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GCA Membership - Benefits and How To Join

There are currently three types of GCA membership, which offer different levels of access to our products and services. Follow one of the links below to see which membership type is right for you:

For new members, an initial combined joining fee and annual subscription provides first access to all publications in the GCA range (or selected products if you take out an Associate membership). Ongoing membership, which entails receiving copies of all new and updated publications, is renewed each year on 1 January with the annual subscription payment (for details of the payment schedule see attached sheet).

Membership of GCA offers involvement in the activities and direction of this vital organisation which operates at the education/employment nexus, and which has strong links with Government, Higher Education and the commercial sector. Membership also offers a cost-competitive and easy way to secure the growing range of GCA publications.

To help you choose which is appropriate to your particular circumstances as an individual/organisation, here is a full breakdown of the benefits below:

1. Associate Membership

On Joining - Entitles you to Graduate Grapevine, the GCA newsletter (four issues each year), career information booklets, Your Career and You, the Guide to Campus Recruiting and selected other titles from the publication series. The current range of career information booklets includes: Accounting, All Graduates, Engineering, Environment, Human Resources, Information Technology, Journalism, Law, Minerals, Nursing & Midwifery, Psychology, Science, Teaching and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

On Renewal – Associate Membership guarantees copies of all new and updated career information booklets, new editions of the Guide to Campus Recruiting, ongoing Graduate Grapevine subscription and selected careers publications as they become available.

2. Professional Membership

On Joining - Entitles you to all GCA publications including:

  • career information booklets (as above)
  • annual employment/salary reports, including Graduate Destinations, Graduate Salaries, Postgraduate Destinations, Graduate Course Experience, Postgraduate Research Experience and Grads, Jobs and Dollars
  • the Graduate Recruitment Handbook and the Guide to Campus Recruiting
  • career publications such as Graduate Opportunities and Your Career and You
  • newsletters including Graduate Grapevine and electronic newsletters
  • various other publications distributed by GCA, which may be available at discounted prices
  • eligiblity to vote at GCA general meetings, and under some circumstances to apply for membership of the Board of Directors.

On Renewal – Professional membership guarantees copies of all new and updated GCA publications, including the Guide To Campus Recruiting and the series of Graduate Destination Survey reports (six titles), continuing access to GCA services/events and various discounted publications.

3. Corporate Membership

On Joining - Ensures that you are in a unique position to make your organisation's views known to a body that is strategically placed at the interface of educational institutions, government policy makers and employers. Corporate membersip also entitles you to:

  • all GCA publications as per Professional Membership above
  • some discounted advertising rates in specific GCA publications and on the Graduate Careers Australia website
  • stand for nomination to the GCA Board.

On Renewal – Corporate Membership ensures first access to new and updated GCA publications as they become available, as well as information about reduced-cost advertising packages. Continuing access to GCA Board nomination, and opportunities to participate in GCA activities, is also guaranteed.

NEW MEMBERS - Cost of Membership*

FULL YEAR: If membership commences between 1 January and 31 March

Type of Membership

Annual Subscription (pre GST)

Joining Fee (pre GST)

Total Payable in 1st year (pre GST)

Total Payable in 1st year (inc. GST)

Associate

A$75

A$25

A$100

A$110

Professional

A$230

A$120

A$350

A$385

Corporate

A$425

A$125

A$550

A$605

If membership commences between 1 April and 30 June

Type of Membership

Annual Subscription (pre GST)

Joining Fee (pre GST)

Total Payable in 1st year (pre GST)

Total Payable in 1st year (inc. GST)

Associate

A$55

A$25

A$80

A$88

Professional

A$170

A$120

A$290

A$319

Corporate

A$315

A$125

A$440

A$484

If membership commences between 1 July and 30 September

Type of Membership

Annual Subscription (pre GST)

Joining Fee (pre GST)

Total Payable in 1st year (pre GST)

Total Payable in 1st year (inc. GST)

Associate

A$35

A$25

A$60

A$66

Professional

A$110

A$120

A$230

A$253

Corporate

A$215

A$125

A$340

A$374

If membership commences between 1 October and 31 December

Type of Membership

Annual Subscription (pre GST)

Joining Fee (pre GST)

Total Payable in 1st year (pre GST)

Total Payable in 1st year (inc. GST)

Associate

A$15

A$25

A$40

A$44

Professional

A$60

A$120

A$180

A$198

Corporate

A$105

A$125

A$230

A$253

CURRENT MEMBERS - Cost of Renewal*

Type of Membership

Annual Sub Renewal

GST

Total

Associate

A$75

A$7.50

A$82.50

Professional

A$230

A$23

A$253

Corporate

A$425

A$42.50

A$467.50

*NB applications for membership outside Australia do not attract a GST component - please take pre-GST figure as total cost

For more information, contact Di Rachinger, Business Development/Relationships Manager on (03) 8344 9360 or [email protected] or download the brochure and application form below (membership costs are as listed above)

GCA Brochure 2005 GCA Product Order Form


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