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Workshops
We offer these to better prepare you for the challenges in
obtaining a graduate position at
the end of your degree - but these would also be very helpful
for students who are interested in vacation work,
scholarships and other
job seeking situations.
Our workshop series cover the following
topics:
Job Seeking
- Effective Resumes
Learn how presentation and content can create an
impact with your target audience.
- Answering Selection Criteria and Online Forms
Learn how to connect with your audience and provide
evidence for their selection criteria on paper and online.
- Dealing with Assessment Centres
Learn how to cope with the varied activities which
employers now include - such as testing, presentations,
and group exercises.
- Creative Job Seeking
Learn how to be proactive and seek out knowledge
which leads to opportunities.
- Effective Interview Techniques
Learn about researching your audience and yourself, so you
can be persuasive in your answers and deal with difficult
situations.
- Job Seeking for International Students
Learn about the recruitment process and the workplace
culture in Australia. Get tips and strategies to help you
apply for jobs.
- Ethics in Graduate Recruitment
Learn about the responsibilities for both employers
and candidates when graduate roles are offered.
- Effective Job Application Preparation
Reflect on and record your experiences for future
job application processes. Get persuasive in job applications
via ePortfolios.
Registration details:
- You must register online for these workshops!
- Maximum number of students for the above workshops is:
15!
- Please register early to ensure your place!
- Please choose the workshop and date
and time which suits you
- details are on the online registration form.
- You ONLY need to register ONCE per workshop series!
- Please register from here!
Faculty Specific Workshops
Throughout the year we offer workshops specifically designed
for individual faculties or disciplines. These include Education,
Nutrition and Dietetics, Nursing. Keep a look out for
details about these in your faculty – watch
the faculty notice boards or check with the faculty office.
Other workshops offered on campus
- Learning Development
Need help with essay writing? Not so good with
your presentation skills? Then go along to one of the learning
development centre’s workshops in areas such as critical
reading, pronunciation and academic writing.
www.uow.edu.au/student/services/ld/
- Centre for Student Development
Free Training and Development Workshops
This is a great opportunity for students to learn real skills
in a fun environment. Workshops are practical and interactive
with a focus on skills that can be applied to all disciplines
and used throughout life.
http://unicentre.uow.edu.au/cse/
Other Useful Resources
- To help you with
your job search
If you can’t attend or you miss one of our workshops
we have a variety of other resources which may assist you.
These include:
You can pick up a copy of 'The Edge'
from the Careers Service office, available both as hard
copy or as CDRom. This publication deals with getting started,
applying on paper, applying online, creative job seeking,
the job interview and gives you sample resumes to use as
a guide. You can also view 'The Edge' online
here.
The Careers Service has a series of job seeking videos
which you may access in the Careers Service office. The
videos cannot be borrowed but
you are welcome to watch them in our office.
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Last updated:
27-May-2008
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