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The Employability Challenge
[TEC]
This program has been suspended for 2009
What is TEC?
The Employability Challenge [TEC] is a program
designed to enable you to discover the connection between
the UOW Graduate Qualities and your
employability skills through direct communication
with employers and researching your own skill and attribute
development from your field of study and discovering how these
are interdependent.
How does it work?
A team/s of 6 students will be formed to
represent each faculty or discipline area. The 'challenge'
will be that each faculty/discipline team will compete against
other faculty teams to demonstrate the outputs of their research.
As part of their research each team will need to interview
3 employers to gain information about the employability skills
sought by these employers. You will then need to make the
connection with this information to the UOW Graduate
Qualities as well as the key skills and knowledge
you have developed throughout your studies.
Your research will form the basis for a formal report and
a presentation to a judging panel. Additionally your team
will need to produce a poster presentation to showcase your
research outcomes and to display this at the presentation
event.
What is the timing?
TEC usually runs in July/August and concludes with
a formal presentation and judging. Your team will have approximately
3 weeks to conduct research and prepare for your presentation.
Your estimated commitment would be 3 half days per week to
allow for interviews with employers, team meetings and presentation
preparation. You would also need to be available for the presentation.
What’s in it for students?
- The opportunity to liaise with employers from an industry
related to your field of study
- Experience in developing some key employability skills
such as teamwork, research, presentation and negotiation.
- An excellent example of extra curricula activity to include
in your resume and to use in your future interviews
How do I get involved?
To be involved in TEC contact Robyn Gleeson in the Careers Service office
on 4221 3121 or complete the Application
Form --- MS Word
Doc download ---and email it to srejske@uow.edu.au
or drop it in to the Careers Service office.
Previous teams and presentations
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Last updated:
11-Mar-2009
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