ATTRACT TALENTED STUDENTS & GRADUATES TO YOUR BUSINESS CONNECT: CAREERS CENTRAL

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1 ATTRACT TALENTED STUDENTS & GRADUATES TO YOUR BUSINESS CONNECT: CAREERS CENTRAL

2 Whether you re looking to raise your organisation s profile, network with talented students, or just need some good strategies to grow your talent pipeline, UOW Careers Central can work with you to find a solution tailored to your requirements. POPULAR SERVICES & PROGRAMS: Careers expos Information sessions & workshops hosted by you Student conferences Recruitment advertising Mentoring & internship programs Access student teams to help solve a business problem or process improvement challenge Opportunities to make formal linkages and partnerships with UOW Visit the online Employer Portal to access all our services: uow.edu.au/careers/employers CONTACT UOW CAREERS CENTRAL GENERAL ENQUIRIES EMPLOYER PROGRAMS TEAM WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING TEAM INTERNATIONAL CAREER CONSULTANT careers@uow.edu.au Sofie Kokalevski sofie@uow.edu.au Roz Pocius rozp@uow.edu.au Kim Hernandez khernand@uow.edu.au Rowena Towers rowenat@uow.edu.au

3 OUR GRADUATES TOP 1% OF UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD - RESEARCH QUALITY Ranked 186th in the world on our research quality [Leiden Rankings 2013] TOP 100 IN THE WORLD FOR GRADUATE REPUTATION Employers rank our graduates in the top 100 universities in the world [QS World University Rankings - Graduate Employers Survey 2013] STUDENT NUMBERS 4,300+ Faculty of Law, Humanities & The Arts 2,500+ Faculty of Social Sciences 3,800+ Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences 4,400+ Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health 4,500+ Faculty of Business The UOW Careers Central team has been fantastic in helping us build long and short term graduate recruitment strategies. They really listen to our needs and offer a range of career events & recruitment services to facilitate our hiring requirements. ADELE CHARLTON, CISCO SYSTEMS Approximate number of students studying onshore in 2014 View undergraduate and postgraduate Course Handbooks: uow.edu.au/handbook

4 ENGAGE WITH UOW STUDENTS CAREERS EXPOS Meet talented UOW students in person. Exhibiting your organisation at our careers expos is a highly effective way of building awareness of your organisation s brand. Employers who attend regularly find they are a cost effective and efficient means of targeting high performing future graduates across a variety of disciplines. For the latest information, exhibitor guides and online bookings visit: GraduateRecruiters GRADUATE CAREERS EXPO DATE: 6 March 2014 Single Stand $1, GST incl. SPRING CAREERS EXPO DATE: 7 August 2014 Single Stand $ GST incl. EDUCATION CAREERS EXPO DATE: April 2014 Single Stand $ GST incl. HEALTH CAREERS EXPO Single Stand $ GST incl. DATE: Spring Session 2014 CAREER READINESS CONFERENCES Arts, Communications & Media and International Studies Autumn Session 2014 Psychology Spring Session 2014 Science Autumn Session 2014 Health Spring Session 2014 At these conferences, students learn from industry professionals who inspire and motivate them on what it takes to succeed in their chosen career. Conference programs are tailored to each discipline and offer professional development opportunities, information on graduate opportunities and job-seeking. Get involved to share your skills and industry knowledge. Contact Rowena Towers to get involved and find out more about the Career Readiness conferences. EMPLOYER PRESENTATIONS Enhance your profile on campus with an information session or host a skills based workshop to help students develop their employability skills. HOST AN INFORMATION SESSION Hosting an information session puts you in direct contact with potential candidates, and provides an opportunity for you to educate students on opportunities and recruitment processes. Once you tell us your selection criteria, we will target students accordingly. We can also organise sessions via video conference. From $ GST incl. per session per hour Price includes the use of UOW facilities, event coordination and promotion. HOST A WORKSHOP A skills based workshop provides the perfect platform to enhance your organisation s profile on campus, and is attractive to students who want to learn essential skills and receive advice. Share your industry-specific knowledge on careers, resumes and online applications, assessment centres, psychometric testing and interviews. Students will value the experience and this will impact positively on your organisation s reputation among the student population. Skills based workshops are subject to approval. TERMS & CONDITIONS Please refer to the employer portal on our website for information on our cancellation policy and our advertising Terms and Conditions. uow.edu.au/careers/employers CAREER ACCELERATE High achieving students are invited to participate in Career Accelerate, an intensive program aimed at supporting students through the rigorous application and recruitment processes involved in applying and securing graduate level jobs. Get involved in panel discussions, run workshops and attend networking events. Contact Sofie Kokalevski to get involved and find out more about Career Accelerate.

