Schools Solution

School placement management
— built for Australian schools.

CareerHive gives your careers team one intelligent platform to manage paperless subject selection, work experience placements and career exploration — connected across students, parents, employers and staff.

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100% paperless
Subject selection online
4-way workflows
Student · Parent · Employer · Staff
8 curriculum frameworks
Every Australian state supported
Zero paper forms
No manual consent chasing

Career education and work experience shouldn't run on paper and email. Ditch the spreadsheets, lost forms and manual consent chasing.

CareerHive replaces every spreadsheet, paper form and email chain with one platform built for schools. Whether you're managing Year 10 work experience for 200 students or running a structured VET in Schools program across multiple campuses, CareerHive handles every stakeholder, every approval and every compliance requirement automatically.

Australian Curriculum aligned Student · Parent · Employer · Staff portals 100% paperless subject selection WWC & parental consent automated VET in Schools & SBATs Sentral, Compass & Canvas integration ISO 27001:2022 certified Sovereign cloud — AWS Sydney

Subject selection used to take three weeks of paper and phone calls. It now runs itself, and parents actually know what's going on.

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Sarah Keller
Careers Coordinator, Australian secondary college
School placement lifecycle

Five stages, automated end-to-end — from career interest to curriculum outcome.

01
Career exploration & subject selection

Students explore careers and select subjects online — with parent visibility built in.

Complete
02
Work experience matching & consent

Matched to a host employer, with parent consent collected digitally.

Confirmed
03
4-party digital sign-off

Student, parent, employer and school staff — all signing in one workflow.

In progress
04
On-placement monitoring

Daily logs, incident reporting and employer check-ins — all tracked live.

Upcoming
05
Outcomes & credential record

Work experience logged against curriculum outcomes, ready for authority reporting.

Upcoming
Career exploration & subject selection

Guide every student from career interest to subject choice — digitally.

CareerHive replaces paper-based subject selection with a digital experience that links students' career interests to the right subject pathways — mapped to Australian curriculum frameworks and visible to parents in real time. Select a capability to see it.

Paperless subject selection
01

Students select subjects online — no paper forms, no lost envelopes. Parents get visibility and approval rights, staff confirm with one click. The whole process runs digitally from start to finish.

Career exploration & interest matching
02

Students explore career pathways through an interest-based discovery tool. Matched careers link directly to subject recommendations — so every subject choice is informed by where the student wants to go.

Australian Curriculum mapping
03

Every subject and career pathway mapped to your state's framework — VCE, HSC, SACE, QCE, WACE, TCE and BSSS. VET in Schools programs and industry-based learning aligned to ASQA requirements automatically.

Work experience registration
04

Students register their placement preferences in CareerHive — linking career interests to available host employers. Staff review, parents consent, employers confirm. All in one place.

One record from Year 9 to graduation

Career interests, subject selections, work experience and outcomes all sit on one student record — so the conversation in Year 12 starts from evidence, not memory.

Subject selection · Year 11 2026
312 students · zero paper
288
Submitted
19
Parent pending
5
Not started
Student — Jamie TorresSubmitted
Parent approvalReminder sent
Staff confirmationQueued
Parent approval reminders send themselves. No manual emails.
Career explorer · Emily Nguyen
Interest assessment complete
Nursing & Allied Health96%
Psychology & Counselling88%
Biomedical Science79%
Recommended subjects auto-linked to the top career matches.
Curriculum framework · VCE
Auto-mapped to VCAA
VCE HSC SACE QCE WACE TCE BSSS
Units 1–4 ATAR subjects312 mapped
VET in Schools programs8 quals
Work experience outcomesAuto-captured
Work experience · Year 10 cohort
280 students registering
Self-sourced placements196
School-matched placements62
Awaiting registration22
Auto-reminders sent · 8 days until deadline · career interests matched to employer industry.
Work placement management

Your team should be supporting students, not chasing paperwork.

