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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. Health Sciences Careers Fair - Mark the 23rd July 2008 in your diaries now! The fair will be held in the Foyer of Building 41 from 10.30am - 1.30pm. Participating organisations will be targeting students from the following areas: Biological Science, Drug and Alcohol Counsellors, Health Sciences, Psychology, Social Work/Sciences, Sociology, Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Consultants, Nursing, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Clinical Psychology. Make sure you are there to get first hand information on graduate opportunities within the health industryClick here to see who will be at the fair.
  2. July Workshop dates - out now. You need to book online here.
  3. Win!$ <>7,000 in prizes - Are you currently enrolled at university? Then complete the University and Beyond survey for your chance to win: *One Grand Prize of a $4,000 travel/retail voucher, or **one of three $500 travel/retail vouchers, or ***one of fifty $30 music vouchers. But be quick, survey closes on Friday 25 July!
  4. Global Student Entrepreneur Awards - Are you an Undergraduate Student, an Entrepreneur and want your shot at US$100,000? The GSEA Australia program is the premier award competition for undergraduate students that own and run a business while attending university. The deadline to nominate for the competition is 1 August 2008. For more information, or to nominate a student entrepreneur, click here.
  5. Fantastic Opportunity for Creative Arts students - The British Council is offering six hot young Australian creatives a once-in-a-lifetime chance to fly to Britain to work with a creative leader in their industry. Realise Your Dream is a professional development award offered to Australians (aged 30 and under) working or studying in the creative industries. Winning candidates will be flown to the UK to work with a mentor and receive $8,000 to help live the dream. Applications close on 31 July 2008.
  6. July Newsletter - is out now! Click here to read it and also past editions
 
 
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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

CRICOS Provider No: 00102E
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