GCA membership
Membership benefits
There are currently three levels of membership to Graduate Careers Australia – Associate, Professional and Corporate. These offer different levels of access to our products and services.
Membership of GCA offers involvement in the activities and direction of this vital organisation, which operates at the education–employment nexus and 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 membership is appropriate to your circumstances as an individual or organisation, a full breakdown of the benefits follows.
Note that, for new members, a first-year joining fee combined with the annual subscription provides access to current publications in the GCA range. New and updated titles as part of the yearly membership will be sent once released.
1. Associate membership
- Career information booklets
- Graduate Grapevine, GCA’s quarterly newsletter
2. Professional membership
Entitles you to GCA publications as per associate membership, plus:
- Australian Graduate Survey reports:
- Graduate Salaries
- Graduate Destinations
- Graduate Course Experience
- Postgraduate Destinations
- Postgraduate Research Experience
- Graduate Opportunities directories:
- Graduate Opportunities
- Graduate Opportunities in Accounting, Business and Finance
- Graduate Opportunities in Engineering and IT
- Graduate Opportunities in Law and the Legal System
- Undergraduate Opportunities
- Graduate Recruitment Handbook
- various other publications distributed by GCA, which may be available at discounted prices to members.
Also:
- voting rights at GCA general meetings
- eligibility to apply for membership of the Board of Directors (under some circumstances).
3. Corporate Membership
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 policymakers and employers. Corporate membersip also entitles you to:
- all the benefits of Professional membership
- priority (and sometimes discounted) rights to advertise in GCA publications
- eligibility to stand for nomination as a Corporate Director on the GCA Board.
Note that advertisers in the current Graduate Opportunities directory are able to renew their corporate membership at the discounted rate of professional membership.
Cost of membership – new members*
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$80.00 | A$25.00 | A$105.00 | A$115.50 |
Professional | A$240.00 | A$120.00 | A$360.00 | A$396.00 |
Corporate | A$440.00 | A$125.00 | A$565.00 | A$621.50 |
Three-quarter year: 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$60.00 | A$25.00 | A$85.00 | A$93.50 |
Professional | A$180.00 | A$120.00 | A$300.00 | A$330.00 |
Corporate | A$330.00 | A$125.00 | A$455.00 | A$500.50 |
Half year: 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$40.00 | A$25.00 | A$65.00 | A$71.50 |
Professional | A$120.00 | A$120.00 | A$240.00 | A$264.00 |
Corporate | A$220.00 | A$125.00 | A$345.00 | A$379.50 |
Quarter year: 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$20.00 | A$25.00 | A$45.00 | A$49.50 |
Professional | A$60.00 | A$120.00 | A$180.00 | A$198.00 |
Corporate | A$110.00 | A$125.00 | A$235.00 | A$258.50 |
Cost of membership – renewal*
Type of membership | Annual subscription renewal ^ | GST | Total |
Associate | A$80.00 | A$8.00 | A$88.00 |
Professional | A$240.00 | A$24.00 | A$264.00 |
Corporate | A$440.00 | A$44.00 | A$484.00 |
*Applications for membership outside Australia do not attract a GST component – please take pre-GST figure as total cost.
^Membership rates from 1 January 201.
For more information, contact Graduate Careers Australia on 03 9605 3700 or [email protected] or download the Membership brochure and application form.
You can also order GCA Membership through our online shop.
