Skill Building
3 Ways to Include Study Abroad on Your Resume
You’ve pinned travel snapshots around your room, gifted souvenirs to family and friends, and texted your classmates from abroad about fun memories shared. Though your global exchange program may be over, the adventure has just begun! Whether your sights are set on...
5 Reasons I Went Back to University
In you had asked me ten years ago to return to university to undertake postgrad studies, you wouldn’t have been able to pay me to do it. The early years of my undergraduate journey were filled with tears, confusion, and a lack of direction. I jumped from course to...
Career Mastery: A Process, Not a Destination
It goes without saying that it’s important to take charge of your career. You are in the driver’s seat, switching lanes, shifting gears by yourself, and no one else is responsible for discovering or promoting your career for you. Consequently, it’s critical to become...
3 Sneaky Ways to Figure Out a Company’s Culture
Here’s the scenario: you took a leap of faith, stepped into the unknown. You accepted the job offer. You thought you were in dream-job land. Two weeks later, you’re about to run screaming into the Snowy Mountains. The problem? You did not research the company’s...
Looking For A 2D Animation Job? 5 Things You Need To Know!
Animation is a great way for an artist can give life to their imagination, it let you show the world how you actually see envision your story and characters. More than that, if you are successful in getting a job at a 2D Animation Company then you are definitely...
Graduates on Visas: How to Craft Your Elevator Pitch to Land a Job in Australia
Are you on a visa and hoping to secure a role in Australia? If so, I’m going to help you tackle one of the most important obstacles when it comes to landing your dream job: The Elevator Pitch.Your Elevator Pitch is a key component of your personal brand. It can find...
To Commemorate the End of Women’s History Month: Tips for Women to Advance at Work
Globally, women account for less than a quarter of senior roles in the workforce. With this known fact, workplace advancement may seem daunting. However, there are several ways to work up to management and leadership positions within an organisation. After speaking...
7.3 Questions With Bilal Kabbara
We’re back with yet another Vogue-inspired instalment of 7.3 Questions Answered By Your Favourite Accomplishers! This week we spoke to Bilal Kabbara about his experience with the Award, where he’s at now, and his top tips for getting ahead in your career while...
The Inside Look at Lendlease’s Graduate Program
It’s that time of year again where we seek our next generation of graduates to join Lendlease on our two-year graduate program. We know that applying for graduate programs and going through the process can be daunting and often stressful. However, I’m here to give you...
Are These Job Search Myths Hindering You From Landing Your Next Job?
As a Recruitment Advisor, I speak to students every day about their job search strategies. Through these conversations I have noticed that whether they are someone looking for their first part-time job or someone with many years of work experience, there are many...
7.3 Questions With Elizabeth Serbin
We’re back with our third Vogue-inspired installment of 7.3 Questions Answered By Your Favourite Accomplishers!This week we had a chat with Elizabeth Serbin, who currently works as a graduate at Lendlease.Elizabeth Serbin on her networking, the benefits of...
Boss Baby
As a new mum I have to teach my 1-year old daughter Chloe a lot, but I’m realising this is reciprocal and she can teach me a lot as well. Here are 5 tips you can learn from babies:1. Smiles are powerful When I saw Chloe’s smile for the first time it was amazing, I was...
7.3 Questions With Mohit Sewani
It’s time for the second edition of our Vogue-inspired series, 7.3 Questions Answered By Your Favourite Accomplishers! This week we spoke with Mohit Sewani on his experience with the Accomplish Award, how he’s gotten involved around UTS, and why meeting and developing...
5 Spending Habits to Start in Your 20s
For many students, your twenties are the years in which your finances are the most strained. Not only is it likely you’re starting to think about transitioning into the workforce full-time, but you might also be trying to save for a house, a trip overseas or a new...
A Short Chat with UTS Careers’ Wonder Women: The Business Development Team
In the spirit of International Women’s Day, and to celebrate UTS being recognized as Employer of Choice for Gender by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), we sat down with (and when we say ‘sat down with’ we mean chased around campus) our very busy, all female...
7.3 Questions With Anthony Chu
To take a note out of Vogue’s book, we’ve has a chat with some of our amazing Accomplish Award graduates in a short series we like to call ‘7.3 Questions Answered By Your Favourite Accomplishers’. To kick things off, we’ve spoken with Anthony Chu; a penultimate year...
My Internship at Electromag Wireless Solutions
During my second year of Engineering at the UTS, I had to find an internship at a company to get professional experience for a period of 6 months. This was a key part of my degree, and encourages students to gain industry experience before graduating. Getting industry...
5 Ways to Turn Over a New Leaf This Autumn
It’s that time of year again! You know it’s time for uni to kick back in again, and everyone starts to loosen the reins on those New Year’s resolutions. Despite the extra-long hiatus for most, this is usually the time where motivation is the scarcest. But before you...
3 Things We Can Learn from the Now Extinct Bramble Cay Melomys
This past week saw the formal recognition of the extinction of the Bramble Cay melomys, a ‘tiny island rodent’1 from a small island near Papua New Guinea. Not only was the Bramble Cay melomys a relatable little guy (I mean who can’t relate to a nocturnal rodent that...
Crystals for your Career
Crystals – what could these shiny, pretty rocks possibly have to do with your career? Before we begin, let me start by saying that although crystals have proved helpful to me throughout my career by helping me remain mindful and focused, it’s a personal preference and...
How a Careers Event Led to a Job: An Interview with Art Honeysett
We sat down with Art Honeysett winner of the 2018 Law Interview Challenge top prize, a micro-internship with Colin Biggers & Paisley Lawyers. Art reflects on the career-shaping experience as his mirco-internship lead to a paralegal role. So tell us a little...
4 Skills Most Recruiters Look For (and How You Can Build Them at Uni)
Some skills are always in vogue, and being able to cultivate them while you study is a great way to start building your employability for when you get stuck in to that job search. Some of the most requested skills employers are looking for include: teamwork ability,...
5 Steps to Finding Great Love (Or a Great Job)
It’s almost Valentine’s Day, the most romantic day of the year! So many people are scrambling around looking for a date without realising that finding love can be awfully similar to finding that dream job. 1. Start with the man in the mirror The best way to start a...
Top 5 Soft Skills Needed to Help You Land Your Graduate Role
It’s that time of year again when many employers are opening their graduate programs for 2020! With some companies reporting to receive anything between 10,000 to 20,000 applications for under a 1000 graduate roles, having excellent academic results simply isn’t...