Strengthen your employability from first year
We encourage you to participate in employability-enhancing activities from your first year of university, so by final year, you have mastered the skills and ready for a career with a purpose.
The current graduate employment market is competitive. A degree is no longer a stand-alone differentiator.
Employers are looking for candidates who have utilised their time at university by developing their enterprise skills and industry experience along the way.
That’s where the EAIT Student Employability Team can help. We work with you to understand your career identity, direction, strengths and where your personal and professional values are positioned. We guide you with tailored resources and support you to develop the capabilities needed in addition to your degree, for a successful lifelong career.
We prepare you for industry!
How to get involved from the first year:
Connect
Networking doesn’t just mean with industry contacts. Look to your student cohort and UQ contacts to build your network. You never know where it might lead to.
- Join the EAIT Student Employability Team Facebook page for opportunities.
- Sign up for industry mentoring programs like EAIT Industry Mentoring Program.
- Book a consult with an EAIT Employability Advisor to discuss your employability.
- See the EAIT Student Employability Find Work page for opportunities.
- Join a student society, there are over 220 to choose from.
- Meet new people through sporting teams or special interest groups at UQ.
Co-curricular
Participating in co-curricular activities will help you stand out in the recruitment process and will provide you with extra content for your resume and interviews.
- Get involved in summer or winter research projects.
- Apply for the UQ Employability Award.
- Become an EAIT Ambassador and inspire the next generation of students.
- Join UQ Ventures for new entrepreneurship skills.
- Attend EAIT Employability events and workshops.
- Get global experience.
Careers
Start early, and enhance your employability throughout your degree to be job-ready!
- Complete work experience and internships throughout your degree.
- Complete the online Career Kickstarter modules to create your resume and cover letter.
- Apply for scholarships every year.
- Record and submit your Engineering Professional Practice hours and reflective journals on time.
- Start applying for graduate positions and researching companies of interest to you.
- Develop and practice your elevator pitch.