Close & Swinburne Support Services

Employability: Professional Career Start Strategies & Job SearchOlivia Doyle

23 June 2015

Swinburne

Aim

To provide you with useful insights to build your employability and launch your professional career

Themes

- Communication

- Networking for success

- Career planning & research strategies

- Job readiness

- Job search strategies “learning to search outside the square”

Program summary

Swinburne

SCIENCE | TECHNOLOGY | INNOVATION | BUSINESS | DESIGN 3

A successful career ……..

- Is a learning journey that starts when you are young and builds throughout your life

- Can include different paths than what you originally planned

- Allows you to try new and varied experiences

- Manages change

Swinburne

SCIENCE | TECHNOLOGY | INNOVATION | BUSINESS | DESIGN 4

A successful career …….. Cont.

- Enables you to follow your heart and your passion

- Is in line with your values

- Has a focus on a good life journey – not just a destination

- Is a rich and varied story

Swinburne

SCIENCE | TECHNOLOGY | INNOVATION | BUSINESS | DESIGN 5

“Security now lies not in employment but in employability

Individuals who want to maintain their employability have to regularly learn new skills.

We must all take more responsibility for maintaining our employability, which includes what we want to do, what skills we bring to the marketplace, and what others will pay us to do.

The underlying idea is that my career is my business ”

Professor Tony Watts, 2011

Swinburne The next steps for you

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Reflect on the key messages of the seminar

Develop a personal action plan …… and review regularly

Seek support

Swinburne

SCIENCE | TECHNOLOGY | INNOVATION | BUSINESS | DESIGN 7

Swinburne’s Centre for Career Development

We are here to help you with career assistance and advice

Your professional career starts NOW – let us help you with your career journey

All services are FREE and CONFIDENTIAL

Swinburne

SCIENCE | TECHNOLOGY | INNOVATION | BUSINESS | DESIGN 8

Services – for 2 years post gradn. - Career counselling

- Job search assistance

- Interview skills

- Resume builder

- Employer information and on campus presentations

- GoinGlobal international job search data base

- Career conferences, workshops and webinars

- Range of handouts / podcasts:- Interviews - What can I do with my qualification- Resumes - Networking- Cover letters - Job search- LinkedIn profiles - Assessment centres etc

Swinburne

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Free resume / cover letter / LinkedIn checks

Drop in to have your documents checked by a

Career Practitioner

No appointment necessary

9 am – 5 pm

Swinburne International Student Life - Employability

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Useful advice and resources to assist in developing your professional career

Employability monthly newsletter – sent to your Swinburne email

For confidential, individual appointments contact:

Olivia Doyle

International Student Advisor – Employability

Tel 9214 8248

Email odoyle@swin.edu.au

Employability ‘Road Map’ www.swinburne.edu.au/student/international/careers

Swinburne Upcoming Events

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3.30 pm Weds 1 July

Building your own employability – entrepreneurial success stories

3.30 pm Thursday 9 July

Employability: Secrets of my career success with former Swinburne international students

Thursday 23 July

Doctoral and masters research candidates:

Career planning strategies to enhance your employability

www.swinburne.edu.au/student/international/careers

Swinburne Semester 2 Events

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SKILL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR SERIES

- Essential graduate employability skills to build your career

- Effective workplace communication skills

- Emotional intelligence in the workplace

- Effective business writing

- Enhancing your performance in work teams

Dates and further details to be confirmed – check website

Plus more general employability seminars