CareerHive manages the entire work experience lifecycle. The 4-party workflow connects students, parents, host employers and school staff — with every approval, consent and compliance check handled automatically.

[1]
Automated 4-party workflows

Student applies, parent consents, employer confirms, staff sign off. Every step tracked and timestamped, with automatic reminders chasing overdue parties — your team never follows up manually again.

[2]
Host employer & workplace management

Build and manage your database of approved host workplaces — capacity, agreements, past placements and contact history in one hierarchy. WWC checks and site risk assessments verified before any student is placed.

[3]
On-placement monitoring & logbooks

Students log daily activities and hours in real time. Employers check in and approve. Incident reporting is built in with automatic escalation, so coordinators get a live dashboard without calling anyone.

[4]
Assessment & outcomes recording

Employer assessments, student reflections and curriculum-aligned outcomes captured in one system. Exportable reports for VCAA, NESA, QCAA and other state authorities, generated automatically.

Work experience sign-off · WE-2026-0482
3 of 4 signed
All parties notified automatically — digital signatures only
75% SIGNED
Signed75%
Reminder sent17%
Not started8%
Student — Jamie TorresSigned · 3h
Parent — Maria TorresConsented · 2h
Employer — Northside EngineeringReminder sent
School staff sign-offPending
Consents collectedThis term
Wk 1Wk 6Wk 12
Four stakeholders, one platform

Every stakeholder has their own purpose-built experience.

Student Portal

Students explore careers, select subjects and manage their work experience journey — all in one clean, mobile-friendly portal.

01 Career interest explorer & pathway planner
02 Digital subject selection
03 Work experience application & preferences
04 Daily logbook & hours tracking
05 Outcome records & credentials
Student view · Jamie Torres Live
38
Placement hours
5
Days on placement
Logbook entries5 / 5
Subject selectionSubmitted
Reflection tasks2 / 3
Northside EngineeringConfirmed
Career pathway planUpdated
Placement reflectionDue Fri

Parent Portal

Parents stay informed and in control — viewing subject selections, providing digital consent and receiving real-time updates without email chains.

01 Subject selection visibility & approval
02 Work experience digital consent
03 Placement status & employer details
04 Real-time notifications & updates
05 Outcome & assessment visibility
Parent view · Maria Torres Live
2
Actions to review
0
Paper forms
Consents signed3 / 3
Subject approvalComplete
Notifications read7 / 9
Work experience consentSigned
Subject selection — Year 11Approved
Placement detailsViewed

Employer Portal

Host workplaces confirm placements, supervise students and complete sign-offs — without paperwork, phone calls or a complex login system.

01 Placement capacity & availability
02 Student profile review & confirmation
03 Digital agreement signing
04 Daily logbook approval
05 Student assessment submission
Employer view · Northside Engineering Live
2
Students hosted
4
Open slots
Logbooks approved8 / 10
Agreement current1 / 1
WWC checks valid3 / 3
Work experience agreementAwaiting
Site risk assessmentApproved
Student assessmentDue Mon

Staff & Coordinator Portal

Careers teachers and placement coordinators get a full dashboard view — managing cohorts, approving placements and running compliance in one place.

01 Whole-cohort placement dashboard
02 Automated workflow management
03 Host employer & agreement management
04 Compliance & risk oversight
05 Curriculum-aligned reporting
Staff view · Year 10 cohort Live
312
Students in cohort
64
Approved employers
Placements confirmed258 / 312
Consents returned98%
Compliance cleared100%
22 registrations outstandingChase
VCAA outcome exportReady
6 agreements expiringReview

Developed in consultation with career counsellors at Australian schools

Australian curriculum

Mapped to every Australian curriculum framework.

CareerHive is pre-configured for Australian school systems — so subject selection, work experience and career education outcomes are automatically aligned to your state's requirements.

