Thriving @ Uni

Finding jobs, internships

and placements.

Julie Hodgson
Career Development Consultant

Careers and Employment Service

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How to use Collaborate Ultra
What we’ll cover
• A bit about me and our service
• Know what it is that you’re looking for
• Labour market awareness
• Your self marketing tools
• Where to find jobs – 80/20 rule
• Think outside the box
• Questions
• Careers and Employment Services
 “I’m willing to do anything”
Student perception – flexible
Employer perception – desperate / don’t know what they want / poorly researched
 Know what it is that you are chasing – Career focus

Decision Making Career focus checklist!

World of
• Have you been through a process of self
Self
Work reflection to Understand your personal and
Goal
Review Understanding
Setting career interests?
• Have you conducted World of Work research to
Influences
Understand where your degree can take you?
• Do you have a short listed of well researched
Implementation
career options?
• Have you considered your current job search
objective e.g. part time role for cash, related
work experience paid/unpaid, internship etc
• Have you established an action plan for your job
search?

View my last workshop on ‘Where can my degree take me? –

exploring your career options’ here.
 Labour market awareness
The labour market is a volatile space, globally, nationally, locally, the landscape can
change rapidly. We may not be able to predict the future but an awareness of what is
going on around us helps.

• Covid 19 – Aviation, Tourism, events, entertainment, IT/Digital……

• 2020/21 Bushfires – Construction surge, forestry, environmental protection
• 9/11 – Ansett Australia demise, aviation security, zip lock bags boom…..
• Drought, floods, mouse plague – agriculture, water infrastructure and transport,
insurance industry, demand for actuaries……

Global - https://www.oecd.org/employment-outlook/ and https://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-

reports/weso/2021/WCMS_795453/lang--en/index.htm
National – https://lmip.gov.au/
State – https://www.nationalskillscommission.gov.au/queensland
https://www.qgso.qld.gov.au/statistics/theme/economy/labour-employment/regional
Local - https://www.dese.gov.au/labour-market-information-portal/resources/brisbane-metropolitan-labour-
market-summary
 Your self marketing tools
• A tailored resume
• A tailored cover letter
• A professional LinkedIn profile and other digital portfolio
where appropriate (Design eg Animation, Games Design etc)
• Other social media presence where appropriate
• An elevator pitch

** Resources to assist you with this can be found on the Careers and Employment
website, Careerhub and Collaborate (Careers and Employment modules) **

Or Join one of our ‘7 Steps to Careers Success’ workshops for an in-depth tour with
superstar Professional Recruiter turned Career Consultant Justin Ellis.

watch week one – Professional Resume/CV Writing here

Where to find jobs – the 80/20 rule
Advertised jobs
• Graduate positions – Grad Australia, Grad Connection - highly competitive
• University jobs board – Careerhub, student recruitment
• Social media – LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Whirlpool, Forage
• Commercial recruitment sites – Seek, Indeed, Jora et al.
• Company/organisation websites
• Professional Association websites and journals
• Register with an agency
 2021 Employer Survey
105 Participating employers
AECOM CSL IRESS RACQ
Allens Deloitte King & Wood Mallesons REA Group
Allianz Department of Defence KordaMentha Reece Group
AMP Services Department of Education, Skills and Kraft Heinz Company RSM Australia
ANZ Employment Laing O'Rourke SA Power Networks
APA Group Department of Finance (WA) LBW Business + Wealth Advisors Saab Australia
Arup Department of Health Leidos Santos
Ashurst Department of Home Affairs Lendlease ShineWing
Atlassian Department of Infrastructure, Linfox SIG
Attorney-General's Department Transport, Regional Development Lockheed Martin Sydney Water
Auditor-General's Department - SA and Communications Macquarie Group Synergy
Aurecon Department of Premier and Cabinet Mainfreight Teach For Australia
Australian Bureau of Statistics (TAS) McConnell Dowell Thales
Australian Federal Police Department of the Prime Minister MYOB Thermo Fisher Scientific
Australian National Audit Office and Cabinet NAB ThoughtWorks Australia
Australian Prudential Regulation Department of Transport (VIC) NEC Australia Toll
Authority Department of Transport and Main Nestle Australia Transport for NSW
Australian Securities & Investments Roads (Qld) Newcrest Unilever Australia
Commission Department of Treasury (WA) NSW Department of Planning, Victorian Government Graduate
Australian Taxation Office Department of Veterans' Affairs Industry and Environment Program
BAE Systems Australia Energy Queensland NSW Public Service Commission Vmware
Baker Hughes Evolution Mining NTT Water Corporation
BDO EY PEXA Westpac
Canva FDM Group Pitcher Partners WSP
Carlton & United Breweries FINEOS PPG Industries Xero
carsales.com FTI Consulting Public Transport Authority
Chevron Australia GHD PwC
Coles Grant Thornton Queensland Rail
Colin Biggers & Paisley Hanson Australia Queensland Urban Utilities
Commonwealth Bank of Australia Honeywell RAA
Graduate Recruitment Strategies
Aggregated 2021 graduate recruitment
statistics for all participating
employers Out of the total applications
submitted, approx. 2.3% of
candidates receive an offer.
246,847 | Total applications submitted

