Skill Building Postgraduate
3 Surprising Facts About Graduate Recruitment in Australia
Many students put getting into a graduate program as their number one goal upon graduation… and understandably so! Graduate programs allow you to receive training across the many different areas of an organisation. Knowing that there’s a job waiting for you after...
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...
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...
Launching A Startup and Tackling Employability: A Chat with Rewardstudents’ Dana Achrafi
Being a parent of two, studying a Masters in Interactive Multimedia, and taking part in (what feels like) almost every extracurricular program available at UTS, may make most people feel more than a little stressed out, but this has been Dana Achrafi’s life for the...
Transferable Skills: Being a New Parent and Returning to the Workforce
The next time you’re applying for a position, it’s a good idea to reflect on your transferable skills. Over the years I’ve held multiple positions and there has never been an instance where my skills haven’t been transferable, regardless the role I worked in. You just...
5 Easy Ways to Increase Your Creativity
Creativity comes in a variety of forms – be it suggesting a new idea at a meeting, painting a picture, thinking of how to overcome a problem, taking a photo, or even discovering new ways to work more productively. Because creativity is important to so many aspects of...
How to Write Effective Emails
I receive, on average, at least 20 emails a day. Most of these are sales-related (I have a problematic shopping addiction), but for those from all the real people who are emailing me, it’s easy to separate a well-written email from a poorly-written one. In today’s...
5 Skills to Master in Your 20s
For most people, their 20’s is a time of huge personal and professional development. It’s when you’re at uni, building your network, making your first real steps into a career, moving out, paying taxes – all of these steps into actual adulthood. Which can be totally...
Speaking Publicly: How to Overcome Public Speaking Anxiety
I can’t say I really know anyone who actively enjoys public speaking. I sure know I don’t! But sometimes, the discomfort many of us feel can lead to symptoms of anxiety and negatively impact how we’re actually communicating our presentation. Fear not! I’ve put...
8 Online Learning Resources You NEED To Know
Nowadays, almost everyone has a university degree, which can make standing out more than a little tricky when it comes to the job hunt or moving up in your career. So what can you do? For students, time and money aren’t usually on your side – so you want to get ahead...
Careers Beyond the Courtroom: Where Can Your Law Degree Take You?
While many students undertake a law degree without any intention of practicing law, the recent onslaught of news articles bemoaning the lack of jobs for law graduates can be more than a little off-putting. Throughout this, it is important to remember that law degrees...
What Skills Do YOU Need to Succeed?
While there are certainly some skills that specific industries value above others, there are many that are valued in a variety of contexts, regardless of the field of work. These abilities can be developed through extracurricular activities, paid work, volunteering...