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Law firms get innovative in talent search
Competition for top grads is fierce, while pathways to law are widening.
- Anders Furze
Skill needs of professions underpins grad intake
Early-career recruitment is a key workforce strategy for accounting and professional services firms.
- Anders Furze
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EY top of the pile for graduates
Despite a torrid year for the big management consultancies, they remain in strong demand as future employers.
- Julie Hare
Applying with their ears pinned back
Faced with a cost-of-living crisis, and HECS debt-heavy, graduates are hunting far and wide for the right career opportunity.
- Julie Hare
Big recruiters stay ahead as grads shop around for best offers
Consultancies remain the big employer of graduates, whose preferences post-pandemic are favouring hybrid work roles.
- Julie Hare
February 2022
Graduates in driver’s seat as demand outstrips supply
In a turning of the tables, graduates have the upper hand as skill shortages bite hard.
- Julie Hare
February 2021
Uni student develops app with big appeal to engineering sector
Emily Gerrard won her award for emerging talent for her app that allows engineers to quickly calculate metrics such as wind force on the superstructure of a bridge.
- Robert Bolton
A bump in the road towards job security and satisfaction
Graduating just after a recession can be dispiriting but the outlook for graduates is not dire.
- Jeff Borland
Job security is suddenly back in vogue
Government jobs are rising in popularity at a time when graduates appear to value secure employment over workplace bells and whistles.
- Robert Bolton
Working from home becomes part of the permanent employment landscape
The hybrid model of working from home and the office looks likely to dominate.
- Leo D'angelo Fisher
Effects of the pandemic run deep in engineering sector
Students entering the engineering industry from university will need all the adaptability and versatility they can muster.
- Ruth Callaghan
Why graduate high-flyers say government is the best place to work
In one of the least-expected effects of the pandemic, graduates are choosing to work for government rather than high-profile companies.
- Robert Bolton
Turning COVID-19 to advantage wins awards for students
Award winners helped other students find jobs during the COVID lockdown.
- Robert Bolton
Students set themselves apart by adding value
In a tight market for university graduates, the ones that have something extra to offer will find the good jobs.
- Ruth Callaghan
February 2020
In business leaders have a story that set them apart
The secret to standing out in the highly competitive graduate market is no longer a stellar grade-point average or a particularly challenging degree.
- Ruth Callaghan
The soft skills needed in engineering
Employers find engineers with a wide-ranging skillset, adaptability and resilience are a value add
- Robert Bolton
Diversity drives a different perspective on law
High academic achievement is just one of several attributes innovative firms are looking for in prospective employee
- Ruth Callaghan
Government employers lift their game to meet corporate sector
Revamped programs, great conditions and wide-ranging opportunity are drawcards used by government to compete for talent
- Ruth Callaghan
Future skills a matter of urgency for consumer goods sector
The fast-moving consumer goods sector is looking to graduates to help form a response
- Ruth Callaghan
Accounting itself is a wealth of opportunity
Accounting firms are expanding their services, giving graduates a more diverse range of opportunities.
- Louis White
Arthur Chao has six internships under his belt
Some of his internships were organised by his university, others he went out and found for himself.
- Robert Bolton
No connections no bar to success for this graduate
Linda Le, whose parents were Vietnamese refugees, has taken the top honour at the graduate employers awards.
- Robert Bolton
Graduates reinventing the customer connection
Technically adept graduates are helping banks engage with a new generation of clients.
- Ruth Callaghan
Graduates need to consider more than just coding
Technology is no longer only about a technical solution; it must deliver understanding and accessibility
- Ruth Callaghan
