Interviews
Discussion Topics and Questions to Ask a Mentor
Have you thought about seeking out a mentor? Ever feel like you can’t solve a problem when you’re too close to the source? A mentor is a great third-party resource! Asking family, friends and peers for advice can be helpful, but a mentor is likely to give you an...
5 Things You Must Do AFTER a Job Interview
“Thanks for coming in. We’ll be in touch soon”. The elevator doors shut and you let out a big sigh of relief. The interview is officially done and dusted and you’re feeling confident. All you can do now is sit back and wait for the company to make their decision…...
What You Need to Know About Applying for Work Interstate
Applying for a new job is both scary and exciting. Whether you’ve got a lot of experience working in your field or none at all, it’s always going to be a learning curve. There are often plenty of opportunities outside of where you live, and whether that’s interstate...
Think You’ll Do An Internship? READ THIS.
An internship is about experience – your experience. Here are 5 steps to take control and own it.Step 1 - ResearchStart early. Very early. The day you arrive on campus is the day you announce to the world: “I want to be somebody”. But who do you want to be? You...
Everything’s Ending So Let’s Look Back On 2017
2017 has been a big year, both globally and on the UTS Careers Blog. Fortunately (for many) the year is almost over and, as no one has ever said before, and certainly never will again: '2018 is going to be our year!' But before we say goodbye to 2017, let's reflect on...
How to Prepare for a Job Interview
Job interviews can be a bit nerve wracking, but there are some easy ways to make sure you’re prepared and ready to impress any interviewers you may face! Research Hopefully you’ve done a bit of research on the organisation when tailoring your application and cover...
5 Ways to HalloWIN at Your Career: Resources to De-Spook Employability
When you’re looking at starting your career, it can seem like a pretty scaaary process. I mean, where do you even start? Well my freaky friends, here is your quick and easy break down of top tips for some of the more spooktastic elements of the career process. RIP:...
How To Keep Your Badass Vibe While Meeting Employers
In the past, people were able to land amazing jobs without a university degree. This has changed, and now having a bachelor’s degree is almost standard. This creates a strange generational divide where university is largely normalized amongst younger generations (at...
Cycle of Career Development
A common scenario we all face, whether we are an entrepreneur, director, manager, or employee, is that after all the hard work we have done we finally manage to tackle the major challenges that we were facing with a great finish. What a sign of success! This feeling...
Cringey (and Illegal) Interview Questions, and How to Get Past Them
(Note: read on to the end to learn about an awesome opportunity for students looking to kick-start their careers!) Interviews are tough enough already without the interviewer asking you super uncomfortable (and sometimes illegal) questions. I mean, it's just a teensy...
I Survived A Video Interview And You Can Too
Video interviews are slowly becoming part of the hiring landscape in Australia, and have been embraced by the team here at UTS:Careers. As my colleague Michelle Maarhuis explained in a previous blog post: “A video interview helps to quickly identify whether a person...
A Graduate’s Guide to Interviewing for a PR Job
(Originally posted on N2N Communications' blog) It’s the beginning of the year and graduates around the country are wrapping up end-of-uni celebrations and turning their attention to getting a job. It’s a much more difficult employment market than the one I was lucky...
The Importance Of Active Listening Skills For Interviews
So after numerous applications for your dream internship or graduate role, you’ve now been selected for an interview. An often nerve-racking experience, it’s easy to become anxious about the prospect of attending an interview. Despite this, it’s important to remain...
I’ve Employed Over 550 UTS Students, and Here’s Where Applicants Go Wrong
I employ 116 people. 116 student leaders. Yes, that’s 116 this semester. And yes, they all report to me. Hi, I’m the Manager of the U:PASS program at UTS, which supports 60 early stage subjects with study sessions, run by trained student leaders, typically in upper...
The Video Interview: Really? Do I Have To?
I recently had my first dabble with video interviews from a recruiter’s perspective, and I’m a convert. We’re using a web and app platform called Vieple to shortlist candidates, rather than using traditional methods like phone screening. A video interview helps to...
Are You Hired for Your Degree?
This topic may seem strange, and even when I mentioned it to a few of my colleagues they were surprised and wondered ‘What is Chandani writing about?’ If you really would like to know what I’m talking about, please go read on. A majority of the people in this modern...
Why Time Management is a Skill You Should Perfect Before You Get that Graduate Job
If you’re applying for a job and are lucky enough to secure an interview, you can be sure that the employer will ask: “How do you manage your time effectively and how do you handle a busy workload?” You sit there, wearing your new suit that you bought just for the...
Dress for Success: What to Wear for an Interview?
You did it! You got through the initial selection rounds including your resume and cover letter, phone or video screening (or a combination of the two) and are invited for an interview. If you are diligent enough, now’s the time you probably start researching the...
The Survivor’s Guide to Assessment Centres
If you’ve made it to this stage of the recruitment process, then you’ve written a great resume, completed a lengthy online application and possibly spoken to a real person for a phone interview. The assessment centre is usually the last and most gruelling test to...
4 Common Types of Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
When you’re researching practice questions before an interview, you’ll often come across ‘general’, ‘behavioural ’, ‘motivation’, or ‘accomplishment’ questions. These terms divide common interview questions into distinct categories that, if you know how to use them,...
The 7 Biggest Interview Mistakes You Can Make
Congratulations, you’ve got an interview! Just be sure you don’t make these common interview mistakes. 1. Stressing about things you can’t change You’ve landed the interview and now you’re worried about how you’ll compare to other candidates. What if they’re more...
How To Overcome Your Nerves, And Ace Your Next Interview
Interviews aren’t particularly enjoyable. Usually, the only reason we’re even sitting for one is because we either really, really want the job for its great opportunities and career development potential, or we really, really need the job to pay the rent. Or a...
Interviews: “Take a deep breath and relax”
True story: When I was in my late teens, the local bank advertised a junior entry-level position and it was my parents' belief that if I could secure a job with a bank I would “have a job for life.” Eager to have their daughter on the road to self-sufficiency, they...
Why You Should Always Prepare Questions to Ask at an Interview
Interviews are a test to determine whether you're a fit for the vacant role, right? Wrong; that's only half of the equation. While interviews are an opportunity for an employer to assess your fit with the role's requirements, interviews are equally a chance for you...