Workshops

We offer these to better prepare you for the challenges in obtaining a graduate position at the end of your degree - but these would also be very helpful for students who are interested in vacation work, scholarships and other job seeking situations.

Our workshop series cover the following topics:

Job Seeking

Wollongong Campus

• Effective Resumes
  Learn how presentation and content can create an impact with your target audience.
• Answering Selection Criteria and Online Forms
  Learn how to connect with your audience and provide evidence for their selection criteria on paper and online.
• Dealing with Assessment Centres
  Learn how to cope with the varied activities which employers now include - such as testing, presentations, and group exercises.
• Creative Job Seeking
  Learn how to be proactive and seek out knowledge which leads to opportunities.
• Effective Interview Techniques
  Learn about researching your audience and yourself, so you can be persuasive in your answers and deal with difficult situations.
• Job Seeking for International Students
  Learn about the recruitment process and the workplace culture in Australia. Get tips and strategies to help you apply for jobs.
• Ethics in Graduate Recruitment
  Learn about the responsibilities for both employers and candidates when graduate roles are offered.
• Effective Job Application Preparation
  Reflect on and record your experiences for future job application processes. Get persuasive in job applications via ePortfolios.
• Getting started in the Australian job market for International Students
  These workshops introduce international students to how the Australian job market works and is useful for part time and full time job hunting in Australia. Although targeted at the search for part-time and casual work, this workshop is a good introduction for your Australian job search after you graduate.
• So You've Got The Job - Now What?
  This workshop is for students and graduates who have just obtained their first job. The workshop will include employee and employer responsibilities including basic employment law and workplace behaviour.  Everything you need to ensure you make a confident start in your new role and make a good impression on your employer.  A prerequisite for this workshop is that you have obtained employment.

Sydney Campus

• Finding part-time or casual work in Australia
  A workshop for international students on how to find part-time or casual work in Australia. This workshop includes tips on where to look for jobs, how to prepare your resume and knowing what Australian employers are looking for.
• Creative Job Seeking/Resumes/Interview Techniques
  Learn how to be proactive and seek out knowledge which leads to opportunities. Learn how presentation and content of your resume can create an impact with your target audience and better prepare for job interviews by researching your audience and yourself, so you can be persuasive in your answers and deal with difficult situations.

Registration details:

• You must register online for these workshops!
• Maximum number of students for the above workshops is: 15!
• Please register early to ensure your place!
• Please choose the workshop and date and time which suits you
  - details are on the online registration form.
• You ONLY need to register ONCE per workshop series!
• Please register from here!

Faculty Specific Workshops

Throughout the year we offer workshops specifically designed for individual faculties or disciplines. These include Education, Nutrition and Dietetics, Nursing. Keep a look out for details about these in your faculty – watch the faculty notice boards or check with the faculty office.    

Other workshops offered on campus

• Learning Development
  Need help with essay writing? Not so good with your presentation skills? Then go along to one of the learning development centre’s workshops in areas such as critical reading, pronunciation and academic writing.
  www.uow.edu.au/student/services/ld/
• Centre for Student Development
  Free Training and Development Workshops
  This is a great opportunity for students to learn real skills in a fun environment. Workshops are practical and interactive with a focus on skills that can be applied to all disciplines and used throughout life.
  http://unicentre.uow.edu.au/cse/        

Other Useful Resources
  - To help you with your job search

If you can’t attend or you miss one of our workshops we have a variety of other resources which may assist you.

These include:

• The Edge

You can pick up a copy of  'The Edge' from the Careers Service office, available both as hard copy or as CDRom. This publication deals with getting started, applying on paper, applying online, creative job seeking, the job interview and gives you sample resumes to use as a guide. You can also view 'The Edge' online here.

• Videos

The Careers Service has a series of job seeking videos which you may access in the Careers Service office. The videos cannot be borrowed but you are welcome to watch them in our office.

Last updated: 05-Aug-2009