About Graduate Careers Australia

• What is GCA?
• GCA Membership - Benefits and How to Join
• Who's Who at Graduate Careers Australia
• Products and Services
• Event Presentations
• Shop

What is GCA?

Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) is the leading authority on graduate employment issues in Australia. We use this position to foster employment and career opportunities for graduates, in association with the higher education sector, government and business.

What is GCA?

GCA is a peak body with representatives from universities and government, as well as graduate recruiters. GCA has been in existence for over 40 years operating as a not-for-profit company. We have a small number of permanent staff and a Board of Directors, and working parties meet to deal with particular issues. As well as the Executive Director and Directors from the corporate sector, the Board has senior representatives from the following organisations.

• Universities Australia
• Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) 
• National Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (NAGCAS)

What Does GCA Do?

GCA works to:

• promote and foster employment and career opportunities for graduates from higher education institutions
• provide marketing opportunities,  resources and advice for those wishing to recruit graduates
• provide high quality careers education products and services targeted at tertiary students and those intending to undertake tertiary studies
• conduct national research projects related to graduate outcomes and recruitment, including undergraduate expectations and perceptions of employment after university (the University and Beyond Survey), graduate outcomes and experiences four months post-graduation (the Australian Graduate Survey) and employer expectations and perceptions (the Graduate Outlook Survey)
• form a proactive networking facility for all parties involved in graduate employment and training. 

How is GCA related to Graduate Careers Australia Ltd?

GCA is the brand name given to resources produced by the Graduate Careers Australia Ltd (the legal corporate entity).

GCA Websites

The GCA portfolio includes popular websites, such as where you are now! The GCA website is Australia’s first and most comprehensive source of information about graduate careers and employment. The website provides resources for students and graduates of Australian universities, as well as employers, careers professionals and researchers.

• Students and Graduates – The GCA website offers an all-in-one job vacancy search , career profiles , Careers Service contacts , résumé and job application writing tips , interview strategies and information about further study .
• Employers – visit the Employer Resource Centre to find information on recruitment, developing successful graduate programs and more
• Careers Professionals – in addition to breaking news and events concerning higher education and careers, professional resources and reference tools and more
• University Researchers/Media Staff – the latest data derived from the Australian Graduate Survey (AGS), as well as various reports and publications concerning the graduate labour market, can be found in the Research Centre . A summary of our research findings can also be found in GradFiles & GradStats .

GradsOnline (www.gradsonline.com.au ) is a valuable free online resource offering graduate destinations, employment and starting salaries information. Developed from GCA’s Australian Graduate Survey, the site allows users to search the survey data and generate results according to the degree type and field of study.

The Graduate Opportunities website (www.graduateopportunities.com ) is packed with info for prospective graduates who are thinking about what kind of graduate job they want in the future. The many features of GO’s website include employer profiles of national and international companies, as well as up to the minute career and job-hunting advice.

GCA Publications, DVDs and Videos

The GCA range of careers education materials also includes many booklets, directories and DVDs and videos, which are essential viewing for students, grads, careers staff and graduate employers in Australia and beyond. For more information about the full range of careers resources, visit the Products and Services  page, and don’t forget that many of the written publications are available as FREE downloads from this site!

Contacting GCA
Location: Level 10/313 La Trobe Street VIC 3000
Postal Address: PO Box 12103 A'Beckett Street VIC 8006
GCA Switchboard Telephone: +61 3 9605 3700
GCA Helpdesk: +61 3 9670 5860
Facsimile: +61 3 9670 5752
Email: info@graduatecareers.com.au

Don't forget your university Careers Services can also help you with other career information and advice; visit Campus Contacts .

