Leadership experience can help you develop skills that will make you more employable.
Apply to be a Peer Mentor to assist new students to ECU. Send an expression of interest to careers@ecu.edu.au
Nominate for a guild club leadership role.
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Build your career skills by undertaking these tasks.
Get Career Ready - Middle Years Checklist
Your career development opportunities are available every day of university.
Now that you’re mid-way through your learning journey, you may already be looking beyond your time as a student.
The Careers and Employability team is here to help you develop and recognise your employability skills throughout your degree. Putting together the building blocks so you’ll be ready for employment when you graduate. Please consider the following pointers to start building your career knowledge.
Connect to industry using your LinkedIn profile.
Log-in to CareerHub and work through the 'Know Your Market' module.
Work Integrated Learning provides work placement opportunities as part of your studies to enhance your employability and build on your network.
Contact your school’s WIL Coordinator or WIL Team for more information.
Join professional associations.
Research the most relevant association to your career goal and sign up.
Virtual Work Experience and Internships
Apply for virtual work experience and internships to develop and showcase your skills.
Take a look at;
Forage
Practera
Grad Connection
Vacation Programs
Apply for a paid summer or winter vacation program, usually 4 to 12 weeks in duration, especially designed for students in their penultimate year of their degree to gain experience during the university break.
Just two examples of the many vacation programs available across multiple study disciplines are Water Corporation and PWC Vacation program.
Not sure what the difference is between a vacation program, internship or graduate program? Read this article.
Volunteering
Explore strategic volunteering linked to your degree that will benefit your community.
Use the 'Finding Work Experience' ECU Career Hack for a guide on finding work experience and placements
Customise your résumé according to job market requirements and actual job roles. Attend a Résumé workshop to get expert advice from the Careers and Employability team. |
Use the 'Selection Criteria' ECU Career Hack for a guide about addressing selection criteria..
Find job advertisements to build knowledge about essential and desirable criteria.
ECU students have free access to LinkedIn Learning courses.