VCE · HSC · SACE · QCE · WACE · TCE · BSSS
State Curriculum Frameworks

Every subject and learning area mapped to your state's senior curriculum — ATAR, General, Applied and VET in Schools pathways all supported. Coordinators never manually re-enter outcomes.

ASQA aligned · SBATs
VET in Schools & Industry Pathways

VET qualifications, school-based apprenticeships and traineeships managed alongside academic subjects — ASQA-aligned training records, evidence portfolios and competency sign-offs in one system.

ABCD aligned
Career Education Framework

Aligned to the Australian Blueprint for Career Development and state career education frameworks. Career exploration activities, interest assessments and pathway planning documented against learning outcomes.

VCAA · NESA · QCAA · SCSA · TASC
Accreditation & Reporting

Generate curriculum-aligned reports on demand for state authority submissions. Work experience outcomes linked to curriculum evidence, ready to export in one click.

Compliance & safety

Every compliance requirement — automated before day one.

CareerHive blocks placement progression until every check is verified. No student goes to a workplace without a compliant host, parental consent and all required documentation confirmed.

Pre-Placement Student Checks

Every student requirement verified automatically. Placement is blocked until all checks are confirmed — protecting your school and the student before they leave the gate.

Parental consent — digital, timestamped
Student insurance & indemnity
Health declaration & medical needs
Workplace induction completion
Emergency contact verification
Host Workplace Compliance

Every host employer verified before a student is matched. Agreements, insurance and safety records tracked automatically — with expiry alerts before anything lapses.

Working with Children Checks
Work Experience Agreement signing
Public liability insurance verification
Site safety & risk assessment
Agreement expiry tracking & alerts
Audit Trail & Reporting

Every approval, consent and sign-off timestamped and stored permanently. State authority reporting is pre-built — pull one export, not a thousand files, when your principal or department asks.

Complete digital audit trail
Department of Education reporting
State curriculum authority exports
Incident & near-miss recording
Real-time compliance dashboards
Parent visibility

Parents stop guessing and start participating.

Consent forms lost in schoolbags are the single biggest source of delay in work experience programs. CareerHive gives every parent their own view — subject choices, placement details, consent and outcomes, in real time.

Parent view 01
Digital consent, in seconds

Consent is signed on a phone, timestamped and filed against the placement. No forms sent home, no forms lost coming back.

Consents returned98%
Parent view 02
Subject selection visibility

Parents see the subjects their child has chosen, the career pathway behind each choice, and approve or query before submission closes.

Approved on time92%
Jamie Torres · Year 10
Placement confirmed · 5 days
Parent view 03
Placement details & safety

Host employer, supervisor, address, hours and site safety status — visible before the placement starts, not after a phone call to the school.

Host checks cleared100%
Parent view 04
Outcomes worth keeping

Employer assessment, student reflection and curriculum outcomes land on the student record — a record of the week that survives past the thank-you letter.

Analytics & reporting

Real-time visibility across every student and every placement.

Your careers team gets a live command-centre view — from individual student progress to whole-cohort outcomes. No more end-of-program scrambles to piece together what happened.

Cohort placement dashboard

See every student's status at a glance — matched, confirmed, on-placement, completed or flagged. Filter by year group, industry or coordinator.

Career pathway outcomes

Track which pathways students are pursuing, how subject selections align to career interests, and which placements lead to the strongest outcomes year on year.

One-click authority reporting

Pre-built report templates for VCAA, NESA, QCAA, SCSA and TASC. Export compliance evidence, work experience hours and curriculum outcomes in seconds.

Reporting for leadership

Build reports for your principal, leadership team and school board, then schedule delivery — so the data arrives without anyone asking for it.

Year 10 cohort · work experience
312
Live · this year
Term 1Term 2Term 3Term 4
97%
Placement completion
64+
Approved host employers
Zero
Compliance incidents
98%
Consents returned
Placements by industryThis year
Engineering72%
Health58%
Business44%
Technology38%
Creative Arts28%
100%
Paperless process

Zero paper forms, zero lost consent slips — from subject selection to work experience sign-off.