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:

• Associate membership
• Professional membership
• Corporate membership
• New members - cost of membership
• Current members - cost of renewal

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:

• Careers for Engineering Graduates
• Careers for Graduates with Disability
• Careers for Human Resources Graduates
• Careers for Information Technology Graduates
• Careers for Law Graduates
• Careers for Psychology Graduates
• Careers for Science Graduates
• Careers in Chartered Accounting
• Careers in Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability
• Careers in Nursing & Midwifery
• Careers in Social Work
• Careers in Teaching
• Careers in the Environment
• Careers in Media & the Arts
• Enhancing Careers Through Postgraduate Study
• Minerals Industry Careers

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

If membership commences between 1 April and 30 June

If membership commences between 1 July and 30 September

If membership commences between 1 October and 31 December

CURRENT MEMBERS - Cost of Renewal*

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

For more information, contact Graduate Careers Australia on +61 3 9605 3700 or info@graduatecareers.com.au  or download the brochure and application form below (membership costs are as listed above)

GCA Product Order Form

Who's Who at Graduate Careers Australia

Executive Director
Cindy Tilbrook
Telephone:+61 3 9605 3740
Email: cindy.tilbrook@graduatecareers.com.au

Research Associate
Anton Griffith
Telephone:+61 3 9605 3711
Email: anton.griffth@graduatecareers.com.au

Research Manager
Bruce Guthrie
Telephone:+61 2 6367 5347
Email: bruce.guthrie@graduatecareers.com.au

Executive Assistant
Colette Keech
Telephone:+61 3 9605 3700
Email: colette.keech@graduatecareers.com.au

Research Associate
Darren Matthews
Telephone: +61 3 9605 3712
Email: darren.matthews@graduatecareers.com.au

Research Associate
David Carroll
Telephone: +61 3 9605 3713
Email: david.carroll@graduatecareers.com.au

Senior Research Associate
Graeme Bryant
Telephone: +61 3 9605 3710
Email: graeme.bryant@graduatecareers.com.au

Publications & Communications Manager
Graham Watson
Telephone:+61 3 9605 3721 or +61 3 9670 5860
Email: graham.watson@graduatecareers.com.au

Print and Web Designer
Hina Khan
Telephone: +61 3 9605 3722
Email: hina.khan@graduatecareers.com.au

Sales and Marketing Executive (GO)
Ian Burke
Telephone: +61 3 9605 3733
Email: ian.burke@graduatecareers.com.au

Project and Production Manager (GO)
Jane Castles
Telephone: +61 3 9605 3723
Email: jane.castles@graduatecareers.com.au

Sales and Marketing Executive (GO)
Joanne Kilbourne
Telephone: +61 3 9605 3731
Email: joanne.kilbourne@graduatecareers.com.au

Sales and Marketing Manager (GO)
Kathy Unger
Telephone: +61 7 3303 8664
Fax: +61 7 3303 8445
Email: kathy.unger@graduatecareers.com.au

Administrative Assistant (P-T)
Tess Whittakers
Telephone: +61 3 9605 3701
Email: tess.whittakers@graduatecareers.com.au

Products and Services

• Research Reports
• Career Education/Graduate Recruitment Publications
• Videos
• Order Form (PDF)
• Statistical Data Service
• Mailing Service

GCA Products

From the GCA shop  you can purchase items online by credit card. For other methods of payment, please print out the order form found at the bottom of this page. Remember that if you join GCA as a Professional, Corporate or Associate member you will be entitled to various GCA publications at a significantly reduced rate - for more information visit the Membership Section

GCA's range of products have been developed for students, graduates and careers staff, as well as providing important information about the graduate labour market in Australia and abroad.

Graduate Outlook Survey
The Graduate Outlook Survey reports on feedback from graduate employers about the state of the graduate market, the success of their recruitment campaigns and their perceptions of graduates’ wishes and expectations.
Price: $110.00

The annual Research Survey Reports are derived from the data collected from the Australian Graduate Survey. The reports are as follows:

Graduate Destinations
Graduate Destinations is Australia’s official annual review of the activities of university graduates who have recently completed their qualification. Graduates are surveyed around four months after course completion and the report analyses their employment status, type of work gained and further study undertaken.
Price: $33.00

Graduate Salaries
Graduate Salaries is a popular GCA publication derived from the Graduate Destinations Survey. It contains a study of the earnings of new graduates (aged under 25) in their first full-time employment in Australia from 1977 onwards.
Price: $33.00

