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

• Enrol in Ignite your Future, an online careers program for final year students. This program is all about helping you be better prepared and to feel more confident and ready to make a transition into a professional role, including graduate programs
• 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
• Learn all about graduate programs in this short step by step guide
• 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