Career guides and resources

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• B
• C
• D
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• I

These career guides are also available, in print, in the Career and Employment Centre on each campus.

A

• About our services (38 KB)
• Arts degree- where will it take me?
• Assessment centres (198 KB)
• Assessment centre video

B

• Book resources in Careers and Employment Centres
  

C

Career research and planning

• Career and course choices (2 MB)
• Career matching and personality assessment (214 KB)
• Career planning and job search (207 KB)
• Explore career options - informational interviewing (100 KB)
• Unusual and atypical careers (199 KB)

Cover letter

• Cover letter basics (57 KB)
• Medicine: Sample cover letter for electives (43 KB)
• Medicine: Sample cover letter for internships (27 KB)
• Part-time cover letters (113 KB)

D

• Disability support (53 KB)

E

Education

• Alternative education pathways (38 KB)
• Applying for teaching positions in independent schools (44 KB)
• Applying for teaching positions in government schools (60 KB)
• Casual relief teaching (44 KB)
• Interview tips for Education students (202 KB)
• Resume tips for Education students (85 KB)
• Teaching overseas (41 KB)

Electives

• Medicine: A guide to organising your elective placement (44 KB)

Employment & employers

• Balanced graduate- what employers look for (195 KB)
• Ethical employer - how to choose (191 KB)
• Ethics and your employability (113 KB)
• Evaluating graduate offers (32 KB)
• Workplace rights websites (198 KB)

I

International students

• Cultural expectations and practices in the Australian workplace (45 KB)
• Job seeking for international students (206 KB)
• Working in Australia on a student visa (202 KB)
• Career manual for international students
  (2 MB)

International employment

• International development work (209 KB)
• Going Global Career Guides
  

Internship

• Internships - An overview (207 KB)
• Identifying internship opportunities (205 KB)
• Creating an internship proposal (202 KB)
• Contacting a host organisation (203 KB)
• Internship interviews and offers (203 KB)
• Internships and work experience - full booklet (396 KB)

Interview

• Interview preparation and possible questions (205 KB)
• Interview tips (196 KB)
• Interview tips for education students (202 KB)
• Interview videos

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• L
• P
• R
• S
• V
• W

J

Job seeking

• Cold calling employers- Making that call (186 KB)
• Mature age job search tips (199 KB)
• Networking (195 KB)
• Recruitment agencies (54 KB)
• Final year students- taking first career steps (198 KB)
• Also see 'Part-time and casual work'

L

Law

• Seasonals and Traineeships (89 KB)

P

• Postgraduate study (199 KB)
• Psychometric testing (195 KB)

Part-time or casual work

• Finding part-time work (204 KB)
• Part-time cover letters (113 KB)
• Part-time resumes (66 KB)
• Part-time and casual employment (201 KB)

R

Resume

• Create a successful resume- graduate level resume guide (551 KB)
• Part-time resumes (66 KB)
• Preparing a resume (192 KB)
• Skills identification (38 KB)
• Resume Builder

• Medical resume example (93 KB)
• IT gaming resume tips (124 KB)
• Resume tips for Education students (85 KB)

S

• Scholarships (196 KB)

Selection criteria

• Selection criteria (52 KB)
• Selection criteria - samples (38 KB)

Skills

• Maintaining your employability (195 KB)
• Skills identification (38 KB)

V

• Vacation work- the value (186 KB)
• Volunteering (197 KB)

W

• Work life balance (31 KB)
• Writing Careers (6 MB)

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