Postgraduate Destinations
This report is an extension of the Graduate Destination Survey which provides details of those graduating with Diplomas, Masters degrees, PhDs and other postgraduate qualifications.
Price: $33.00

Graduate Course Experience
The Graduate Course Experience is an annual survey about the attitudes of graduates towards their courses and the skills they acquired while undertaking tertiary education. Once again, universities throughout the country participate in the survey.
Price: $33.00

Postgraduate Research Experience
Australia’s research postgraduates are asked a similar range of questions to the Graduate Course Experience but with the focus on the research environment. The material is collected as part of the Graduate Destinations Survey.
Price: $33.00

Grads, Jobs and Dollars
Grads, Jobs and Dollars complements and extends the information presented in both the Graduate Destinations and Graduate Salaries reports. The format of this report provides detailed destination and employment data for bachelor degree graduates, and includes employment outcomes, occupations, further study and salaries, in three sections; by specific Fields of Education, by state and territory and by institution that can be compared and contrasted.

A sample from each section of this new report from Graduate Careers Australia can be downloaded in PDF format from the links below.

GJD 2005 - Sample Section 1 GJD 2005 - Sample Section 2 GJD 2005 - Sample Section 3

Price: Section 1 $33.00,

          Section 2 $33.00

          Section 3 $44.00

          Complete Report $77.00

University & Beyond Survey
The University & Beyond Survey is the largest survey conducted in Australia on the expectations and perceptions of a student demographic that is of key interest to organisations wishing to attract, recruit and retain their leaders and employees of the future.
Price: $220.00

Career Education/Graduate Recruitment Publications
GCA also supplies a number of printed publications and videos, for students, Careers Service staff and graduate employers, including the following:

Career Information booklets
(Sponsorship and proposals for new titles are welcomed, please contact our Publications & Communications Manager on +61 3 9605 3721, or email info@graduatecareers.com.au .)
These booklets focus on a wide range of occupations, industries and fields. They are authoritative, straightforward and factual, and provide information about potential employment prospects.

Current titles available include:

• Careers for Engineering Graduates
• Careers for Graduates with Disability
• Careers for Human Resources Graduates
• Careers for Information Technology Graduates
• Careers for Law Graduates
• Careers for Psychology Graduates
• Careers for Science Graduates
• Careers in Chartered Accounting
• Careers in Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability
• Careers in Nursing & Midwifery
• Careers in Social Work
• Careers in Teaching
• Careers in the Environment
• Careers in Media & the Arts
• Enhancing Careers Through Postgraduate Study
• Minerals Industry Careers

Price $5.50 each

Your Career and You
This self-assessment guide for students and graduates and is one of GCA’s most popular products. YC&Y helps readers to consider their goals, values, attributes and skills as a basis for career exploration. This publication is widely used by career advisers in universities, TAFEs and schools across Australia.
Price: $5.50

Graduate Opportunities
(For more information about advertising opportunities in GO, please contact our Sales team on +61 7 3303 8664, +61 3 9605 3731 or +61 3 9605 3733, or email info@graduateopportunities.com .)

The Graduate Opportunities (GO) range of graduate directories combine to provide the premier marketing tool for organisations seeking to recruit today’s staff and tomorrow’s leaders in Australia and New Zealand. GO’s suite of titles provide graduate employers with the opportunity to make their organisations known across Australia and New Zealand through advertisements and profiles (appearing in both print and online formats). GO has been a respected brand name within the higher education graduate recruitment sector for over 40 years, and is endorsed by the National Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (NAGCAS).

The main GO directories are published at the start of each year and are widely distributed among eagerly awaiting students and Careers Services staff at universities around Australia and New Zealand! The main directory has a print run of approximately 50,000 and includes comprehensive profiles of close to 150 employers (and summary details of many more). The directory is also published in CD format giving students and graduates a choice as to how they access the wealth of information GO provides.

As well as the main directory, the GO team produces:

• GO! New Zealand, a dedicated ‘Kiwi’ directory for New Zealand graduates
• Graduate Opportunities in Engineering & ITand Graduate Opportunities in Accounting-Business-Finance
• Undergraduate Opportunities – a directory of vacation work, cadetships and other employment options
• an information brochure for international students.

