Newsletter March 2007
A CAREER IN RECRUITMENT
Robert Walters is an innovative force in the
dynamic world of recruitment.
They are currently seeking successful Graduates to join
their business in Sydney.
Click here to find out more about working at Robert
Walters.
http://www.robertwalters.com/en-aus/careers/careers.do
THE EMPLOYERS ARE COMING ON CAMPUS!
1. GUEST EMPLOYER PRESENTED WORKSHOPS
New in 2007 – hear
from the actual graduate recruiters about key aspects
of the job seeking process. These special sessions
will be held in the Function Rooms (not our offices).
Gain useful tips for your graduate applications. For
topics, dates and times, please go here
to register online. First session is on the
13th March!
2. EMPLOYER INFORMATION SESSIONS
Over the next month or so we have dozens of employers
presenting information on their organisation and how
they recruit. To check the full list and register
online, go here.
3. CAREERS FAIRS
Our National Careers Fair takes
place on the 4th April from 10-2 in the
UniHall. Come along and chat with over
80 organisations who are looking to recruit across
all disciplines for roles across Australia. Check
them out from here.
Our Illawarra Graduate Careers Fair
takes place on the 10th May.
This is a great opportunity to find out about graduate
opportunities across the Illawarra.
GET READY TO APPLY!
1. WORKSHOPS
Besides our guest employer presented workshops,
the careers counsellors of the university also present
numerous workshops (in our offices in smaller groups).
The workshops deal with resumes, application forms,
responding to government selection criteria, assessment
centres and interview skills. Check out the dates
and times here
and register online.
2. THE EDGE
Our latest version of our job seeking resource ‘The
Edge’ is now available in various formats
– via CD, hard copy print version or online
PDF. New in 2007 is a feature chapter for Education
students.
VIRTUAL CAREERS FAIR
Meet up with graduate employers online – at the
Virtual Careers Fair. This online Fair has been held
for the last 4 years and is growing in popularity with
employers and students. Visit GraduateCareers
for more details.
GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES BOOKS
In 2007 there are 3 publishers producing
books to be given out to final year students and show
which employers recruit specific disciplines. These
books tend to contain employer who recruit between 10
and 350 grads per year, so some discipline areas are
not listed (eg. Creative Arts). They will all be available
at the National Careers Fair on the 4th
April, or you can pop into our offices
from 2nd week of March to pick up your free
copy.
CAREERS SERVICE INTERNS
Our Careers Service Interns have started
work with us. What motivates our group of Careers Service
Interns to offer to give us their unpaid time and energy
over a year.
“To gain contacts”, says Matthew.
“To work with Australian and international
students (will help) improve my language and interpersonal
relations skills”, says Yvonne, a biotechnology
student from Colombia.
For others the internships are an opportunity to make
an impact on other people’s resumes as well as
their own. Rebecca, for example, is a mature age student
who wants to help the Careers Service to get across
its message to students about “ the need ..
to engage in active job seeking, whilst .. their final
year.”
This year you can expect our Interns to pop up in lots
of different places in our tasteful dark blue Polo-shirts.
They may visit you before a lecture starts to tell you
about a relevant careers event. They will be helping
run a ‘mobile’ careers service – reaching
students who don’t notice our office behind security.
They will be introducing our guest speakers at information
sessions. And they will be around en masse at our careers
fairs.
If you would like a chance to overhaul your resume,
get to work directly with graduate recruiters and get
to know about careers management then look out for the
next recruitment round later in 2007.
MOBILE CAREERS SERVICE
We will be getting out onto campus over the month of
March. Pop in and chat to our staff and our Careers
Service Interns. Pick up some brochures or CD’s,
or get some quick advice.
PART-TIME AND CASUAL WORK NOW ACCESSED BY THE CAREERS
SERVICE
From February 2007 we now look after
PT jobs – this is work not related to your studies-
but useful for earning money and for developing general
workplace skills. We hope to grow the number of part-time
jobs over the coming months – but for now –
check here.
!!! ALL OUR SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
ARE FREE !!!
If you study at a campus of UOW - other than the Wollongong
campus, an opportunity listed here regarding an activity
at Wollongong may not be easily accessible. If this
is the case, you might like to email our office (careers@uow.edu.au)
or phone (02 4221 3325) and we may be able to suggest
some alternatives. |
