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Taking care of yourself at work
Chances are that at some point in your career your work environment is going to change. You could be moving from an active job in hospitality or retail, to your first ever office role. You could go from making your own schedule as a freelancer, to being expected to...
How Finding a Job is Like Buying a House
Changing jobs and moving house is up there amongst the top 10 most stressful life events. Having spent the past few months searching for and eventually buying a new house, it was apparent how similar the process and the emotions can be. There are disappointments,...
3 Tips for Recent Grads on Getting into Non-Profit
You’ve just graduated from uni and a fine graduation robe now hangs in the wardrobe.Unlike your peers, you don’t feel like toiling for a pay-check in one of those Fortune 500 corporations. You want to do something meaningful for the world and give back to the...
Chats With Adecco Group’s Student CEO
"I’ve always had the mindset of: ‘What’s my next step? How do I get there? What can I do today to maximise my opportunity?"John Huang is a UTS student studying a Bachelor of Business. In May he won CEO for One Month, a program awarded by Adecco Group Australia. This...
Round the Office Chats
I'm finding it more and more difficult to end conversations with colleagues these days. Why? Because conversations, and I mean physical in person conversations, are becoming obsolete in the workplace. So when it comes time to have a chat I often find it difficult to...
4 Side Hustles That Can Make You a Full-Time Income
If you’re a student, you might be looking for some side hustles to boost your spending power or to kickstart your career. There are a bunch of different options like Uber and Fiverr, but not all platforms can give you a reliable source of income. You’re better off...
A Novice’s Guide to Video Interviews
I just finished one of my first ever video interviews. It was an interesting experience, we couldn't get the video to work for a start. It ended up being a phone call via computer. The whole process, from me figuring out the platform my interviewer wanted to use, to...
Career Tips I Learnt from Watching Hours and Hours of Gordon Ramsay
Over the past year I have become addicted to watching Gordon Ramsay videos. His passion for food, coupled with his brutal honesty and command of the English language, is a marvel to behold. I mean in one episode, he calls someone a ‘Panini Head’. That in itself is...
Should You Do Postgraduate Studies?
I recently decided to go back to university to study a master’s degree, more than ten years after finishing my undergraduate degree. Scary, I know! This was a difficult decision to make because there are no guarantees that this is the right thing to do. I struggled...
How to Say Goodbye to Your Office Family
We’ve all heard stories about leaving toxic work environments before. After suffering for eons in a place that doesn’t appreciate you, you finally head for greener pastures. The birds are all singing, the sun is shining, and small children seem to be celebrating on...
4 Tips to Polish Off Your Design Career
1. Clean up your portfolioDoes your online portfolio have work that’s now creeping up to the 5 years old mark? If yes, it’s time to dust off those cobwebs and let go of any outdated and irrelevant work that may be lingering in the deep dark depths of your portfolio....
What to Do When You Don’t Get it Right the First Time: Changing Degrees
Choosing a degree can be daunting, whether you’re midway through the HSC or deciding that it’s time for a career change. It can be difficult choosing without firsthand experience, and it’s not uncommon for people to find that the degree they chose isn’t quite what...
Am I Being Ghosted by a Recruiter?
We’ve all been there before. You’ve submitted a brilliant resume and you've attached a superb cover letter. You’re sure that you’re at least going to get an interview, and then… nothing. You start to think about where it all went wrong, what to do next, and you’re...
Embrace Your Incompetence
You can’t be great at everything. None of us can. But the question is: what are you going to do about it? Assuming that you’re in a position where you’re ‘consciously incompetent’ (refer to the Conscious Competence Theory), there are a few different ways you might...
Not Just a Line on Your Resume
Internships are a training position commonly held by a student looking to further their career. But how do you know if completing an internship is the right step for you? And, if you decide to do one, what are the benefits? We spoke to UTS Graduates about their time...
How Sleep Deprivation Could Ruin Your Career
With semester getting hectic, it’s easy to sacrifice sleep in favor of finishing that list minute assignment, or bingeing Dead to Me on Netflix. But a lack of sleep can actually have a huge impact on your daily life, and getting into the habit of subsisting on less...
Can attending a careers fair help get you a job? Xueting Su’s story
We often talk about how helpful careers fairs can be to kick-starting your career, but can they actually help you land a job? For Xueting Su, the answer was yes. We had a chat with her about her career journey so far, and the advice she has for other UTS students...
Inbox Zero
Picture this: it’s a Wednesday morning, and you’ve just logged on to your computer at work. You have your coffee in hand, and you are ready to tackle the day. You open up Outlook and all of a sudden your computer starts to move at snail speed as your inbox loads....