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Career outcomes - during and after Monash

• Tonya Wimhurst
• Careers Education Consultant

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Agenda

• General graduate employment trends
• Monash graduate employment outcomes
• Employment and Career Development support for
  Monash students
• Useful resources for investigating graduate
  employer and career information

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• Three years after the global financial crisis we
  are still seeing its lingering effects as
  graduate recruiter activity in the labour market
  remains flat. However, our research also shows
  that unemployment is not a long-term concern for
  graduates and its important to understand that
  getting a degree is not about the first job after
  university its about the potential for huge
  personal growth and a life-time of advantage in
  the labour market.
• GCA Research Manager, Mr Bruce Guthrie

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Graduate employment trends

• These figures come from the Australian Graduate
  Survey, which is an annual survey of graduates
  from Australian higher education institutions.
  More than 168,000 graduates responded in 2011.
• 76 per cent of new bachelor degree graduates
  available for full-time employment had found a
  job within four months of completing their
  studies. This is comparable with the 2010 figure
  and down from around 79 per cent in 2009 .
• Bachelor degree graduates from the fields of
  mining engineering, medicine and pharmacy
  achieved the best employment outcomes in 2010,
  with more than 97 per cent of graduates from
  these fields securing full-time employment within
  four months of graduation
• New graduates who found full-time employment
  employed a number of strategies, with one-in-four
  graduates (26.4 per cent) in a full-time job
  having found that job via the internet. An
  additional 14.5 per cent found their jobs via
  personal networks (family and friends),
  one-in-ten found their job via their university
  careers service, and the remainder used a variety
  of strategies including approaching employers
  directly.

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How graduates find out about employment
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Monash graduate outcomes sectors
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Monash Graduate employer type
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Monash Graduate industry sectors
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Monash Graduates (local) working overseas
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Monash graduate starting salaries ranked highest
to lowest

• Education
• Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and
  Technology
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering and
  Technology
• Other Health
• Other Engineering and Related Technologies
• Engineering and Related Technologies
• Medical Studies
• Radiography
• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
• Business and Management
• Law
• Information Technology
• Teacher Education
• Computer Science
• Rehabilitation Therapies
• Management and Commerce
• Human Welfare Studies and Services
• Banking, Finance and Related Fields

Local undergraduate students in full-time
work,10 respondents
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What do graduate employers look for?
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Graduate employment key selection criteria
518 employers took part in this survey!
Source Graduate Careers Australia The report of
the Graduate Outlook, 2011 Survey
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Monash Employment and Career Development services
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ECD services and resources

• Information and resources (podcasts, handouts,
  Facebook)
• Career seminars, forums
• Employer presentations, Career fairs
• Interview practice workshops
• Daily resume/cover letter feedback service
• Individual career counselling
• Career Gateway a database of full-time,
  part-time, casual and voluntary work
  opportunities

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ECD career development learning programs

• Professional transitions program in conjunction
  with faculties. The program aims to increase
  students ability, confidence and motivation to
  transition professionally from their degree into
  the work place. Delivery includes face-to-face
  activities and online materials.

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Interesting Career Gateway facts

• In 2011
• We had over 23000 job opportunities available on
  Career Gateway
• Over 1.2million job ad views by students
• Currently
• Over 30,000 students registered on the system
• We process approximately 30 new jobs every day
  (excluding weekends)
• On Monday alone (with students on exams and
  during a quiet time) 738 positions were viewed,
  285 student logins
• The system also incorporates Volunteer
  opportunities in a sister system, Volunteer
  Gateway.

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Searching for jobs on Career Gateway

• Students can save searches for positions (e.g.
  list all casual jobs advertised in the last 14
  days)
• The search is refreshed according to the
  student's saved selections.
• Students can browse positions by employer with
  the employers profile and details or by service
  (service including casual/part-time, graduate,
  vacation, Internships)
• For ease of access there is a link directly to
  Graduate programs (i.e. large organisations with
  employment development programs for students)
• https//careergateway.monash.edu.au/JobSearch.chpx
  

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Resume Builder

• Students are able to build a resume from their
  profile section where personal details,
  experiences and skills are recorded. The resume
  builder draws from the information a student
  enters and puts it into a specific format
  according to the types of jobs they are applying
  for
• Even with minimum details such as name, address,
  contact details, the resumes they can download
  have instructions on what information to include
  and how to format their resume.

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Events system

• Career Gateway is the main location for students
  to register and find out about career related
  events on campus. They are sent reminders prior
  to the events they book for.
• Students can
• meet and network with employers on campus,
• attend lunchtime career seminars on topics such
  as interviews, writing tailored job applications,
  
• attend our annual careers festivals and forums
  such as accounting and beyond, Careers GradFest,
  Science Industry Night
• Over 17,000 students attended our group
  activities in 2011 (careers fairs, employer info
  sessions, career seminars, forums, intensives
  (not including our work with faculties in the
  curriculum)

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ECD forums and industry nights
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Resources
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Using your degree

• Careers you can move into with your
  qualifications
• Industry sectors
• Your potential employers
• Professional associations
• Salary
• Using your degree

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Useful Resources

• Graduate Careers Australia www.graduatecareers.co
  m.au
• Graduate Opportunities www.graduateopportunities.
  com
• Unigrad www.unigrad.com.au
• Gradconnection www.gradconnection.com.au