Lucy Sattler
Career counsellor, founder of Study Work Grow, PhD candidate at QUT. Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Experience
- Founder, Study Work Grow · June 2017 to Present · Full-time
- Career Development Advisor, James Cook University · Sept 2023 to Dec 2023 · Part-time
Career counselling with students at all career stages, workshops and in-person learning, and a PD program for academic staff.
- Career Practitioner, Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment · Apr 2022 to Sept 2022 · Part-time
Six-month contract with the National Careers Institute as part of the School Leaver Information Service.
- Chief of Operations, MHSCareers · Mar 2015 to June 2017 · Part-time
- Editor and Researcher, MHSCareers · Dec 2009 to Jan 2013
- Air Traffic Control Officer, Royal Australian Air Force · Jan 2002 to Apr 2008 · Full-time
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology · Feb 2025 to Dec 2028 (in progress)
How do childhood identity experiences shape vocational identity development in early adulthood?
- Master of Educational Studies, Guidance, Counselling and Careers, The University of Queensland · July 2020 to June 2023
GPA 7
- Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries, James Cook University · 2014 to 2018
- Bachelor of Arts, Politics and History, UNSW · 2002 to 2004
Publications
- What counts as a skill? Comparing eight major skills taxonomies · 2026 · GILE Journal of Skills Development
- Common Codes Skill Hierarchy · 2026 · Common Labs
- A Two-Axis Framework for Human Skills · 2026 · Common Labs
- Contesting discourses and building narratives: A social cluster framework for socially just career practice · 2025 · Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling
- Fostering sustainable career narratives with neurodivergent clients: introducing the Cluster Approach to the Development of Identity (CADI) · 2025 · Career Development International
- CADI: A Cluster Approach to the Development of Identity · 2024 · CADI Alliance
- Early Entry Report · 2024 · Study Work Grow
- Bringing Careers into the Curriculum · 2022 · Study Work Grow
- Stages of Career Development During Childhood · 2022 · Study Work Grow
- Report into Parental Engagement in Career Education · 2021 · Study Work Grow
Speaking
- HDR Support Presentation on Academic Networking · Sept 2026
- Wagga Wagga Careers Network Presentation · June 2026
- Exploring Career Activities for Primary, The Smith Family · June 2026
- The Future of Work, Impact 10X, James Cook University · May 2026
- Start Strong, Athlete Wellbeing Program, Australian Institute of Sport · May 2026
- Keynote, Guidance Professionals Summit, James Cook University · Mar 2026
- Neurodiversity-Affirming Career Development, Cannexus26 · Jan 2026
- Creating a Career Education Program, CATE NZ · Nov 2025
- AI and the Future of Work, CECN Professional Development · Nov 2025
- Gap Years, Central Coast Council · Nov 2025
- Boost and Build Career Development Workshop, CECN PD · Sept 2025
- Global Careers Exchange, GETT · Sept 2025
- Start Strong Webinar for Elite Athletes and Families, Australian Institute of Sport · Sept 2025
- Roundtable facilitation: Wobbly Pipelines · July 2025
- Unlocking Career Confidence in the Classroom, Panel discussion · June 2025
- Career Development for Founders, Regional Roadshow · May 2025
- Workforce Development Panel, Locate25 · Apr 2025
- Changing the language of work, CDAA Conference · Oct 2024
- Start Strong Webinar for Elite Athletes and Families, Australian Institute of Sport · Mar 2024
- Breakfast PD, CDAA WA · Nov 2023
- Professional development, Queensland Association of Student Advisors · Oct 2023
- Navigating Career Pathways in STEM, Women in STEM panel · Oct 2023
- Starting out in Entrepreneurship, Tropical Innovation Festival · June 2023
- Career Advisor Professional Development Day, Bond University · Mar 2023
- AchieveFest, Prince's Trust · Nov 2022
Media
- Career change later in life, ABC Radio Sydney, Drive · Sept 2026
- New Year, New Career, ABC Radio National · Jan 2026
- Work experience a thing of the past: students can't find a place to take them, The Sydney Morning Herald · May 2023
- School leavers face fewer uni offers and higher ATARs under domestic enrolment caps, The Advertiser (Adelaide Now) · Oct 2026