley, Author at Year13

5 Skills You Learn In Hospitality That’ll Set You Up For Life

December 18, 2018

Alternative Studies, Career Paths, Get Advice, News, Study, University, Vocational (VET), Work

Hospitality jobs are the cream of the crop when it comes to jobs you can get after high school. Everyone knows that bartending at the local haunt is the epitome of a good time, and working at a café or restaura...

3 Career Pathways That Are Sure To Land You A Job

Blake Shipley

December 16, 2018

Alternative Studies, Career Paths, Future of Jobs, Get Advice, Getting a Job, News, Pathways, Study, Work

There’s no denying that the future of work is changing. As much as we would like to ignore it, it’s this elephant in the room that’s always there, threatening to stomp all over our career prospects. It sucks...

There’s No ATAR Needed with These Bachelor Degrees

Blake Shipley

December 16, 2018

Alternative Studies, Get Advice, News, Pathways, Study, University

It’s the end of the year and a lot has changed. You’ve gone through all the classes, done all the exams, said goodbye to your friends, cried, laughed, and cried some more. You’ve celebrated finishing school and...

How To Game The ATAR and Get Into the Course You Want

Blake Shipley

December 13, 2018

Get Advice, News, Pathways, Study, Study Tips, University

So, ATARs are out and there’s plenty of mixed emotions flying around. You’ve already heard us going on about how the ATAR doesn’t mean anything and how you’re worth more than a number and yadda yadda yadda. It’...

Keen on Producing Sound? Here Are All Your Options

Blake Shipley

December 11, 2018

Alternative Studies, Career Paths, Get Advice, News, Study, University, Work

Loads of us dream about making music and producing sound. Plenty of people do it as a hobby, so the prospect of turning it into a career is naturally a pretty alluring one. But, like with all creative careers, ...

8 Jobs You Didn’t Realise You Could Get With A Design Arts Degree

Blake Shipley

December 8, 2018

Alternative Studies, Arts and Entertainment, Career Paths, Explore Careers, Get Advice, News, Study, University, Work

If you’re one of those people who can’t wrap their head around Pythagoras theorem, but can spend hours sketching on the blank pages of their exam booklet it might be worth looking at a Bachelor of Design Arts. ...

Your ATAR Is More Important To Your School Than You

Blake Shipley

December 5, 2018

Career Paths, Get Advice, High School, News, Pathways, Study, The Future, University

Everyone had at least one moment at school where a teacher or headmaster would say something along the lines of “this is the most important thing you’ll learn here.” And not to discredit whatever it was that th...

High School Is Never Really Over

Blake Shipley

November 30, 2018

High School, Life Advice, Love and Friendship, News, The Future

The other day I ran into an old classmate from high school. It was someone that I have one of those semi-awkward, in between relationships with where you aren’t close enough to hang out, but you are obligated t...

Why Getting A High ATAR Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Blake Shipley

November 27, 2018

Alternative Studies, Get Advice, News, Study, University

Final exams are wrapping up, which means school leavers everywhere are now stuck in this cruel, collective waiting game. While the newfound freedom of life sans school is incredible, every day spent at the beac...

Planning On Studying Tech Degree? Here’s An Ace Scholarship For Ya

Blake Shipley

November 23, 2018

Get Advice, News, Study, University

Degrees in technology are cropping up more and more these days, which is no surprise considering the world we’re living in. With new technologies being developed all the time and new jobs being created, we’re g...

5 Careers You Can Travel The World With

Blake Shipley

November 21, 2018

Alternative Studies, Career Paths, Get Advice, News, Study, Travel, Travel Hacks, Work, Work Life

If you’ve managed to get away from school or your job long enough to explore the world a little bit, then you probably know how amazing travel is. Ask anyone what they would do with themselves if they had no ob...

I Think I Want To Do An Apprenticeship (But I’m Not Sure Yet)

Blake Shipley

November 15, 2018

Career Paths, Get Advice, News, Study, Vocational (VET), Work

Choosing whether you want to start an apprenticeship or traineeship can take a while to decide. It shouldn’t but it does; it goes against what many of our teachers, parents, and peers have told us we “should” b...

14 Things You Need To Do During Your Teenage Years

Here’s How to Festival Hop Across Europe On The Cheap

12 Reasons Why University Is Better Than High School

5 Things To Expect At O-Week

The Truth About The Post High School Slump

5 Of The Worst Things About Being The Mum Of Your Group

5 Things To Avoid Doing In Year 12

5 Skills You Learn In Hospitality That’ll Set You Up For Life

3 Career Pathways That Are Sure To Land You A Job

There’s No ATAR Needed with These Bachelor Degrees

How To Game The ATAR and Get Into the Course You Want

Keen on Producing Sound? Here Are All Your Options

8 Jobs You Didn’t Realise You Could Get With A Design Arts Degree

Your ATAR Is More Important To Your School Than You

High School Is Never Really Over

Why Getting A High ATAR Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Planning On Studying Tech Degree? Here’s An Ace Scholarship For Ya

5 Careers You Can Travel The World With

I Think I Want To Do An Apprenticeship (But I’m Not Sure Yet)

Author Blake Shipley