5 EY values the service that the UOW Careers Central provides. They understand our campus recruitment needs and are always pro-active in providing EY opportunities to connect with their students. JENNY KANTAROVSKI, CAMPUS RECRUITMENT ERNST & YOUNG

6 OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH UOW CAREERS CENTRAL Work Integrated Learning (WIL) allows industry and universities to work together to develop Australia s future workforce. WIL is now best practice in many parts of the world in a wide range of industries. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE - INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Open up your organisation to capable bilingual students who bring high calibre skills and an international perspective to your organisation. Professional Practice programs prepare international students to find work in Australia. Students are available for placements from all disciplines, with a particular focus in engineering and accounting fields. All students have full working rights in Australia and placements can be paid or unpaid with liability covered by UOW. Students are available for placement during semester and semester breaks. The program promotes, supports and develops quality work experience for the benefit of postgraduate international students, organisations and the local economy. Talk to Kim, one of our International Careers Consultants: khernand@uow.edu.au or (02) for more information. LUCY MENTORING PROGRAM - LAW STUDENTS Share your expertise and experience with a student whose ambition is to work in your field. The Lucy Mentoring Program inspires, motivates and educates women about the opportunities available in private law firms, public sector agencies and major corporations both in the Illawarra and Sydney. Mentors work with a competitively selected undergraduate student in their penultimate or final year of their law degree. If you can commit 35 hours to supporting a student while they complete a work-based activity, and provide networking and careers advice we can individually match you with a student and provide the framework for working effectively together. Contact Michele, our Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts Career Consultant for more information: (02) or michelek@uow.edu.au UNIVATIVE: TEAM SOLUTIONS Access keen, motivated, fresh thinking students who will work as a team to provide innovative solutions to your business needs. UniVative gives you the opportunity to raise your profile among UOW students and scout for future talent. It allows multidisciplinary teams of students to demonstrate their skills and apply them to a real-world challenge. Teams work on resolving your business challenge and provide you with a full report including findings and recommendations. Talk to Roz, our Work Integrated Learning Coordinator for more information: rozp@uow.edu.au or phone (02) STUDENT INTERNSHIP/WORK PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES Students from UOW are keen to see the relevance of their course content applied to real-world situations. Work placements and internships provide the opportunity to link their discipline to your business or profession. Students combine theoretical and practical learning within a workplace environment. We run a suite of careers focused subjects that involve student placements and invite you to register your interest. Contact us at careers@uow.edu.au or phone (02) for more information. Employer Work Integrated Learning Portal: uow.edu.au/careers/wil

7 RECRUITMENT & ADVERTISING SERVICES CAREERHUB Make an early connection with talented UOW students and future graduates via our online careers and employment portal, CareerHub. Advertise your employment opportunities or careerrelated events to over 30,000 registered UOW students and recent graduates. Register on CareerHub to start connecting with our students. ONLINE BANNER ADVERTISING Showcase employment opportunities and career related events via Online Banner Advertising on CareerHub. Banner advertisements ensure your logo and message is displayed prominently inside CareerHub s student portal and provides a direct link to your website. If you are advertising an off campus career-related event, relevant to UOW students, we will include it on CareerHub s online events listing. SMS SERVICE Notify students about opportunities with your organisation via SMS. We find many students don t check their uni account during session breaks, so it s a good idea to utilise our SMS service rather than risk missing out. $0.55 GST incl. per message - limit of 160 characters including spaces CAMPUS INTERVIEWS Interview UOW student candidates on campus at any time throughout the year. A variety of interview facilities are available and we also offer an online interview booking service. Remote interviews can also be conducted using our teleconference or SKYPE facilities. From $ GST incl. per interview room/per day $ (incl GST) per calendar month or $ (incl GST) per 2 weeks DIRECT OUT Send information about your opportunities direct to your targeted student cohort via our service. Less than 300 students $1.20 GST incl. / students $0.85 GST incl. / SEMESTER DATES Teaching Weeks Non Teaching Week SEMESTER SEMESTER March - 13 June 21 July - 7 Nov April 29 Sep - 3 Oct Exams 14 June - 26 June 8 Nov - 20 Nov Semester Break 30 June - 25 July 21 Nov March 2015 More than 1000 students $0.60 GST incl. / Use this information to determine the most suitable time to promote opportunities to our students. We will work with you to pinpoint the appropriate timeframes for promoting your recruitment opportunities, factoring in your opening and closing dates. All key dates can be found online: uow.edu.au/student/dates

8 LEARN MORE For more information contact: Careers Central Building 11, Lower Ground Floor University of Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia uow.edu.au/careers The University of Wollongong attempts to ensure the information contained in this publication is correct at the time of production (Dec 2013); however, sections may be amended without notice by the University in response to changing circumstances or for any other reason. UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG CRICOS: 00102E