111,595 | 1st round candidates 45% of applicants

17,863 | Final round candidates 16% of first round participants

6,743 | Candidate job offers 38% of final round participants

5,855 | Accepted job offers 87% acceptance rate

493 | Candidates who renege a graduate position 8% of graduates who initially

accepted an offer
Median number of graduate positions
per employer over the last decade
Median number of vacancies per employer
(2008 to 2021)
30

26
25 24
23
22
21 21
20 20
20
18 18 18 18
16
15
13

10

0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
 Job types being recruited for ?
Which of the following job types are you recruiting for your organisation for 2021?
Please select all that apply.
Possible Covid impact
IT 44%
Data Analytics 40%
Accounting or audit 36%
Finance 36%
Electrical / Electronic Engineering 31%
Software Engineering 29%
Mechanical Engineering 28%
Human Resources / Learning and Development 25%
Legal work 24%
Economics 23%
Business Analyst 19%
Environmental Science 18%
Policy development and implementation 18%
Possible Climate change Civil Engineering 17%
impact Marketing 17%
Risk Management 15%
Communications or Public Relations 14%
Chemical Engineering 13%
General Management 12%
Actuarial work 11%
Consulting 11%
Logistics 11%
Sales 11%
Possible Covid impact Taxation 9%
Mining Engineering 4%
Telecommunications 4%
Education 2%
Insurance 2%
Medicine 1%
Nursing 1%
Other (please specify) 20%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
Graduate roles offered to interns
Average graduate positions offered to Average graduate positions accepted by
Industry* Offer acceptance rate
interns by each employer interns for each employer

Accounting and professional services 134 116 86%

Australian Government 4 3 65%
Banking, financial services or insurance
25 22 87%

Engineering 33 32 98%
IT consulting, hardware or software 10 8 85%
Oil, gas, energy and resources 7 7 97%
State Government 2 1 45%
Utilities and water 5 4 75%

OVERALL AVERAGE 28 24 83%

Only industries with five or more employer responses have an industry breakdown provided. All employer responses, however, are included in the
overall average. All values in this table are rounded to the nearest whole number. Please note that the ‘offer acceptance rate’ column is calculated
with the unrounded values up to two decimal places.
*Due to the small sample size the industry insights are only an indication of AAGE member responses and cannot be extrapolated as a representation
across the industry. Reliance should not be placed on the industry insights included in this report.
 Vacation scheme acceptance rates
2020/2021 2019/2020
Average Average Average Average
Average Average
vacation vacation Offer vacation vacation Offer
vacation vacation
Industry* scheme scheme offers acceptance Industry* scheme scheme offers acceptance
scheme offers scheme offers
applications accepted per rate applications accepted per rate
per employer per employer
per employer employer per employer employer
Accounting Accounting
and and
5,413 207 198 95% 4,224 276 248 90%
professional professional
services services
Banking, Banking,
financial financial
2,699 52 48 94% 3,186 72 62 87%
services or services or
insurance insurance
Engineering 2,878 98 90 92%
Engineering 2,304 12 12 100%
IT consulting,
IT consulting,
hardware or 956 28 24 86%
hardware or 763 8 7 81%
software
software
OVERALL
OVERALL 2,078 65 61 93% 1,925 91 79 87%
AVERAGE AVERAGE

Only industries with five or more employer responses have an industry breakdown provided. All employer responses, however, are included in the overall average. All values in this table are rounded to the nearest whole number. Please note that the ‘offer acceptance rate’
column is calculated with the unrounded values up to two decimal places.
*Due to the small sample size the industry insights are only an indication of AAGE member responses and cannot be extrapolated as a representation across the industry. Reliance should not be placed on the industry insights included in this report.
 What skills do candidates lack?
Of the skills you assessed, which skills were your candidates most lacking during your recent recruitment process?
Please select all that apply.

