Starting Uni? Set Yourself Up For Success!
By Mia Casey Starting university can be a scary prospect. Thankfully, Orientation exists. UTS Orientation helps you prepare for uni through a variety of events, workshops and tours. It can also help get you out of that post-HSC, post-high school haze that settles in after your final exams. While exciting, university is your first step into adulthood and the rest of your professional life (dun dun duuun!), so it’s important to start...
Career Profiling: the Basics, the Bizarre and the Bleeding Obvious
By Brian Horan There are a number of theories on how and why we like and choose different professions. These choices could stem from many things, including being in the right place at the right time, having connections, what we’ve studied, or even following on a family business. Career practitioners use a number of methods to help their clients discover careers to suit them. These methods are called career profiling tools. This...
3 Tips to Get You Interview-Ready This New Year
By Mia Casey The New Year is a popular time for people to start making changes in their lives, and a change of career (or career status) is a popular choice. This is similar for employers as well – a lot of companies use the New Year as a time to take stock and start looking at hiring new people. If this is you, and you’re currently in the process of applying for new work, then it may be time to start preparing for the next step: the...
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But What Do [insert job title] Actually Do?!
By Sara Sullivan You might be sitting there with no idea what job you want to do, or you might be trying to choose between 2 different career paths. Wherever you are up to, asking questions like those below will definitely help you to find out what a job is really like, or what you might expect from working in a particular industry or company: So what’s it like being a graphic designer? What do accountants actually do on a daily...
Failing Your New Year’s Resolutions? You CAN Get Back on Track
By Mia Casey So if you’re anything like 92% of the population, chances are you’ve already failed at your New Year’s resolutions. Which is a pretty depressing thought – just over 2 weeks in, and things have already gone downhill. So what made you give up, and how do you get back on track? Here are a few quick tips to help get you reinspired for 2017, and ready to retake your New Year’s resolutions by storm. Read more: Redefining...
Can You Land a Job When You Have No Experience?
By Rory Burns At UTS:Careers Drop-In, a very common question to be asked is “How can I get a job when I have no experience?” Students often bring in their resume with their objective and education, and say that they have no experience but really need a job. If you are concerned about your lack of experience… read on! Everyone has experience First of all, everyone has some kind of experience. It is just a matter of thinking back over...
Redefining Success: 20 Habits That Could Change Your Life
By Mia Casey When we talk about success, it’s easy to simply think of succeeding in one area of your life. Maybe success to you is achieving financial stability, becoming the best in your field, or living in a certain area. But maybe it’s time to start taking a wider view of success. James Altucher has put together an infographic (designed by Pamela Sisson), entitled The 20 Habits of Eventual Millionaires. Here, he details a number of...
A Story About Resilience and Adaptability from a Former International Student
By Esita Sogotubu Picture the scene: gravel road, bus with floors you can see through to the road, passing corrugated rooves on shack-like houses with views of hills, and passing by a river every now and then. This was my journey every day to high school. Since I lived in a valley, there were mornings when the dew settled over us so the dusty bus ride to school included walking cross a bridge, clothes damp from dew, which resulted in...
Some 2017 Career-Inspo
By Mia Casey It’s now officially January 2017, and life can go on again. Did you survive your New Year’s Eve? Are your ready to get stuck back in to thinking about your career? Alright, after 2016 it’s understandable if you feel a little worse for wear. Chances are, the thought of planning for your career right now seems like an insurmountable task full of pain, suffering, anxiety… okay that might be a bit melodramatic, but making...
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By Mia Casey Guys, big news! 1: Disney is making a live action Mulan remake (albeit without Mushu OR Shang, which is a travesty), and 2: they have cast China’s Liu Yifei to take the leading role! Th...FUN FACT. 40% of students at UTS want to create their own jobs or start their own companies but where do they start? Right here. uts.ac/2LhcCyd ⛔
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Entrepreneurship at UTS More than 40 per cent of our students want to create their own jobs or start their own companies. Equipping students with the tools to become entrepreneurs will be critical to ...Huge turnout at the LinkedIn Masterclass today! Thank you to Nathan Clark for giving our students a crash course in building their brand and growing their network!
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"To be honest, i never really saw myself working for a not-for-profit, but working at The Fred Hollows Foundation has allowed me to pursue my passion for international development whilst also letting me apply my comms skills in a practical setting!"
- Connie (3rd Year Communications)
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Keen to walk the same path? Or maybe you just want to uncover more about yourself. Discover the not-for-profit cause you're yearning to work for at our 'Work for a cause not a company' event, August 28!
Register here: uts.ac/2OSqrp7
Whether you're bummed you haven't made it to a FOFY event or wanting to give your resume a makeover, these opportunities are sure to help!
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