4-way
Automated workflows

Student, parent, employer and staff — all parties coordinated automatically in one platform.

8
Curriculum frameworks

VCE, HSC, SACE, QCE, WACE, TCE and BSSS — all pre-configured for Australian schools.

97%
Placement completion

Automated compliance checks mean near-perfect completion across the cohort.

Zero
Security breaches

ISO 27001:2022 certified. Annual pen testing. Zero breach record since inception.

Platform comparison

CareerHive vs. generic school placement software.

Managing school career education and work experience takes more than a generic form tool. See exactly where CareerHive pulls ahead for Australian schools.

CapabilityCareerHiveGeneric form tools
Subject selection
Fully digital with parent approval built into the flow
Paper forms or a PDF emailed home
Career exploration
Interest-based discovery linked to subject recommendations
Separate website with no link to selections
Parent consent
Digital, timestamped, chased automatically
Signed slips sent home and often lost
Work experience workflow
4-party flow where each step triggers the next
Manual email chains and phone calls
Host workplace records
Approved employer database with WWC, insurance and risk checks
A spreadsheet of contacts
On-placement monitoring
Live logbooks, employer check-ins and incident escalation
A phone call mid-week, if there is time
Curriculum alignment
Mapped to VCE, HSC, SACE, QCE, WACE, TCE and BSSS
Not supported — mapped by hand
Authority reporting
Pre-built VCAA, NESA, QCAA, SCSA and TASC exports
Manual collation from multiple files
Audit trail
Every approval and consent timestamped and retained
Paper files and email archives
Support
Dedicated Australian-based team
Offshore or delayed ticketing

Based on direct feature comparison against tools commonly used by Australian schools. Assessment current as of 2025. Results may vary by configuration.

Integrations

Works with the tools your school already uses.

CareerHive integrates natively with Australian school management systems and LMS platforms — so there's no double-handling of student data.

Live student data sync

Enrolments, year groups and contact details flow from your school management system into CareerHive automatically — including parent contacts, so consent requests always reach the right person.

SSO for staff & students

Everyone signs in with their existing school account via SAML 2.0, Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. No new passwords for students, no provisioning work for your IT team.

Open API

A documented RESTful API connects anything else your school runs — reporting tools, intranets or department systems. Webhooks and OAuth 2.0 included as standard.

School management systems
SentralStudent records sync
CompassSchool management
TASSStudent & parent data
EdumateEnrolment sync
Learning management
Canvas LMSCourse & outcome sync
BlackboardLMS integration
MoodleCourse & grade sync
Google ClassroomClass & roster sync
Compliance & screening
WWC ChecksWorking with children
fit2workBackground checks
CheckedCompliance verification
VeriCheckIdentity verification
Identity & productivity
Microsoft 365SSO & Teams notifications
Google WorkspaceGmail & Drive sync
SSO / SAML 2.0One school login
RESTful APIConnect any system
Infrastructure

Enterprise-grade security your IT team and principal can trust. Sovereign data, certified security and the uptime whole-school programs depend on.

ISO
ISO 27001:2022

Internationally certified information security management.

Cloud
AWS Sydney & Melbourne

100% Australian sovereign cloud — student data never leaves Australia.

SLA
99.9% Uptime SLA

Guaranteed availability your school can plan around.

Encryption
TLS 1.3 Encryption

All data encrypted in transit and at rest.

Framework
ASD Essential 8

Aligned to the Australian Government cybersecurity framework.

Record
Zero Breach Record

Since inception. Annual independent pen testing keeps it that way.

Privacy
Child-Safe by Design

Role-based access, minimal data collection and parent-controlled visibility for every student under 18.

Support
Australian Support Team

Local team, local time zones — not an offshore help desk.

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