Understanding of our organisation 34%

Commercial awareness 29%

Relevant work experience 15%

Communication skills 11%

Resilience 11%

Emotional intelligence 11%

Leadership 10%

Initiative and enterprise 9%

Interpersonal skills 8%

Self-Management 8%

Technology 8%

Planning and organising 4%

Teamwork 4%

Other (please specify) 11%

No skills found to be lacking 26%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

 Which types of candidates are hired?

Which of the following types of candidates does your organisation hire?

Please select all that apply.
Graduates 99%
Interns/Vacation students/Seasonal clerks (students who work for you during their university vacations) 63%
Co-op/Work Integrated Learning/Integrated Business Learning Students (students who spend 6-12… 36%
Cadets/Trainees (i.e. school leavers who work for your organisation whilst they study at university 31%
Apprentices 27%
School Leavers 11%
MBA graduates 9%
Other (please specify) 9%
Don't know 0%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

AAGE 2021 Employer Survey

Half of organisations offer a vacation
program
Does your organisation offer a vacation program?

50% 51%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Yes No
 Internships – where to look for advertised
positions?
• 2021 Top Internship programs (source AAGE)

• https://www.griffith.edu.au/learning-futures/service-learning

• Inside Sherpa virtual internships

• Company websites

• Seek et al

• Careerhub
Non advertised positions – finding them?
Concepts - Chaos Theory of Career Development & Serendipity
The Hidden Job Market

• Industry experience – work experience, placements , internships, vacation

programs
• Attend networking events, employment expos, etc
• Industry mentoring program
• Targeted speculative applications
Why are positions "Hidden"?
• Time taken in the advertising process – can be months
• Expense of advertising
• The pain of advertising – hundreds of applications
• May have part time or short term e.g. a 20 hr/wk position)
• May have employee resign today and need someone
immediately!
• People buy from people – often ask for employee referrals
• Team fit is really important!!
Your network includes

• Family, friends, neighbours, co-workers

• University staff, fellow students, alumni
• LinkedIn contacts
• Social contacts (gym, sports, church)
• Supervisors on placement
• Professional associations, employer events

**Leave no stone unturned – tell everyone you meet what you want to achieve!**

“ Ah, if you’re interested in…..you need to speak to…..”

Work Experience/Placement
Many opportunities:
•Paid or voluntary
•Part of course (W.I.L.) – find your faculty contact
•Informal work experience (arrange yourself)
Benefits:
Gives you:
• references
Remember…
• resume content
Insurance provided
• ≥ competitiveness
through GU if unpaid
• Contacts
Needs PD approval
• Career direction
Think outside the box

• Self employment / freelance

• Portfolio careers
• Market your services on Facebook et al

?????
Freelancing Ideas:

Nextdoor: https://au.nextdoor.com/

Airtasker: https://www.airtasker.com/earn-money/

The freelance collective:

https://thefreelancecollective.com.au/

Airstudy (Tutoring): https://www.airstudy.com.au/

Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/
 •Be persistent
A positive •Set achievable goals
•Prepare for the long haul
attitude to job •Don’t take rejections personally
•Get support
searching •Just do it! – it’s a numbers game
 Your Plan?
• What is your objective, what are you
chasing?
• What strategies will you adopt?
• Who can you reach out to?
• What is your Out of the Box?
Questions?

Julie Hodgson
Career Development Consultant
Nathan Campus (N12) Room 1.66
T +61 7 3735 3963 | email julie.hodgson@griffith.edu.au
 What did you learn?
What was useful?
What will you do differently?

Julie Hodgson
Career Development Consultant
Nathan Campus (N12) Room 1.66
T +61 7 3735 3963 | email julie.hodgson@griffith.edu.au
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