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Waypoint gives you three career directions from six questions.

You answer six questions about your study and what you enjoy. Waypoint reads your answers back and gives you directions that fit.

About fifteen minutes. No account.

A student's own words lead to a career direction and a real job ad.

From a worked example.
ANU programs in the handbook
343
Australian universities listed
44
Live job ads from Adzuna
Live search
Model calls for one session
US$0.006

Six questions, six stages

The same six stages run in the same order on every visit.

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Questions

Waypoint asks you six questions, one on each screen. You pick options or type your own words. There is no chat box.

What do you enjoy?
  • Numbers
  • Working with data
  • Explaining things
  • Presenting
  • Being outdoors
  • Getting details right

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Confirm

Waypoint reads your answers back to you word for word. You confirm them or edit them before Waypoint makes anything.

Here is what we heard

You like the stats units more than the lab, you like explaining what a result actually means to people, you care about climate, and you want to stay in Canberra and earn well early.

Yes, that's meNot quite, edit

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Directions

Waypoint gives you three career directions. Each one quotes your words and maps to real units in the handbook.

πŸ“ˆClimate data analysis

You clean and model climate and environmental data, then write short reports that other teams act on.

  • Numbers
  • Working with data

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Jobs

Waypoint runs a live search for real job ads. It ranks each ad against what you said, so the closest fit comes first.

APS6 Data AnalystOnpoint 365, Canberra Region, Australian Capital Territory

Data analysis from your statistics units

Writing clearly, which you said you are good at

Baseline security clearance, which the ad asks for

An APS6 role, usually reached after several years of work

Needs an Australian security clearance

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Plan

Five to eight numbered steps that get you ready for the jobs you saw, each with a resource, the hours and something to show.

  1. 1Build one climate data analysis in R10 hours, Hadley Wickham, Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel and Garrett Grolemund
  2. 2Learn SQL to pull data from databases8 hours, Kaggle
  3. 3Build a dashboard in Power BI or Tableau8 hours
  4. 4Write a short report for a non-technical reader4 hours, COMPASS
  5. 5Check what a baseline clearance involves2 hours, ANU

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Check-in

You come back to Waypoint in a few weeks. Waypoint runs the six stages again and uses what has changed since your last visit.

  • πŸ“ŠClimate data analysischanged
  • πŸ—£οΈScience communicationnew
  • πŸ—ΊοΈSpatial and environmental datanew

What you leave with

πŸ“ˆClimate data analysis

You clean and model climate and environmental data, then write short reports that other teams act on.

  • Numbers
  • Working with data

Directions in your own words

Each direction quotes what you said and maps to real ANU handbook units by id. You confirm your answers before Waypoint generates anything.

APS6 Data AnalystOnpoint 365, Canberra Region, Australian Capital Territory

Data analysis from your statistics units

Writing clearly, which you said you are good at

Baseline security clearance, which the ad asks for

An APS6 role, usually reached after several years of work

Needs an Australian security clearance

Job ads with your gaps marked

Each ad shows what you already have and what is missing. A note tells you when a role is a stretch, such as a senior title or a security clearance.

  1. 1Build one climate data analysis in R10 hours, Hadley Wickham, Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel and Garrett Grolemund
  2. 2Learn SQL to pull data from databases8 hours, Kaggle
  3. 3Build a dashboard in Power BI or Tableau8 hours
  4. 4Write a short report for a non-technical reader4 hours, COMPASS
  5. 5Check what a baseline clearance involves2 hours, ANU

A plan of five to eight steps

Every step names a free resource, the hours it takes and something to show. The steps get you ready for the jobs in your directions.

Priya RamanSenior data analyst, A federal environment department

Priya can help you read a dataset, check your working and explain findings clearly.

Report sent ahead

A mentor who has read your report

You talk to a real mentor matched to your direction. Waypoint sends your report ahead so the mentor has read it.

Four rules on every stage

Every screen after the check shows how it got there.

  • You decideWaypoint lays out the paths and the trade-offs. Any change to your enrolment ends with talk to your course adviser.
  • It shows its workingEvery claim on screen quotes the words you chose or typed.
  • It only points at real thingsUnits, jobs and resources come from checked libraries. Anything else is dropped.
  • No visa or migration adviceWork rights questions go to the university's international student support team.
Each screen lists what it read, which sources it used and what it cost.

Questions

Is this just a chatbot?

No. Waypoint asks six fixed questions, one per screen, with no chat box. It reads your answers back and you confirm them before anything is generated.

Does it decide for me?

No. Waypoint gives you three directions and a plan. You choose what to do next, and a course adviser confirms any change to an enrolment.

Where do the job ads come from?

Waypoint searches live job ads through Adzuna with phrases chosen for each direction. If the search fails, it falls back to saved ads.

Which universities does it work for?

Waypoint lists 44 Australian universities, and ANU handbook detail covers 343 ANU programs.

Can it help with visas or work rights?

No. Work rights and visa questions go to the university's international student support team.

What does a session cost?

A session costs about US$0.006 in model calls.

What does Waypoint keep about me?

The visit is kept in the browser tab only and is gone when the tab closes. There is no account. The server keeps a log of each model call's cost and token count, not your answers.

Find your next waypoint

Answer six questions and leave with three directions, real job ads and a plan.