Careers Connect
Careers Connect is a platform that connects Students, Industry, and Success Coaches.
Careers Connect is a digital Career Services Centre available to you on-demand where you can access:
- Resume & cover letter review services
- View and RSVP to Careers & Industry-related events
- Search & apply for casual, part-time and graduate jobs
- Search & apply for volunteering, WIL, placements and virtual internships
- Complete virtual mock interviews
- Access online resources & webinars relating to job search, career planning, and graduate employment
Careers Connect helps you develop employability skills and plan your life after study with confidence.
Forage (formerly Inside Sherpa) – get an edge for your future career
We are proud to partner with Forage to bring you free virtual experiences, specially curated to build your employability skills and help you feel confident about life after study.
These short experiences have been created by global industry leaders such as Microsoft, Citi Bank, KPMG, Deloitte, Accenture, and more. You’ll get to:
- Gain practical work skills to help you feel confident for your graduate career
- Connect with leading global companies
- Receive a certificate and LinkedIn badge upon completion to add to your CV or LinkedIn profile
How it works
- Each virtual experience takes approximately 5-6 hours to complete
- View video instructions from real employees of the company
- Receive an online brief of tasks, which mirrors real work you might complete if you worked at the company
- Access resources from the company to help complete the virtual experience
More than 350 Torrens students have completed a Forage virtual experience in 2020, Here’s what students have been saying about the Forage Virtual Experiences. To learn more about these virtual experiences, click here
Work-Integrated Learning & Placements
Note: Placements must adhere to relevant COVID-19 restrictions in your state. Refer to your Lecturer and our COVID-19 page for more information.
Placements and Work-integrated learning (WIL) are an important part of your degree as it helps you bridge theory you learn in the classroom to the workplace. To be timely and successful in securing your placements, it is recommended that you start your research and applications at least one trimester in advance.
To see where WIL or placements sit in your course, check out your course structure or get in contact with your Program Director. A diverse selection of placement locations can be searched in Careers Connect under the Job Postings tab. Additional WIL and placement resources can be found under the Course menu in Student Hub.
Before you start a placement, you must submit a completed Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Agreement to WIL@Laureate.edu.au and a member of the WIL Contracts & Support team will be in contact to walk you through the verification process. Most placement experiences are unpaid, so it's essential a WIL Agreement is signed off by you, your potential Host Organisatiion and the University.
Recent Industry Webinars
December 2020
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November 2020
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October 2020
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September 2020
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August 2020
- General | The Power of Personal Brand - Guest Speaker Kim Heironymus
- Leadership | A Prerequisite for Success, but What Is and Isn’t Leadership? - Guest Speaker Rex Buckingham
July 2020
- Business | Purposeful Profit Business Impacting the World's Big Problems - Guest Speaker Leesa Chesse
- Project Management | Hotel Opening Delays - Guest Speaker Gert Noordzy
- Project Management - Challenges of running a PMO - Guest Speaker Vik Kapoor
- Accounting during a pandemic - CPA Industry Panel with Special Guests from Woolworths Group & PwC
June 2020
- CA Industry Panel - Graduate Recruitment During a Pandemic
- BUS301 Services Marketing - Guest Speaker Laura-Jane Hawkins from The Langham Sydney
- MFB402 Managing Food & Beverage Operations - Guest Speaker Brendan Shorrock from Sheraton Grand Mirage, Port Douglas
May 2020
- MFB402: Managing F&B Operations - Brendan Shorrock, Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort, Port Douglas
- The Economics of COVID19 - Facing Fear with Strategy - Guest Speaker Dan Hadley
- Food & Beverage Operations in Quarantine Hotels - Guest Speaker Joshua Dows from Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park
- Event Management - Guest Speaker Vicky Troptsidis
- MBA Panel - Guest Speaker Peter Seamer from Panning Strategies Pty Ltd
- HFR603 Hotel Finance & Revenue - Guest Speaker Oskar Will from OTA Insights
- HFR603 Hotel Finance & Revenue - Guest Speaker Steve Carrodus & Marta Wheeldon from View Hotels Group
- HGE401 Hotel & Guest Experience - Guest Speaker Amanda Cottome, Ovolo Hotels
Students working for us
All casual staff (including our valued Student employees) are required to enter their hours directly into Connx, our online self-service timecard platform. Below are some links to help you understand how to use it:
- Short Video Tutorial - Submit a timecard for General Casuals
- Extended How to Guides - Timecard Guide - General Casual Employees
- Fortnightly Pay Periods - Click Here
- Need Support? Email us at payroll@laureate.net.au
Internships & Employment
A broad range of opportunities for students are sourced each trimester including;
- Industry Placements & Work-Integrated Learning (WIL)
- Virtual Internships & Experiences by Forage
- Casual and part-time work
- Volunteering opportunities
- Live briefs & projects
- Competitions & Awards
- Graduate Programs
Log in to your Careers Connect profile to view a full list
Career Advice and Coaching
Career Advice & Coaching is provided by your Success Coach.
From your first weeks, our Success Coaches can help you identify your career goals and learn more about potential industries and employers by:
- Assisting you to create or clarify your career goals
- Providing guidance with writing a professional resume and cover letter, and
- Getting you ready for internships, placements and job interviews