On Friday 7th June, 13 Year 10 design students and 2 teachers from Braybrook College visited the Adobe Melbourne office as part of an ABCN My Career Rules program.

Adobe has been partnering with ABCN for about three years to help them with their vision for all young Australians to reach their potential in the future world of work, regardless of socio-economic background.

Jon Barrie, David Huynh and I were the industry mentors and we were asked a number of great questions from the students about how we got into working for Adobe and what other jobs have we done in the past.

The My Career Rules program gives students the opportunity to prepare questions and interact with a professionals from specific jobs and industries, opening their minds to careers that reflect the current workplace. Providing a link between classroom learning and the real world of work, it aims to reinforce messages about the skills and mindsets needed to make a successful career in the future workplace. 

The students also enjoyed working with a few of the Adobe Creative Cloud applications that they have access to thanks to an enterprise agreement between Adobe and the Victorian Department of Education.

I would like to thank Catherine Morris from ABCN as well as Braybrook College teachers Loc Nguten and Rolando Garay-Matziaris for organising this event.