Explore Your Options

Get help with researching possible careers related to your degree

Where do graduates end up on a national and local level? How does your degree and discipline(s) connect with the workplace. Take advantage of the opportunity to meet with employers on and off campus - Careers Fairs are ideal for this. The more you know of your options...the more chance you have of heading in the right direction for the right reason.

Graduate Careers Australia

• Graduate Careers Australia
• GradsOnline
• Gradstats follow the link on Graduate Careers Australia from 'WHAT JOB FOR YOU' to 'the grad files'
• Graduate Opportunities
  The 'Graduate Opportunities' book is also available from the Careers Service office for Final Year students (limited number only!).
• Industry Career Profiles
  This section of Graduate Careers Australia contains a range of online booklets developed to provide students at any stage of their study who are thinking about their future employment, with information to help in the transition to a full time graduate position. These industry career profiles have been developed for many fields of study, ranging from Accounting to Women's Studies, and the series is constantly being updated.

Prospects.ac.uk

• the UK's official graduate careers website 'Options with your subject' section lets you select from subjects to explorer your career options.

DEWR Job Outlook

• The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) has recently updated its Job Outlook directory. Each year DEWR produces a searchable database (as well as a printed directory) of occupational statistics based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) monthly labour force survey, including projected employment growth for particular occupations. A summary of key labour force characteristics is presented in statistical form at the top of the overview page for each occupation, and more details are provided by graphs with hypertext links comparing each occupation to all the others.
  Check it out at http://jobsearch.gov.au/joboutlook/default.aspx.

Going Global

This resource will be useful for students considering working overseas.

See: http://www.uow.edu.au/careers/goinglobal/

This resource includes

• Country career guides – info on job search resources, employment trends, cultural advice
• Employer directory – links to overseas companies’ websites
• Worldwide job search, including NGO position

Careers Fairs

• Careers Fairs timetable

Information Sessions

• Information Sessions timetable and on-line registration.

Workshops

• 'Creative Job Seeking'
  You must register to attend the workshops, you can register on-line from here.

Last updated: March 17, 2008