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Find Your Direction

Get more career focus and clarify where you want to go!

This can be achieved by knowing more about yourself - your interests, your abilities/skills/competencies/aptitudes, your values, your personality and work style ... and how these relate to career opportunities and career decision making. Below you will find a number of resources that will help you get a better idea of what direction you wish to head in. A lot of recruitment processes these days also ask you to show that you have a good idea of your skills, values, goals etc ... so these activities are ideal to prepare you for job seeking as well.

myfuture

  • myfuture is the Australian national storehouse for careers related information, in addition to offering a variety of career self assessment and matching tests
    http://www.myfuture.edu.au/

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UK'S Prospects Quick Match Tool

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Your Career and You

  • Self Assessment booklet for students and graduates.
    - Available from the Careers Service office

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Careers Counselling

Book an appointment with a Careers Counsellor

  • phone: 02 4221 3325
  • To book an appointment you need to be a current student or alumni of the University of Wollongong.

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Last updated: October 18, 2005

  

  1. Global Careers Expo - 4th & 5th September 2008 - Are you interested in working overseas? The Global Career Expo is your chance to meet international employers with overseas work opportunities. Attendance is free, so come along and hear from and talk to potential employers from all over the world!
  2. Pathways to permanent residency - Presented by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. If you are interested in immigrating to Australia come along!
  3. The Australian Student Leadership Association will run a Leadership conference at UOW this September! - The four-day event will combine workshops, keynote speakers, reflection sessions, the “Walk for Water” Challenge along the beautiful Wollongong harbour, and a Charity Masquerade dinner dedicated to raising funds for “Youth off the Streets” to provide participants with a diverse and lively conference! Confirmed speakers include Father Riley (Youth off the Streets), Cheryl Kernot (Ex Australian Politician), Anne Marie Huxley (CEO Moss), Adrian D’Hage (Author), Paul Smith (Sports Psychologist) and Zac Zaharis (Everest Climber) plus an international workshop program. Register before 5th September 2008 to go into a draw to win a $250 Voucher for STA Travel!
  4. The September Workshops - are out now! You need to register online from here.
  5. The September Newsletter - is out! Get all the information online from here.
 
 
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Careers Service
Lower Ground Floor, UniCentre (behind Security)
Hours: 9.00am to 5.00pm
Telephone 02 4221 3325 - Fax 02 4226 2399

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