What's your STEM + X?
Find your STEM + X (where X = your passion, skills or area of interest) and discover the possibilities of a STEM career in just about any job.
What are your favourite subjects at school? Choose as many answers that apply to you!
How would you like your career to make an impact?
What do you get up to when you're not at school? Choose as many answers that apply to you!
What kind of place would you like to work?
Where would be your dream place to score in internship? Choose as many answers that apply to you!
STEM + Animals
It’s no secret that you rate animals – and you can definitely turn your love of wildlife into an awesome next-gen STEM career! Look into vet science, genetics, animal welfare and conservation – and clue up on study pathways, role models and career ideas here.
STEM + Business
Keen to work for yourself? With your business mind, you’d be the perfect fit! The most impactful entrepreneurs started their business in STEM – think: Google, Canva and Atlassian!
Head here for your one-stop shop for inspiration and advice on STEM + Business paths.
Business skills can also help you in a technology career – just ask Anna Truffet, a software engineer at Google who studied computer science and commerce. “I wasn’t sure how an accounting degree would help me as a software engineer, but understanding the ‘why’ aspect of problems has landed me jobs and made me a better programmer,” she says.
STEM + Creativity
It sounds like creativity is a big part of your dream career! If you love art, fashion, gaming, design or music, then you might be interested in 3D-printed fashion (Tech + Creativity), creating music with AI (Engineering + Creativity) or science illustration (Science + Creativity).
Get creative job options here!
STEM + Creativity role model: Meet Peter Finlan – he originally studied web design and ended up as a UX (user experience) Lead at Google! Read his story here.
STEM + Cyber Security
Cyber security jobs will grow by 33% by 2030, much faster than other careers. And the best bit? With your inquisitive mind and solid tech skills you're on the right track to land one!
Head here to get clued up on how to get skilled up, what cyber security specialists do, study paths to look into and Australia's top employers.
You can also read the study + career story of Candice Bowditch, security engineer at Google, at CareerswithSTEM.com.
STEM + Design & Construction
You're seriously practical, hands-on and awesome at maths – and designing and creating urban spaces, architecture, buildings, transport and infrastructure would be such a cool career fit for you!
Discover diverse design and construction careers here. And nope, a hard hat is not necessarily required.
STEM + Defence
You're brave, active and tech-savvy – the perfect fit for a diverse career in defence! Defence gigs in STEM are hugely varied and offer a bunch of perks.
Learn about the next-gen skills, careers and study opportunities in the Defence workforce here.
For more on these types of careers, check out our Careers with STEM: Defence magazine.
STEM + Economics
You’re a maths whizz who loves numbers and are keen to change the world! And the best bit? There's an economics career out there to match your talents and passions!
Yep, studying economics can lead to a diverse range of careers in many different fields. Find out how to combine economics with your love of health, the environment, psychology and more here.
For more on economics careers, check out our latest Careers with STEM: Economics magazine.
STEM + Education
Think a career in STEM only means working in science, technology, engineering or maths? Think again! Why not share your passion for these subjects with the next generation and become a high school STEM teacher?
With your patient, caring and creative personality, you'd be the perfect fit for making a difference as a STEM educator. Clue up on what it involves – and what you should study – here.
STEM + Environment
Love the environment, much? It's such an awesome – and important – passion to have! From climate change to conservation, sustainability and improving the way we live – your one-stop shop for compatible STEM + Environment careers is here.
Go and create global change!
For more on environment careers, check out our Careers with STEM: Environment + Data magazine.
STEM + Fashion & Beauty
If you think that fashion design and STEM couldn’t be more different – think again! The beauty and fashion industries are crying out for STEM grads who are fluent in code, innovation, engineering and science.
You'd be awesome in a next-gen beauty or tech role. Head here for study and pathway ideas!
Read about STEM + Fashion & Beauty at CareerswithSTEM.com
STEM + Food & Agriculture
With your food knowledge and tech smarts, you'd be awesome in a next-gen food and agriculture role! Forget the tractor-driving flannel-wearing stereotype – next-gen farmers are harvesting data and rocking wearable tech.
Look into next-gen food and farming gigs like food science, process engineering, microbiology/genetics, crop science and ag-tech – all crying out for grads fluent in STEM.
STEM + Health
You were made to work in health – and use your STEM skills to save people's lives!
Health careers are far more diverse than patient care, too! You could invent the next biomedical device, improve the fitness of people in rural communities, develop a wellness app or use AI to create remote health services.
You can also read more about exciting health careers in the magazine Careers with STEM: Health!
STEM + Language & Culture
With a love of culture, language, travel – and, of course – STEM, you belong in a career that keeps culture at the heart of innovation.
Become a talented next-gen tech professional who fights for equality and accessibility while servicing their community with the latest in cutting-edge tech. There are loads of important study and career paths to consider. Clue up on opportunities and role models here.
STEM + Quantum
Communications, cryptography, sensors, future tech/future jobs – welcome to the weird and wonderful world of quantum careers! With your tech-fluent mind and curiosity about the future, you'll excel as a quantum student – with huge potential for future job creation too!
Computers that solve certain problems 150 million times faster than current technology are just a hint of what quantum technologies are working towards. Find out more about the awesome next-gen career path here.
For more on quantum careers, check out Careers with STEM: Quantum magazine.
STEM + Resources & Energy
Equal parts environmentally conscious and tech-savvy, you'll thrive in an energy and resources career! Green energy, mining, geological studies and minerals processing are just some of the awesome roles to consider.
Check out the long list of ever-growing careers in resources and energy here.
STEM + Robots & AI
You belong in the workforce of the future – in a job that might not even exist yet! Look into careers in mechatronics, machines, automation, machine learning, natural language processing, robots and AI.
Here’s what you need to know to land a job!
You can also find out more about robots + AI jobs in the latest issue of Careers with STEM: Technology magazine.
STEM + Social Good
Want to change the world? We’re with you – and think you'd be awesome at it!
You belong in the kind of gig that combines STEM with your passion for social good across non-profits, start-ups, global movements and companies with a conscience. Look into study pathways and career ideas.
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STEM + Space
Want to use space cutting-edge space tech to improve our lives on Earth? Or just excited about looking for alien life? With your science and tech smarts you belong in an out of this world STEM career full of exciting opportunities!
The Australian Space Agency aims to create 20,000 more space jobs over the next decade, tripling the size of the Australian space sector. Train up now – and launch your space career here!
For more on these types of careers, be sure to check out the Careers with STEM: Space magazine.
STEM + Sports
Bet you didn't think that your love of sport could be turned into a successful science, tech, engineering or maths career?! If sport is your thing, combine it with your fave STEM subject to create your dream career.
From athlete performance analysts to sports data scientists there are so many sports careers to explore. We reckon you'll totally smash out of the field!
