Academic Enrichment Services Careers & Employment

KickStart Your Career: Education

Proudly brought to you by Careers & Employment (C&E) and the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, KickStart Your Career Education is a tailor-made program for education students to understand what employers are looking for, determine how to market yourself effectively and succeed in their endeavours to secure satisfying professional work.

A must for final year students!

2008 program timetable - Thursday 10 July

To assist us, please register to attend via Careers Online

Combine with KickStart Skills 4 Work sessions that interest you.

 

 

 

Thursday 10 July

 

TIME

TITLE

VENUE

8:45 - 9:00am

Arrival & Resource Packs collected.

JH Mitchell Theatre, Richard Berry Building

9:00 - 9:50am

Welcome

  • Program overview and expectations.

Keynote address: Getting into teaching
(Presented Anne Bright, Lauriston Girls School Deputy Principal)

  • An overview of teaching and what employers are looking for

JH Mitchell Theatre, Richard Berry Building
  REFRESHMENT BREAK  

10:00 - 11:00am

Seminar: Key features of applications and the interview process
(Presented by Mark Newton, Victorian Govt. Senior Project Officer)

  • How to demonstrate your skills and attributes in writing cover letters, resumés and selection criteria statements.
  • Learn about interviews and the tactics for ensuring you are optimally prepared

JH Mitchell Theatre, Richard Berry Building
  REFRESHMENT BREAK  
11:15am - 12:45pm

Written applications workshop

  • C&E staff and others will lead small groups (10 to 12 students) in reviewing cover letters, resumés and selection criteria statements.
JH Mitchell Theatre, Richard Berry Building
  REFRESHMENT BREAK  
1:00 - 2:00pm

Interview workshop

  • C&E staff and host employers will lead small groups (10 to 12 students) in practising the behavioural interview technique and providing feedback.
JH Mitchell Theatre, Richard Berry Building

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