Career Hours Workshops
Graduate Careers Program - Subject No 300-627
Career Hours” are interactive career development workshops which explore different career issues every session. We strongly encourage you to attend these sessions to learn new skills and knowledge, engage with others, and develop a sense of your career.
In 2008 for the first time the Career Hours are offered as a not-for-credit subject called “Graduate Careers Program” under subject no 300-627. The subject is offered twice a year in both Semester 1 and Semester 2.
If you attend at 9 out of 11 sessions during one semester, the Graduate Careers Program will appear on your academic transcript, which is likely to be considered favourably by employers and recruiters. Alternatively you can just attend the sessions of your choice, however this will not appear on your academic transcript.
Career Hours are run weekly through the teaching periods of the year, and are facilitated by the Graduate Careers Centre Team or by invited experts.
Attendance is free, however places are limited by the capacity of the lecture theatres.
Benefits
The Career Hours workshops making up the Graduate Careers Program aim at providing you with developmental opportunities for broadening self awareness, opportunity awareness, career knowledge and networks as well as job search and workplace skills.
During these sessions you have the opportunity to:
- Acquire new information and knowledge;
- Build on your existing career knowledge;
- Share career stories
- Gain and practise new career skills
Each session has a theoretical and a practical component with knowledge and skill building activities essential for career building and advancement.
Themes Covered
The main themes covered are:
- Self Awareness - self assessment, career readiness and strategic career planning
- Opportunity Awareness – global and local employment trends, company information
- Applications - CV writing, letters, addressing selection criteria, online forms
- Selection- online tests, assessment centres, group interviews, individual interviews
- Workplace communication - salary negotiations, performance review
- Online career materials and their applicability in the total career development process
- Career planning for global employment – transferability of local knowledge and skills
The 2008 Career Hours Schedule
View the 2008 Semester 1 Career Hours Schedule