Macquarie University

Career Service

Location: Level 2, C8A Lincoln Building
Postal Address: Macquarie University North Ryde 2109
Telephone: +61 2 9850 7372
Facsimile: +61 2 9850 7388
Homepage:  www.mq.edu.au/careers
Email: careers@mq.edu.au
University Switchboard: +61 2 9850 7111
University Homepage: www.mq.edu.au

Macquarie’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Steven Schwartz, declares that Macquarie is a university on the move. “Our aim is to push Macquarie into the top eight research universities in Australia and the top 200 in the world.” He believes we’re well on the way – boosting our research effort and ensuring our learning and teaching is of the highest class.

Macquarie has been recognised in the most recent Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities, being ranked equal eighth in Australia. A unique new undergraduate scholarship scheme is being offered that not only will generously reward students who have demonstrated academic excellence, but will have an equally strong commitment to equity. Macquarie emphasises social service and volunteering through the Global Futures Program which commenced in 2010 to support the university’s new curriculum. This is the first initiative of its kind in the Australian tertiary sector.

To support the transition of our students into employment, the Career Service offers a friendly and proactive service to employers. 2010 saw the introduction of a ‘bespoke’ career service offering to augment the existing ‘central’ service. This model was based on the setting of a strategic, theoretical and operating framework for service delivery with staff working from the central career office and, being aligned as ‘account managers’ for specific sub populations. These included Faculty Business and Economics, Human Sciences, Arts, Sciences, International and Post Graduate students.

Services and Programs
Consultative committees and liaison with academic departments ■ vacancy advertising ■ Employer/industry involvement  ■ Faculty/discipline specific seminars and workshops ■ Employer presentations ■ Generic skills training ■ Skills workshops ■ Web jobs board/register ■ Sponsorship opportunities.

Facilities
Audiovisual equipment ■ Catering ■ Interview rooms ■ Lecture theatres.

Fields of Education
Accounting (Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting), Actuarial Studies, Asian Languages, Australian Studies, Bioinformatics, Business (Administration, Computing, Law), Christian Studies (Education, Humanities), Creative Arts, Cultural Studies, Demography, Development Studies & Culture Change, Early Childhood Studies, eBusiness, Economics, Education (EarlyChildhood, Primary, Secondary Teaching), Education Studies, ElectronicCommerce & Database Systems, Electronics & Communication Systems, Engineering (Electronics, Instrumentation & Control, Photonics, SoftwareTelecommunications, Wireless), English, European Languages, Finance, History (Ancient, Modern), Human Resource Management, IndigenousStudies, International Studies (Business, Communication), Linguistics, Law,Marketing, Media Studies, Museum Studies, Music Studies, OperationsResearch, Philosophy, Planning, Politics & International Relations, Population Studies, Public Law, Sciences (Analytical Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, Anthropology, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Biodiversity & Conservation Biology, Biological Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Brain, Behaviour & Evolution, Chemistry, Chiropractic Science, Ecology, Environmental Sciences & Resource Management, Genetics, Geochemistry, Geoecology, Geographic Information Science, Geography (Human,Physical), Geology, Geophysics & Exploration Geoscience, Health Studies(Community, International), Information Technology & Computing, Marine Science, Mathematics, Medical Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Optical Technology, Palaeontology & Palaeobiology, Physics;Plant Science, Psychology, Sociology, Speech & Hearing Sciences, Zoology), Social Science, Statistics, Women’s Studies.

Number of Graduating Students (approximate)
Accounting 500+; Arts/Humanities 500+; Business/Commerce 500+; Chiropractic Science 50+; Education 300+; Health & Biomedical Sciences 50+; IT/Computer Science 200+; Law/Legal Studies 200+; Media 50+; Science 250+.
Over 30 per cent of our 34,000 students are international. Contact the Career Service for further information.

Staff

Head:
Darren Peters
T: +61 2 9850 7372
E: darren.peters@mq.edu.au

Dates

Semester 1: 21 Feb – 6 Jun;
Semester 2: 1 Aug – 14 Nov
Exam period 1: 6 – 27 Jun;
Exam period 2: 14 – 5 Dec
Vacations: 11 – 22 Apr; 27 Jun – 29 Jul; 19 Sep – 30 Sep

Employer Visits
Employers are welcome throughout the year.

Careers Fairs
Work Experience Expo: 09 Aug 2011
Graduate Recruitment Fair: 21 Mar 2012