James Cook University
Careers and Employment Service:
Townsville Campus
Location: Student Services Building James Cook Drive, Townsville QLD 4811
Postal Address: Student Services Building James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811
Telephone: +61 7 4781 4711
Facsimile:+61 7 4781 4701
Careers Homepage: www.jcu.edu.au/careers
Email: careers@jcu.edu.au
University Switchboard: +61 7 4781 4111
Cairns Campus
Location: McGregor Road Smithfield Cairns QLD 4878
Postal Address: PO Box 6811 Cairns QLD 4878
Telephone: +61 7 4042 1150
Facsimile: +61 7 4042 1204
Careers Homepage: www.jcu.edu.au/careers
Email: careers@jcu.edu.au
University Switchboard: +61 7 4781 4111
University Homepage: www.jcu.edu.au
JCU is one of the world’s leading tropical research universities, providing excellence in teaching with modern facilities. With more than 170 undergraduate and 150 postgraduate degree programs from campuses in Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, Brisbane, Singapore, Mount Isa and Thursday Island, JCU graduates gain a unique combination of theoretical and practical skills during their studies and are in high demand by national and international employers.
Services and Programs
Online Job Listing ■ Contact with faculties arranged ■ Direct eMailout
■ Information sessions ■ Noticeboard advertising ■ Resource centre/careers library
■ Web banner advertising.
Equity Groups
We are able to assist you with recruitment of candidates from various equity groups through our ongoing contact with JCU’s Student Equity and Accessability services.
Facilities
Audiovisual equipment ■ Catering ■ Interview rooms ■ Lecture theatres ■ Parking ■ Videoconferencing.
There is generally no charge to employers for these services with the exception of catering and Videoconferencing.
Fields of Education
http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/courses/index.htm
Number of Graduating Students (approximate)
Accounting 110+; Arts/Humanities 300+; Business/Commerce 460+; Creative Arts 70+; Education 120+; Engineering 100+; Health and Biomedical Sciences 520+; IT/Computer Science 70+; Law/Legal Studies 50+; Science 250+
Staff
Cairns Campus
Careers and Employment
Careers Counsellor:
Joanne Webster
T: +61 7 4042 1150
E: Joanne.Webster@jcu.edu.au
Student and Graduate Employment Contact
Lisa Crema
T: +61 7 4042 1152
E: Lisa.Crema@jcu.edu.au
Careers Information Contact
Suzanne McIntyre
T +61 7 4042 1150
E: Suzanne.McIntyre@jcu.edu.au
Townsville Campus:
Graduate Employment Officer,
Dr Gillian Walls, T: +61 7 4781 6836
E: gillian.walls@jcu.edu.au
Careers Counsellor,
Debby Hourston, T: +61 7 4781 4711
E: debby.hourston@jcu.edu.au
Tara Harrold, T: +61 7 4781 4711
E: tara.harrold@jcu.edu.au
Careers Officer,
Rosie Gonzalez, T: +61 7 4781 4088
E: rosie.gonzalez@jcu.edu.au
2012 Dates
Semester 1: 20 Feb – 15 June
Semester 2: 23 July – 16 Nov
Employer Visits
For Employer Information sessions and on-campus Interviews please contact:
Townsville Campus: Graduate Employment Officer, 07 4781 6836;
Cairns Campus: Graduate and Student Employment Officer, 07 4042 1152
Careers Fairs
Cairns: Tuesday, 06 March 2012
Townsville: Wednesday, 07 March 2012.