Workshops

Shari Walsh and Alan McAlpine run postgraduate workshops during the year at both Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. These workshops have been designed to assist during different stages of the postgraduate degree. See below for an outline of the stages and corresponding career development thoughts.

Workshops available:

• Using Student Portfolio:
  Strategies to help you monitor and track research, and the skills your developing
• Understanding Yourself and Others:
  Getting to know your personality and learning style and strategies to work with other people.
• Networking
• Transition to Academia
• Job Seeking Skills (Part One):
  Identifying my skills and applications
• Job Seeking Skills (Part Two):
  Selling Myself, networking and interviews.

Workshop schedule

Previous workshops:

• Research Postgraduates: Effective Applications (Resumes and Selection Criteria) (.ppt)
• Example Postgraduate Resume (.doc)
• Marketing Your Masters (.ppt)
• Marketing Your Masters Workbook (.doc)
• Transition to Academia Seminar - Presentations November 2008 - Life in Academia (.ppt), Academia and Industry (.ppt)
  
• Job Seeking Skills - Identifying Your Skills Worksheet (.pdf)
  
• Job Seeking Skills - Identifying Your Skills Guide (.pdf)
  
• Job Seeking Skills - Applications Guide (.pdf)
  
• Job Seeking Skills - Networking Guide (.pdf)
  
• Job Seeking Skills - Interview Worksheet (.pdf)
  
• Job Seeking Skills - Interview Guide (.pdf)

Postgraduate Career Development Day

• Postgraduate Career Development Day workshop slides (.ppt)
• Reseacrh Student Centre Training (.pptx)
• International Student Services (.ppt)

Postgraduate career development thoughts:

Beginning

Getting started - Planning your Research with your career in mind

Objectives:

• Recognise the skills you have
• Recognising the skills you need to develop
• Setting actions for your research to develop your skills

Middle

Consolidating - Building yourself and your portfolio for your career

Objectives:

• Further assessing your skills
• Understanding how your skills fit to employers needs
• Examining personality and how it relates to your career
• Building connections to the world of work

End

Stepping Out - Engaging with employers and getting that job

Objectives:

• Building effective job applications
• What to expect from an interview and other interactions with employers
• Selling yourself