Category: Events & Workshops

Want to fast track your future career? Each year, Griffith Industry Mentors provide our students (and 2018 graduates!) with practical and inspiring career advice, industry insight and a glimpse into the world of work. Our community Mentors spans the world – with over 900 mentors from a wide variety of industries, there’s bound to be a great one for you! Ready to be a part of it? Expressions of interest for Trimester 1, 2019 are now open. To be matched with an Industry Mentor, you will need to have completed at least 80 credit points (undergraduate students). Postgraduate students and PhD candidates can join the Program at any stage of their studies. Get involved in our Online, Brisbane or Gold Coast programs. The best part? You select your mentor from our community of experts, so you know upfront that your match will be directly relevant to your career.

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If you are a recent graduate, a final year student or a penultimate student ready to explore your career options, stay up to date with employers visiting campus this trimester. Even first year students can benefit from attending these events, as it’s never too early to start thinking about where you want your degree to take you. Employer visits are an excellent outlet for actively practicing networking and self promotion, as well as a direct opportunity to meet face to face with the graduate recruitment team at your dream organization.

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Trimester 1 isn’t far away and if you didn’t study in trimester 3, coming back on campus could be a shock to the system. To ensure that coming back to uni (or starting uni) doesn’t feel like jumping into a freezing pool in the middle of winter, there are some steps you can take to ease yourself in.

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Trimester 3 is on the way and so are our informative and interesting careers seminars! Boost your employability for T3. Is there are certain skill that you feel you need to improve before you begin your job search? If you are graduating in December and on the hunt for a graduate role or just looking for a Christmas casual gig, our T3 Careers Seminars can give you the skills to smash your goals. Secure your spot now!

 

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Do you have a passion for travel? Are your customer service skills out of this world? Do you know how to make an easy sale? Are you in your final year of study?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you should seriously consider the 2018 Retail Leadership Graduate Program with Flight Centre! As a Flight Centre grad, you will have access to travel discounts, support from senior staff, a great salary with added commission and a fun company culture. You will receive all the tools you need to help your career take off!

If you want to learn more about the program and network with current Flight Centre employees, come along to their event at Nathan campus on the 21st of September.

Date: Thursday, 21st of September

Time: 11AM

Venue: Nathan Campus N78 1.19

Register now.

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By Alex Hargreaves

When attending networking events, it is easy to feel intimidated by senior managers who are smooth talkers and know exactly what to say and when to say it. They seem to ooze confidence, command attention and are always dressed in the best. University students are completely allowed to be, and are even expected to be, a little awkward in these situations. It is good to keep in mind that senior leaders have usually been in their industry for a very long time and have gained a wealth of insight and experience into what they do. This extensive knowledge fuels their confidence when discussing their work with new people.

Nevertheless, if you would like to have an air of professionalism about you despite your lack of industry experience and/or age, this can definitely be achieved. When you put into practice the following skills, respect will instantly be earned!

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Are you obsessed with Google? Do you want to the chance to put your Googley-ness into action this year? Do you like to help people succeed? Yes, yes and yes? Perhaps you might want to consider signing up for the 2017 Google Online Marketing Challenge.

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