Careers Expo 2025

Tuesday 20 May 2025, 4.00 to 6.30pm

• In the gymnasium at the Marian Centre, St Mary’s Campus
• 4.00 – 4.30pm: Year 12 students’ exclusive access
• 4.30 – 6.30pm: Years 9, 10 & 11 students access

Serious about planning your future? This Careers Expo is not to be missed for students in Years 9 to 12!

Catherine McAuley College Bendigo’s annual careers event will be held in the Marian Centre at St Mary’s on Tuesday 20 May. It is one of the biggest career events held by any school in Victoria. The expo will feature around 50 stalls with nearly 140 representatives from various institutions, to provide valuable career advice and information.

Year 12 students and their parents and carers will have exclusive access to the event from 4.00 until 4.30 pm. The expo will open to all students from Year 9 upwards from 4.30 until 6.30 pm. Once again, we are excited to also host students and families from Marist College Bendigo, who will attend alongside our students.

Many Victorian universities and TAFE colleges will be present, with representatives available to talk about courses, options and pathways. There will be a large representation from all areas of La Trobe University and Bendigo TAFE. In addition, many independent tertiary colleges covering sports, agriculture, photography, and more will be in attendance. Representatives from Richmond Football Club will also be available to chat.

Training providers for apprenticeships and traineeships, local tradies and young industry ambassadors will be on hand to provide advice to students on apprenticeships and traineeships. Students can speak to various employers, including RACE Services, Tomkinson’s, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Fosterville Gold Mine and many group training companies.

Local industries and professional organisations in attendance will include:

• ADF Careers
• AFS & Associates
• Agnico Eagle – Fosterville Gold Mine
• Ai Group Apprentice and Trainee Centre
• Ambulance Victoria
• Are Able
• Australian Catholic University (ACU)
• AXIS Employment
• Beck Legal
• Bendigo Animal Hospital
• Bendigo Health
• Bendigo TAFE
• Bendigo Volunteer Resource Centre
• Carlton College of Sport
• Charles Sturt University
• City of Greater Bendigo
• COLLARTS
• Court Services Victoria – Magistrates’ Court of Victoria
• CVGT Employment
• Deakin University
• Dhelkaya Health, Castlemaine
• Emporium Creative Hub
• Federation University
• Fire Rescue Victoria
• Fleetwood
• headspace Bendigo
• Heathcote Health
• Jenny’s ELC
• La Trobe University Bendigo
• Longerenong College
• Marcus Oldham College
• MEGT Australia Limited
• Mercy Health
• Monash University
• Nutrien Ag Solutions
• Peter MacCallum Bendigo
• PH Property
• Photography Studies College
• RACE Services
• Richmond Institute
• RMIT University
• SJOG Hospital
• Strategem
• SunPork Group
• Swinburne University of Technology
• The Hotel School Australia
• The University of Melbourne
• Tomkinson
• Torrens University
• Victoria Police Proactive Unit
• William Angliss Institute
• Workforce Australia Local Jobs Bendigo
• World Education Program

…and more! Creative Industries, including photography, media, games development, fashion and hair and beauty will be represented. In addition, there will be disability employment services and organisations representing programs that provide supported pathways for early school leavers.

The 2025 Careers Night will be an exciting and productive evening that is not to be missed. It will help our students be even better informed about their career opportunities and future study directions. Parents and carers are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to participate in the scheduled activities of our College community.