UQ Life

Employability

  • Fireside Discussions

    Employability
    The Career Fireside discussion series allows UQ's Career Advisors to directly address the issues that students are asking questions about right now at a set time each week – Tuesday @ 11am.

  • Virtual Internships with Inside Sherpa

    6 May 2020 11:00am–12:00pm
     
    in Employer Insights
    While we’re all going through a lot of change at the moment, you can still use this time to upskill, improve your resume and develop your employability! InsideSherpa is a fantastic, free resource where you can experience what it’s like to work at a range of world leading companies from the comfort of home.

  • Pump Your LinkedIn Profile: Get Ready to Rock!

    30 April 2020 11:00am–12:00pm
     
    in Employer Insights
    LinkedIn has partnered together with UQ to bring you an unforgettable LinkedIn Rock Your Profile virtual event experience.

  • Employer Insights

    Employability
    The sessions in the Employer Insights series will provide you with insights from industry aon a variety of topics that will support you to develop your employability.

  • Career Development Learning Workshops

    Employability
    Spend some time upskilling yourself to get ahead of the curve and make yourself more employable than ever.

  • Dear future graduates...

    Published on: 3 March 2020
    Tahlia Smith recently graduated as Valedictorian of The University of Queensland. Having accepted a job offer in Canberra as Executive Assistant to the Ambassador of Ecuador, Tahlia maintains that the Global Experiences she undertook through UQ set her on the path to success.

  • From research to exchange: how the Summer Research Program set me up for success

    Published on: 4 March 2020
    Isabelle undertook a Summer Research Program in 2017 that led to her contributing to a published article in the peer-reviewed US-Japan Women's Journal. Her experiences gave her the confidence and drive to not only undertake a semester exchange to Tokyo, Japan, but also to undertake further research and translation projects.
  • Students attending the G20 YEA Summit in Fukuoka, Japan

    My journey to the G20 YEA Summit

    Published on: 1 November 2019
    The personal histories of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates have always been an inspiration to me, and their journeys to becoming entreprenuers have provided me with a sense of awe. Call it a case of ‘imposter syndrome,’ but I never really considered myself as one.

  • 5 top tips to make LinkedIn work for you

    Published on: 20 September 2019
    Check out these tips from Jamie Jones, Career Development Adviser, on how to make your LinkedIn profile stand out. Networking has become the second most popular method employers use for recruitment with 32% of vacancies being filled through word of mouth.

  • A day in the life of a Student Mentor

    Published on: 23 July 2019
    Mentoring at UQ is more than just showing new students around. The experience can be a rewarding one that not only lets you give back to others, but also offers a chance to build on key skills employers love. Current mentors Jessie Storey and Bjarn Biederstadt share their recent experiences as student mentors.

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