In partnership with City of Ryde Council, Macquarie is hosting Jobs Happy Hour as the final event of our Employable (You)Us series for students.
Jobs Happy Hour has been designed to provide our students with exclusive access to employers who are currently recruiting for a range of roles, from Christmas casual jobs to graduate roles. This event is part of the new approach the Employability and Graduate Success team have taken to actively engage students in their career journey.
Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning and Teaching, Professor Dominique Parrish explains, “it can be challenging to get students to engage in career planning before they graduate, but it’s crucial to their success. Our approach this year has been built on bringing the services, resources, and networking activities to our students in a way that we’ve not previously tried. We are actively seeking out the students and engaging them face to face in popular on-campus locations.”
Jobs Happy Hour, which is taking place on 19 October between 2-4pm at the white marquee near 1CC and the Chancellery, will present a select group of industry partners who are currently seeking to recruit Macquarie students. Industry partners get exclusive access to our talented students and our talented students get exclusive access to jobs being advertised by partners in the Macquarie Park area. The informal and fun event will help students make their job search interactive and efficient.
It’s not the traditional careers fair – there’ll be a DJ, career caricature portraits, professional styling tips and happy hour activities for our students to enjoy.
Whilst the atmosphere will be light, this is a professional event and the Employability and Graduate Success team will be preparing our students in advance to help them make the best possible impression.
Kylie Ebert, Director of Employability and Graduate Success explains, “Once students register, our team connects them to the available jobs through the Macquarie Student Employment site in Employability Connect. The Careers team then provides resources to help students prepare their resume, practice their elevator pitch, and find out more about the employers. Our students will be well prepared to engage with, and impress, our industry partners.”
Jobs Happy Hour is supported by a comprehensive student communication plan but if you would like to contribute to the success of this initiative, please encourage our students to register and attend this strategic event. You can find out more about Jobs Happy Hour on the website.
Confirmed industry partner attendees so far include
- Achieve Australia
- Amazon Web Services
- Apprenticeship Careers Australia
- Aspect – Autism Spectrum Australia
- BOC
- Campus Life
- Catholic Education, Diocese of Parramatta
- Child Speech Therapy
- Fujitsu
- Jones Partners Insolvency & Restructuring
- Metcash
- MLC Life Insurance
- Optus
- Prensa
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