Your career journey

Need some career inspiration?

• A UOW degree can open the door to a broad range of career pathways explore the options available to you.
• My future - Explore your strengths to help find the right career path and take the first steps towards finding a dream job. 
• LinkedIn Alumni Tool - The Alumni tool on LinkedIn shows you what UOW alumni and current students are doing in their career journeys. This helps you explore career paths, discover top employment destinations and connect with alumni for advice. 
• Read inspirational stories about your University and fellow UOW alumni in The Stand magazine.

Resources and tips

• UOW Careers central provides a resume review service for students and recent graduates. 
• Most roles for graduates are found outside formal graduate programs. Explore the range of online employment websites or access the hidden job market.  
• Graduate programs are formal, structured programs generally within larger businesses and government organisations.  These programs require students to go through a formal recruitment process including online applications, interviews and psychometric testing assessment centres, which can last up to six-nine months. Some Graduate Programs allow you to apply up to two years after graduating.

Grad-U-Ready Series

To assist you in preparing for your career transition – whether it’s entering the job market, a new role, career progression with your current employer, or a complete change in career, the Grad-U-Ready Series is all about helping you to be better prepared. For an overview of the program and to register for the next series, visit the UOW careers website.

CareerHub+

CareerHub+ can be accessed while you are logged into CareerHub. It is an online library specifically designed to improve student, graduate and alumni employability. As a graduate of UOW you have access to an extensive range of interactive tools, videos, eLearning and written resources.  

Note: Once logged into CareerHub (instructions on Career Hub Tab) simply click on the CareerHub+ tab on the top blue banner to gain access.  

Now is a great time to reflect on your skills, experiences and career motivations. Here are some resources we have handpicked for you, but we also invite you to explore all the resources available in CareerHub+: 

• What do you really want to do?  
• What’s in your transferrable skills suitcase  
• Importance of understanding your skills  
• What’s your style of working? 
• Ensuring quality reflection on work experiences

Applying for jobs  

• Job applications
• Interviewing
• Job hunting

Getting job-ready 

• Prioritisation and your to do list  
• To ask or not to ask for help  
• Coping with open plan offices or Being productive when working from home 
• 3 tips to deal with missing a deadline 

Other online learning opportunities

• LinkedIn Learning: Learn in-demand skills with over 16,000+ online courses taught by real-world professionals. One month free trial available.  
• APSLearn – Online resources to help you grow in the Australian Public Service sector.

Perfect podcasts when starting out your career

• The 7 Minute Job Interview features experts providing job interview tips, resume tips, career advice and LinkedIn training to students, recent graduates and young professionals. 
• The Dream Job Ready podcast features guests that have landed the types of jobs the rest of us want. From CEOs and CMOs of the world's most loved companies, to designers, data scientists, sports commentators, sales directors and a million amazing job titles in between. UOW alumnus, Dane Sharp, interviews guests about their dream jobs and career experience, asking them to explain how they got to where they are today; discuss the opportunities, learnings and mistakes that they faced along the way; share insights that have helped them; and give advice about the ways we can all be dream job ready.

Professional development resources to help you take your career to the next level 

• The Guardian Careers Blog - top tips to get a promotion at work
• Seek Learning – how to prepare for a performance review
• Indeed Career Guide – how to succeed in your new job: the first week, month and 90 days
• Seek Learning – how to become a first time manager
• Indeed Career Guide – 9 ways to improve your personal development skills
• Forbes – leadership and development
• Mind Tools – mentoring: a mutually beneficial partnership
• My Future – find the right career path
• The Stand magazine - inspirational stories about UOW alumni

UOW Mentoring Program  

Throughout the academic year, UOW offers mentoring programs that encourage alumni to share their professional skills with students or fellow alumni. It is an opportunity to help another person grow in their career by sharing your personal knowledge and life experience. Not only is it a valuable for the mentee, it also helps build on your coaching and leadership skills.  

Online learning opportunities for established professionals

• LinkedIn Learning: Learn in-demand skills with over 16,000+ online courses taught by real-world professionals. One month free trial available.  
• APSLearn – Online resources to help you grow in the Australian Public Service sector.

Podcasts for established professionals

• The Mentor with Mark Bouris. Mark Bouris speaks to business owners and entrepreneurs, finding out what makes them tick and their plans for growth. Some business owners are on the way up and enjoying new success, others are at a turning point. 
• Akimbo. Hosted by Seth Godin, Akimbo is a podcast about our culture and about how we can change it. About seeing what's happening and choosing to do something.