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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...

Top 5 Things You Can Do At Uni to Get Work-Ready!

From the UTS Careers Career Programs Team Hey you! The student over there thinking you have all the time in the world to look for a job after you finish your degree: our advice to you would be to start NOW. The earlier you start thinking about getting work-ready, the...

What I Regret About Going To University…

I don’t usually say that I regret much in my life because I think that all my experiences have led me to where I am as a person. Looking back at my university experience, there are certain things I regret not doing. So, if I could go back and tell my 19-21 year old...

The Intern Diaries: Max Grieve

I get a lot of emails, most of which I don't open. In fairness, the majority are subscriptions to second-rate flight offers and system-generated messages letting me know that 'the following activity you have selected and were allocated to has changed,' and don't...

How to Succeed in Your Internship

With applications for PwC’s 2017/2018 Summer Vacation Program officially opening, I thought now would be the perfect time for me to offer some tips on the recruitment process! I’ve worked across the Careers Engagement team at Chartered Accountants ANZ, as well as the...

Tips on How to Land a Graduate Position (from the Person Hiring You)

Article originally published on Accenture. The time has come to start applying for graduate positions and 2017 will be another tough year of competition for graduates. Employers are increasingly looking beyond academic results to find the best candidates, so students...

Looking for a Job? Here’s Where to Look

Looking for a job? With so many resources available it can be hard to know where to look! Below is a list of job sites that you can use in your job search process. Regardless of whether you’re a student, experienced graduate, or anywhere in between, these sites can...

Can you justify going travelling as “professional development”? I did (but I didn’t know it at the time)

In early 2007 I stuffed my backpack in Minneapolis, Minnesota and left on a working holiday visa. I had just spent a year working and saving every penny to pay off my student loans, and I thought to myself: “It’s ok that you only have $800 USD – you will find a job as...

Why I Did A Before 30 ‘Bucket List’

My 30th Birthday was looming, just levitating there in free space, taunting me. It was a constant reminder that three decades had passed and that certain societal pressures of what needed to be achieved by this age were impending. Approximately 84 days before, I...

Your Career: Destiny or Chaos?

Do we choose our career or does it choose us? Is it possible to find our one true calling, or are we at the whim of the unpredictable world around us? Rewind 60 years or so and it was common for people to work in the same occupation, industry, or company for the...

7 Inspiring Books You Need to Read This Year

How’re your career goals for 2017 going so far? Need a bit of motivation, or inspiration to get the ball rolling? Well, lucky for you I have just the thing! With such an array of books out there all purporting to help you find your purpose or change your life, it can...

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...

Feeling Unemployable? Why the Accomplish Award is Right for You

From the UTS:Careers Career Programs Team Over here on the UTS Careers Blog, we’re not big on sharing a lot of self-advertising. That being said, there is one program that I feel is worth breaking the trend for: The Accomplish Award. From my experience, this program...

Cover Letters and Love Letters

Cover letters and love letters have more in common then you may think. I hear many people in the recruitment industry argue that the cover letter is now ‘dead’. Having worked in the industry, I can understand why some might agree with that statement. A typical...

Building a Creative Portfolio When You Have No Experience

Depending on the creative industry you’re trying to get into, creating a portfolio when you don’t have any paid experience may seem nigh impossible. Whether you want to be a writer, designer, or pretty much any sort of creative specialist, having a portfolio is...

5 Years From Graduation – 5 Life Lessons & Hacks

1. Be content with what you have If you are discontent now then finding a job, finding a partner, having a kid, or getting more friends, will not fill that hole. You will still be discontent. I see this all the time – people are discontent with being single, so they...

Top Ten Tips for Mastering Your Elevator Pitch

An elevator pitch is a short (usually a minute or less) speech that draws people in and tells them about your work, your goals, and your interests. An elevator pitch is vital if you’re attending any sort of networking or industry event, but it is good to have one...

So Many Pies, So Little Time: How to Cope as the ‘Go-To’ Person in Your Organisation

I remember when I was in high school all of my friends would call me an ‘old soul’. Someone they could talk to when things got tough. Someone they trusted for advice when they couldn’t make a decision. And someone who mysteriously knew where to look to find the most...

Starting Uni? Set Yourself Up For Success!

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...

Career Profiling: the Basics, the Bizarre and the Bleeding Obvious

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....

3 Tips to Get You Interview-Ready This New Year

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...

But What Do [insert job title] Actually Do?!

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...

Failing Your New Year’s Resolutions? You CAN Get Back on Track

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...

Can You Land a Job When You Have No Experience?