This year’s Damascus College Captain Milan Pilmore is taking part in an Australia-wide vlog for ‘The Careers Department,’ an online platform that prepares students, parents, and schools for the future of work.

Milan entered a 60-second ‘get to know you’ video competition and was selected as one of five, from a large pool of students across Australia, to vlog her Year 12 experience.

The aim of it is to give other Year 12 student’s something to relate to in such a challenging year.

“I want to help people feel less alone, and I want to give advice on studying, organisation, and how to balance a healthy life involving sport, work, school, and study,” said Milan.

“I also want to share my dreams of getting into Medicine, and to reach out to a large Australia-wide platform for tips and tricks from other like-minded students.”

‘I love helping others and I love to talk, so this seemed like the perfect opportunity to get myself out there and have a go.”

As part of the program, Milan will develop six vlogs throughout the year where she will speak about her journey through Year 12. Each vlog has a topic area and the first one is about goal setting for the year ahead. Other topics include the highs and lows of exams, pressure and pride of Year 12 projects, balancing Year 12 with social life, and finally, saying goodbye to school.

Throughout the first vlog Milan touches on many key topics for young people including saving to buy her own car, part-time employment, juggling school commitments, and she talks candidly of her aspiration to study Medicine after secondary school.

“What I love most about this experience so far is that it is a wonderful opportunity for me to be creative, and I love thinking about different video ideas to engage with the audience. It has however been challenging to put myself out there, as it’s not something I would usually do, and getting used to the technology has been difficult but rewarding.”