Suggested time allocation in pre-final year

Suggested time allocation in your final year

66%

50%

Spend only about two thirds of your time chasing advertised work, industrial training or vacation work, perhaps using some/all of the following strategies:

• Vacancies posted on your university Careers Service website and notice boards around uni.
• Recruitment agencies – phone and check suitability.
• Newspapers and other local area vacancy listings (eg. free magazines, shopping centre, library or newsagent bulletin boards).

Spend only about half of your time chasing advertised employment sources, probably including the following strategies:

• Campus recruitment programs – including on-campus employer presentations and Careers Fairs.
• Look in Graduate Opportunities .
• Find out when the Virtual Careers Fair is being run.
• Vacancies posted on your university Careers Service website, notice boards around uni, employers’ own websites, etc.
• Newspapers – national, regional and local
• Industry-specific newsletters, magazines and websites.
• Recruitment agencies – first phone and check suitability.

33%

50%

Spend the remaining one third of your time chasing unadvertised sources of work, for example:

• Directly approach a shortlist of preferred organisations. Ask your uni Careers Service for help identifying appropriate organisations.
• Networking - ask for contacts from family, friends, parents of friends, other students (especially postgrads in work), teaching and other faculty staff, contacts from societies, church and clubs, etc.
• Identify and join a relevant professional/industry association.

Spend the remaining half of your time chasing unadvertised employment sources, for example:

• Directly approach a shortlist of organisations, ie. those not actively involved with the campus recruitment program at your university.
• Networking - ask for contacts from family, friends, parents of friends, other students (especially postgrads in work), teaching and other faculty staff, contacts from societies, church, clubs, etc.
• Attend professional/industry association events locally and follow up contacts made.