Price: Main directory $22.00

Guide to Campus Recruiting
An invaluable pocket-book for all recruiters and careers advisers, the Guide contains full details of universities’ Careers Services contacts, facilities, termdates, email addresses and Fields of Education. It also lists the number of graduating students by discipline each year.
Price: $24.20

Graduate Recruitment Handbook for Australia and New Zealand
This book has been developed by GCA to offer a step-by-step guide to best practice in graduate recruitment. The Handbook covers the recruitment process comprehensively, from the initial budgeting and planning stages, through applicant selection and interviews right up to job offers and induction, highlighting problem areas and how to avoid them along the way. Developed primarily for graduate recruiters, the Handbook also has great relevance to Careers Services.
Price: $49.50

Graduate Grapevine
The GCA newsletter, Graduate Grapevine, contains many interesting articles on current issues in graduate recruitment and careers education in general.

Career Education DVDs & Videos
(For all enquiries regarding DVD streaming licences please contact our Publications & Communications Manager on +61 3 9605 3721, or email info@graduatecareers.com.au .)
GCA supplies a range of local and international DVDs and videos. These DVDs and videos cover a variety of topics from applications and interviews, to careers exploration and specific occupational areas.

Current titles available include:

Making an Impact
AGCAS's interview DVD shows real students and graduates being interviewed by actual recruiters. It includes extracts from each interview, selectors' verdicts and candidates reflecting on their own performance. The interviews featured are with KPMG, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and for the post of graphic designer with Winning Moves, a small creative agency in the West Midlands. It features students from Sheffield Hallam University, the University of Edinburgh, Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Staffordshire. They include international students, postgraduates and art and design students, making the DVD useful in a wide range of contexts.

Download a trailer for Making an Impact at www.agcas.org.uk/agcas_resources/2-Making-an-Impact-The-Graduate-Job-Interview- .
Price: $ 110.00

Selection Success in one (UK)
This DVD combines three of our most popular videos on one disc, including: Your Job's On-line (25 minutes); The Assessment Centre(27 minutes); and Why Ask Me That? (22 minutes). For full descriptions please see below.
Price: $130.00

Big Opportunities in small businesses Graduates in SMEs (UK)
This DVD explores how graduates and SMEs can benefit each other. There’s one program for graduates and one for employers.
Price: $110.00

EnviroPLUCK Environmental Careers
The EnviroPLUCK Environmental Careers DVD is a compilation of all eight episodes of the television program screened in 2004. It features studio and field interviews, career advice and more - the show was developed and produced by the Environmental Jobs Network Australia.
Price: $33.00

Your Job's On-line (UK)
Your Job’s On-line dispels the myths about applying for jobs online. It shows two major employers selecting graduates using only their electronic applications. The video shows selectors assessing the candidates’ performance, as well as the candidates’ reactions to those comments. (25 minutes)
Price: $88.00

Getting the Job: a Video for Job Seekers Who Speak English as a Second Language
This popular video has been prepared by the Language and Learning Unit at Queensland University of Technology, and is a useful tool for anyone preparing for an interview in English who does not speak it as a first language. The video depicts a graduate interview and the preparation preceding it, providing advice from professionals about issues such as research, networking, practicing key questions and personal presentation.
Price: $71.50

Essential Interview Skills
This title offers practical interview skills development for young people preparing for work. It features prominent business people sharing their tips on how to get that job. Provided by Infosentials. (30 minutes)
Price: $66.00

Out in Front with an Arts Degree
By the very nature of the degree, Arts graduates have unlimited career opportunities. This video has been produced by GCA to highlight to Arts students how the skills they are developing increase their marketability in the workforce. (24 minutes)
Price: $66.00

The Written Edge
Designed for students approaching the job hunting process, this Australian video provides valuable insights into preparing résumés, covering letters and application forms. (35 minutes)
Price: $66.00

The Assessment Centre (UK)
This video, developed in the United Kingdom, depicts a typical assessment centre operated by a major employer, and shows a group exercise, a presentation and an in-depth interview, with commentary provided. (27 minutes)
Price: $88.00

