Career skills workshops
From your first year to your first graduate job, our career skills workshops will support you in identifying and reaching your career goals.
We deliver a series of career skills workshops and activities throughout the year to assist you with career planning, developing effective job search skills and building professional skills to make a good impression in the workplace.
While most of our workshops are available to students from all degrees, we also offer workshops targeted to Higher Degree Research students and international students.
Primarily delivered by professional staff in our Careers Centre, with some sessions delivered by invited industry guest speakers, our workshops are a valuable opportunity to gain key information to support your career throughout your degree and into your first graduate job.
Our career skills workshops range from open, general cross-disciplinary sessions to ones targeted to students from specific faculties and disciplines like our Industry Q&A Panels.
Career skills workshop topics include:
Develop the employability skills you need to tap into the job market, grow your networks, and market yourself to employers by:
- targeting your job search
- applying different job search strategies
- uncovering the hidden job market.
What is networking? Develop contacts, connect with other people, practice your opening lines and make a positive impression by learning how to:
- tap into and expand your current networks
- identify opportunities to connect with professionals in your industry
- network at events, in one-to-one situations and online.
Need casual, flexible or part-time work? Find out:
- how to identify opportunities through a brief overview of job search strategies
- about the benefits of casual work to your long-term career plans
- what you need to know before you start work.
How can social media help your career? Learn to develop and maintain an effective LinkedIn profile and harness multiple social media platforms to support your job search including:
- Building a profile and networks on LinkedIn
- Considering your existing social media presence in the context of job search
- Using social media for industry research and to identify job opportunities
- Determining the appropriate platform for your industry
Bring your laptop or device along to create or edit your LinkedIn profile as we work through a live demonstration of the top LinkedIn features
Learn to craft a targeted cover letter and demonstrate your competencies when addressing selection criteria, with tips on:
- tailoring your cover letter to specific employers or job vacancies
- formatting your cover letter
- addressing selection criteria using specific examples.
Learn essential information to write an effective resume in a competitive job market, including:
- targeting your applications to specific employers and vacancies to make a great first impression
- what employers say about an effective resume and how you can apply this to your applications
- resume format and content.
Maximise your performance at job interviews by understanding what to expect and how to prepare, along with strategies to deal with a variety of interview situations. Learn about:
- types of interviews used by recruiters
- interview preparation
- managing nerves
- introductory, behavioural and scenario-based interview questions.
Assessment centres are part of the recruitment process for many internship and graduate recruiters. Stay ahead of the curve by learning about:
- what to expect in an assessment centre
- common assessment centre activities
- appropriate behaviours and responses.
Many internship and graduate recruiters use psychometric testing in their recruitment processes. This workshop will explain:
- what psychometric testing is
- why testing is used in recruitment
- different types of tests
- tips on preparation.
Planning to start work in the near future? Find out how to make that all-important first impression and adapt to a professional environment. This workshop is particularly useful if you already have an internship, graduate role or practical placement organised. The session will cover:
- business etiquette
- workplace communication skills
- employer expectations.
