Careers Development Program Resources

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• Networking & LinkedIn

  • Nature: Networking for introverted scientists

  •  Inside Business: How to network when you hate networking events

  • ABC: 7 ways to make networking less awkward and slimy

  • ABC: Overcoming shyness

  • Inside Business: How to tailor LinkedIn for a better experience

  • News.com.au: Top tips to fine-tune your online presence when job hunting

  • Science Magazine: Link up to jump-start your job search

  • Science Magazine: The keys to a powerful LinkedIn profile

• Job Prospects

  •  ABC: Most uni students get a job within months of finishing but some courses do better than others

  • News.com.au: As many as 46 university graduates are competing for each graduate job vacancy

  • Sydney Morning Herald: 'You end up behind a bar': 22 graduates fighting for every job

  • News.com.au: Part-time purgatory: University graduates unable to find fulltime work

  • LinkedIn Poster: 5 Tips To Score Your Dream Job Before Graduation

  • Seek: How long does it REALLY take to find a new job?

  • News.com.au: University graduates share their stories about failing to find work

  • SMH: Australia has an underemployment problem

  • ABC: 'Grim situation': 19 applications for every entry-level job advertised, research finds

• Job Search

  • LinkedIn Poster: Treat your job search like your final year project

  • News.com.au: Applying for jobs through formal ads not best way to get ahead, says MasterCard heavyweight

  • LinkedIn Poster: 5 Job Search Mistakes No One Told Me About

  • LinkedIn Poster: The Most Painful Job Search Mistakes People Keep Making (Again, and Again)

  • Seek: Why is nobody calling back?

• Resumes and Cover Letter

  • Mining People: Why you shouldn’t list your referees on your resume

  • LinkedIn Poster: Most Cover Letters Stink. Here’s 4 Ways to Make Yours Stand Out.

  • Evolve Scientific: Application Guide

• Internships & Unpaid Work

  • News.com.au: Muffin Break boss says unpaid work is dead because Insta-obsessed Gen Y have ‘inflated self-importance'

  • ABC: How working for free went mainstream

  • ABC: Unpaid internships: Millennials speak out as expert warns of legal risks

• Social Media

  • ABC: Sanitising your social media: A guide for job hunters

  • ABC: Employer asks interviewee for Facebook page, but many see it as an invasion of privacy

• Interviews

  • Seek: Online Interview Advice

  • Seek Employer: Insight Business: The top 5 interview questions to ask candidates

  • Seek: 9 essential questions to ask your interviewer

  • News.com.au: Why you should never sit down before a job interview

  • LinkedIn Poster: There Are Four Kinds of Job Applicants And Only One Gets the Job

  • LinkedIn Poster: How to persuade recruiters to take a leap of faith…and hire you

  • Seek: 4 ways to prepare for an interview

  • Social Talent: The One Question You MUST Ask Candidates in Every Interview

  • Seek: What to wear to an interview, really

  • ABC: Why storytelling is important in job interviews

  • Seek: Recruiters reveal their most impressive candidates ever

  • News.com.au: Xero boss won’t hire anyone who doesn’t take their coffee cup back to the kitchen after job interview

  • WTFisnext: Time to face reality. Why you need to align expectations in the workplace.

  • ABC: Expert advice on how to master the virtual job interview over Zoom and Skype

  • Smart Company: The death of the handshake: COVID-19 has changed the way we hire, and there’s no going back

  • Seek: 7 Ways to tell if your interview went well

• Other/General

  • Seek: How to overcome being considered overqualified for a job

  • Business2Community: 7 Lessons from Game of Thrones To Advance Your Career

  • Seek: The honest truth about redundancy

  • Seek: The Australian workforce has to change

  • The Guardian: The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes

  • News.com.au: Tattooed employees ‘shortsighted, impulsive’

  • Insidesmallbusiness: The future of mentoring is genderless

  • Insidesmallbusiness: How to get a great mentor by being an amazing mentee

• Job Sites

  • Seek: http://www.seek.com.au/career-advice/

  • Seek Employer: Insight Business: https://insightsresources.seek.com.au/

  • News.com.au: http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/careers

  • Indeed: www.indeed.com

  • CareerOne: http://www.careerone.com.au

  • Jora Australia: http://au.jora.com

  • Science People: http:// www.sciencepeople.com.au/info-resources/

  • Evolve Scientific: http:// www.evolvescientific.com.au/news/

  • OnQ Recruitment: http://www.onqrecruitment.com.au/news.aspx

  • Nature: http://www.nature.com/nature/articles?type=career-brief

  • TechStaff: https://www.techstaff.com.au/

  • CS Executive (ChemSkill): https://www.csexecutivegroup.com/

  • Hays: https://www.csexecutivegroup.com/

  • Kelly Scientific: https://www.kellyservices.com.au/scientific

  • Grad Connection: http://au.gradconnection.com/

  • Grad Australia: http://www.gradaustralia.com.au/

  • Federal Public Service Jobs: http://www.apsjobs.gov.au/s/

  • NSW Public Service Jobs: https://iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/

  • VIC Public Service Jobs: https://iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/

  • QLD Public Service Jobs: https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/

  • SA Public Service Jobs: https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/

  • TAS Public Service Jobs: https://www.jobs.tas.gov.au/

  • WA Public Service Jobs: https://jobs.wa.gov.au/

  • ACT Public Service Jobs: https://www.jobs.act.gov.au/

  • NT Public Service Jobs: https://jobs.nt.gov.au/

  • CSIRO: https://jobs.csiro.au/

  • Australian Federal Police: https://www.afp.gov.au/careers/vacancies

• Resources for Women in STEM

  • Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources: Advancing Women in STEM Strategy

  • Science in Australia: Gender Equality: https://www.sciencegenderequity.org.au/contact/

  • The Conversation: Articles on Women in STEM

  • Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute: Engaging Women in STEM – International Evidence

  • Professionals Australia: 2018 Women in STEM Survey

  • UNESCO: Girls and Women in STEM

  • CSIRO: Be a Catalyst for Change