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Swinburne Support Services: Employability & Career Start Strategies

This program provides insights and strategies to build employability and launch a professional career. Themes include communication, networking, career planning, job readiness, and job search strategies.

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Swinburne Support Services: Employability & Career Start Strategies

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  1. Close & Swinburne Support Services • Employability: Professional Career Start Strategies & Job Search • Olivia Doyle 23 June 2015

  2. Program summary 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”

  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

  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

  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 moreresponsibility 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

  6. The next steps for you • Reflect on the key messages of the seminar • Develop a personal action plan …… and review regularly • Seek support

  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

  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

  9. Free resume / cover letter / LinkedIn checks Drop in to have your documents checked by a Career Practitioner No appointment necessary 9 am – 5 pm

  10. International Student Life - Employability • 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

  11. Upcoming Events • 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

  12. Semester 2 Events • 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

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