Why Ask Me That? (UK)
This title provides an insight into the performance of a young job candidate from the perspective of the employers who interview him. It covers such topics as making a good first impression, answering questions effectively and coping with increasing pressure. (22 minutes)
Price: $88.00

Can I Have a Few Minutes of Your Time? (UK)
Depicts how students and recent graduates can improve their networking skills to gain work experience and uncover the 'hidden' job market. (23 minutes)
Price: $88.00

Why Am I Here? (UK)
Demonstrates the value of developing skills such as communication, team-building, time management, problem-solving and flexibility. (20 minutes)
Price: $88.00

Looking Good on Paper (UK)
Shows two undergraduates developing written applications and also includes job research advice. (21 minutes)
Price: $88.00

Please note: Video discounts are available for UK videos: 2 videos or more = $77.00* each

GCA Services
GCA provides a range of services to the graduate employment community.

Virtual Careers Fair
(For all enquiries about the VCF please call GCA on +61 3 9605 3700, or email vcf@graduatecareers.com.au .)
The Virtual Careers Fair (VCF), hosted on GCA’s website www.vcf.graduatecareers.com.au each year in March, is an online version of the traditional university Careers Fair – it brings together employers looking for graduates and students looking for work. Chat sessions with participating employers allow graduates and students to ask the kind of questions that really matter as they approach the start of their careers.

Features of VCF include:

• Job Search
• Live Web-Chat Forums
• Interactive Games and Job Seeker Learning Tools
• Latest Information for Graduate Job Seekers
• Pod Casts (Audio and Audiovisual Files) at the VCF Pod Centre.  

Statistical Data Service
(For all enquiries please call +61 3 9605 3700, or email surveyhelp@graduatecareers.com.au .)
GCA can provide your organisation with a wide range of graduate employment related information, through GCA’s broad scope of research projects – the University and Beyond Survey, the Graduate Outlook Survey and the Australian Graduate Survey. These data can include employment, salary and student course satisfaction data, through to information on graduate and employer expectations and perceptions. GCA can tailor these data to meet your needs and competitive prices will be negotiated according to individual requirements.

Seminars and Conferences
From time to time GCA conducts specialised events for employers and careers advisers, and details of these appear on this site at www.graduatecareers.com.au >>News Room>>What’s On.

Consultancy and Lecture Service
(For all enquiries please call +61 3 9605 3700, or email info@graduatecareers.com.au .)
GCA can provide professional expertise on topics ranging from the establishment or development of a graduate recruitment program, survey findings related to graduate employment issues, and a range of associated topics.

Mailing Service
(For all enquiries please contact our Publications & Communications Manager on +61 3 9605 3721, or email info@graduatecareers.com.au .)
GCA offers a physical mailing service to client groups through our Graduate Grapevine newsletter, distributed throughout the year. Promotional inserts can be mailed to our extensive database of employers, higher education practitioners and government departments.

Download the GCA order form below.

Event Presentations

Event:                Curtin University U&B Presentation

Date:                 February 2008

Topic:                University & Beyond Survey

Presenter:         Cindy Tilbrook, Executive Director, GCA

Event:                NAGCAS 2007 Conference

Date:                 December 2007

Topic:                University & Beyond Survey

Presenters:       Cindy Tilbrook, Executive Director, GCA and Graeme Bryant, Senior Research/Surveys Officer

Event:                AAIR 2007 Conference

Date:                 November 2007

Topic:                University & Beyond Survey

Presenters:       Cindy Tilbrook, Executive Director, GCA and Graeme Bryant, Senior Research/Surveys Officer

Event:                AAGE 2007 Conference

Date:                 November 2007

Topic:                University & Beyond Survey

Presenters:       Cindy Tilbrook, Executive Director, GCA and Graeme Bryant, Senior Research/Surveys Officer

Event:                AIEC 2007 Conference

Date:                 October 2007

Topic:                International Students:  Perspectives and Graduate Outcomes

Presenter:         Cindy Tilbrook, Executive Director, GCA

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