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Find Your Direction

Get more career focus and clarify where you want to go!

This can be achieved by knowing more about yourself - your interests, your abilities/skills/competencies/aptitudes, your values, your personality and work style ... and how these relate to career opportunities and career decision making. Below you will find a number of resources that will help you get a better idea of what direction you wish to head in. A lot of recruitment processes these days also ask you to show that you have a good idea of your skills, values, goals etc ... so these activities are ideal to prepare you for job seeking as well.

myfuture

  • myfuture is the Australian national storehouse for careers related information, in addition to offering a variety of career self assessment and matching tests
    http://www.myfuture.edu.au/

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UK'S Prospects Quick Match Tool

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Your Career and You

  • Self Assessment booklet for students and graduates.
    - Available from the Careers Service office

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Careers Counselling

Book an appointment with a Careers Counsellor

  • phone: 02 4221 3325
  • To book an appointment you need to be a current student or alumni of the University of Wollongong.

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Last updated: October 18, 2005

  

  1. Univative Summer 2010 - Develop your employability skills! - Are you interested in getting a step ahead this summer? Using your university education in a real workplace situation? Spend a few hours each day (each team makes its own arrangements) and develop your employability skills and gain the work related experiences employers look for. Univative Illawarra for Summer 2010 will be held during the period from Monday 1 Feb to Friday 19 Feb 2010. Apply NOW!
  2. Certificate in Global Workplace Practice - For international students who graduate in Spring 2010 or Autumn 2011 and plan to stay in Australia, Careers Central has a great program for you that helps with all the skills and knowledge you need to get a job in Australia. Registrations are open now - more information here!
  3. Managing Disability at Work - - The things you need to know - Monday 23rd November 2009, 11am to 2pm (includes lunch), Eastern Avenue Lecture Theatre, The University of SydneyRegister online!
  4. Overseas Work Experience Opportunities - The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE) arranges overseas work experience opportunities for university students studying degrees in engineering, science, and technology related disciplines. Paid professional traineeships are available in over 80 countries and range from 2-12 months. Applications close 10th December. More information can be found here.
  5. Scams And Bad Work Practices - Students need to be careful that a work opportunity that sounds too good to be true - probably is. Unauthorised job opportunities - like flyers placed in uni toilets - may not deliver on their promise. Don’t get ripped off. See here for more details.
  6. GAMSAT - Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test - GAMSAT is required to be selected for graduate-entry medical degrees. Deadline for registrations is 2nd February 2010. The test date will be on the 20th March 2010. More information can be found online here.
 
 
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Lower Ground Floor, UniCentre (behind Security)
Hours: 9.00am to 5.00pm
Telephone 02 4221 3325 - Fax 02 4226 2399

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