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5 tips for university students looking to land their next interview
For university students, it can be quite disheartening to send out a flurry of applications only to never hear back. The purpose of any job application is to land an interview (and hopefully the job!) and the one part of the process totally in your control. However,...
RuPaul’s ‘Career Race’
Taking the time to reflect, sit with our thoughts and plan our next steps can be daunting. We all need support and mentorship during our career journey and who better to turn to than RuPaul for advice?Sometimes reality strikes and your career plans might not be...
4 unique tips on getting a job if you’ve just graduated during the global pandemic
If you’ve graduated recently or expecting to graduate soon, you might be feeling the wrath of trying to find employment during a global pandemic. You’ll definitely find that it’s harder than normal to find companies that are actively hiring. We’re sure you’ve already...
Can Bluey help you sniff out your transferable skills?
Bluey is undoubtedly the best children’s animation from the ABC, period. And look, I know I might not be hitting the target demo on the head here, but I’m pretty sure you all know the show I’m talking about – I mean, with guest starts like Zoe Foster-Blake you must...
Exercising your resilience
“It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones more resilient and responsive to change…”- Darwin The three attributes being compared in this quote are strength, intelligence and resilience – with resilience being the key to...
Making WFH work for you under quarantine
If you’re one of the millions of students whose universities abruptly shut down midterm or transitioned to online-only work in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the shock of in-person classes being cancelled and accommodations closed (with some even becoming...
How NOT being productive can increase your productivity
You’re probably spending a little more time than usual at home right now and feeling the pressure to tick everything off your ongoing to-do list. There are influencers on Instagram telling you Shakespeare wrote King Lear during quarantine, those go-getters releasing...
Seven reasons to volunteer right now
During a society-wide upheaval volunteering might not be front of mind. But here are some reasons to consider volunteering right now. 1. Volunteering is an essential service. The NSW government has classed volunteering as essential work. Over 5.8 million people in...
Lessons I’ve learned whilst running a student society
The thought of having to balance work whilst studying can be quite daunting especially when you are trying to gain exposure in a new industry. Now, what if you also wanted to make the most of your university experience and join a student society to organise events and...
Bias to action: why it’s so important in 2020
From a young age, friends and family have always called me a doer, a mover and a shaker. As a child I remember every night I would ask my mom where we would be going the next day. I needed to plan out my morning accordingly. Depending on her answer, I would decide how...
Graduating in a financial crisis: my story
This year the world has changed, everything has been affected. There’s a lot of uncertainty about the job market for graduating students. Are there going to be less jobs? Will you struggle to get a job after graduating? Realistically, the answer is yes. There are...
What’s it like working at a startup?
While things may not be back to normal just yet, 2020 has made many of us question just what it is we look for in a successful career. And, as more traditional ways of working have been disrupted, it might be a good time to consider working at a startup. So, what’s it...
4 easy to learn skills that increase employability
When you’re applying for a job, you’ll usually have access to a job description that highlights all of the crucial skills and demands that a business leader is looking for. For instance, a marketing role might ask for someone who knows their way around different...
Need to make a big career or study decision? Here’s how
So you’ve reached that point where you have gathered information about your career or study options, and now you’re stalled at the point of making the decision. Truth is, you’ve been here before (and so has everybody else). Online neuroscience research suggests that...
4 certifications to add to your resume
The job market can be extremely competitive no matter the industry you’re aiming for. But when you’re about to communicate with different companies, you need to put your best foot forward if you want to earn a chance to impress them at all. That translates not only to...
Acing Your Assessment Centre
It’s that time of year again when you would normally be anxiously checking your inbox to see if you had progressed to the next round of the recruitment process for that graduate or vacation program you have always dreamed of. You keep hitting refresh until – there it...
5 FREE online resources you can use to support your career right now
Things might be a bit strange (read: completely topsy-turvy) right now, but that doesn’t mean all of your self-development plans and goals for the year need to go completely out the window. Now, more than ever, so many companies are creating online offerings to help...
The power of networking (and how you can do it from your couch)
Working with systems every day, it has become apparent that there is an exponentially increasing need for apps in the digital space to integrate or ‘talk to one another’. Now more than ever, information is required to be quickly accessible by multiple systems to...