Careers & Employability services and programs

Your career path

• Want to start planning your career journey? Watch our Career journey video, come along to a workshop, or check out the Career Action Plan (PDF).
• Explore what careers will suit you with the CareerSmart Discovery Tool and explore our range of other career self-assessments.
• Get clear about your career direction by enrolling in CRL100: Career Ready Learning, which is especially useful for generalist degrees.

What you can do with your degree

• Need a little inspiration? See what roles other grads have gone onto with your degree by exploring what can I do with my degree?

Personalised career support

• We have a team of experienced staff who you can meet with to discuss your career thinking and what you might do during and after your studies. Book a Career Chat today.

• Gain relevant work experience and develop your employability skills with Work intergrated learning (WIL) subjects and programs
• Gain valuable experience and skills on campus with Jobs on Campus or extra or co-curricular activities
• Develop international experience with an overseas student exchange
• Find out how to access the hidden job market

• Access external work experience or paid opportunities: 
  • UOW JobBoard
  • External paid opportunities
  • Volunteering
  • Virtual Internship

• Get into the talent pool to have exclusive access to casual and part-time jobs around all our campuses with our Jobs On Campus program

• Search the UOW JobBoard or external job sites
• Find out where the unadvertised jobs are by exploring the hidden job market

• Sign up to our four week Grad-U-Ready series to refine your resume, interview and application skills and chat to Career Coaches
• Need a little inspiration? See what careers other grads have gone on to with your degree - What can I do with my degree?
• Transition into a new career with a graduate recruitment program

• The majority of roles for graduates are found outside formal graduate programs, so explore the range of online employment websites or access the hidden job market
• Want to be an entrepreneur? Find out how

• Use our step by step online guide to develop your professional resume with our CV builder.
• Upload your resume and receive instant feedback with our CV360 tool.
• Give yourself the best chance to win the job by completing our free job seeking workshops on resumes, interviews, selection criteria and more. 

• Get feedback from a career professional on your resume or job application with our online resume review service (conditions apply). Upload documents
• Look through our detailed information on how to apply for jobs, covering all steps of the recruitment process.

• Attend an employer presentation
• Increase your employability through participation in one of our work-integrated learning (WIL) programs.

• Connect with Alumni via LinkedIn or extend your professional circles by joining a professional association in your field of interest
• Talk to potential employers through information interviewing