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Career Readiness Workshops - Weeks 4 and 5

Your Success Coach team have organised a series of workshops for Success Weeks! Check out the schedule below, and click on a workshop name at the scheduled time and date to participate!

• Creating a Design Bio
  Who are you? We'll help you write a design bio to help you get noticed.
• Writing a Resume
  Can’t write a resume? Top tips, so you're ready to apply for that dream job.
• Crafting a Brand
  Feeling like a shadow of your real self? We'll help make you a solid brand.
• Building an Instagram Presence
  Holiday snaps putting clients off. We got your back and your Insta account.
• Constructing a LinkedIn profile
  Lost in social media, we’ll help you get connected with your industry
• Writing job e-mails
  Don’t know what to write? Simple; we'll help you craft a standout comms!
• Researching industries
  Don’t know where to start? We can help you find like-minded companies.
• Connecting with Industry
  Don't know where to start? We can help you connect with industry.
• Success Coach Drop-ins
  Stop by for a chat with your Success Coach

We’re excited to offer you online workshops to help develop essential study skills. These include time management, critical thinking, referencing and much more.

July 2020

Do you need a hand planning the next steps in your career? Check out this informative Career Services Workshop by Vaughn Koen, our Success Coach for the Business faculty where you'll learn key skills in setting you up to success.

We will have various workshops available for you to watch on-demand such as: Resume and Cover Letter Writing, Job Search Strategies and Career Planning.

Resume and Cover Letter Writing Workshop
This workshop will cover:

• Purpose of a Resume
• Preparing your Resume and the Job Search Process
• Important Skills Employers are seeking
• Writing your Resume (content, format, layout and structure)
• Types of Resumes
• How to write a cover letter

Watch the full workshop and get access to cover letter templates and other resources HERE.

Job Search Strategies Workshop (Coming soon)
This workshop will cover:

• Internet (Online Job Search)
• Labour Hire or Recruitment Agencies
• Cold Canvassing
• Volunteering
• Networking Opportunities

Watch the full workshop and get access to amazing resources HERE.

Career Planning Workshop (Coming soon)
This workshop will cover:

• Why we need to plan our Careers
• Step-by-step strategies to develop your Career Development Plan.
• The 5 Stages of Career Planning
• Tools and resources to assist you to plan for the future.

PASS sessions are now opened for T2 2020! 

Why attend a PASS session?

Improve your grades - on average students that attend 5 or more PASS sessions can achieve up  to 10 marks higher than those who don’t attend.

Sessions are led by senior students who have excelled in the subject in the past. 

Help you save time with smarter study methods with a focus on how to learn.

Study with friends 

CLICK HERE FOR BUSINESS TIMETABLE

CLICK HERE FOR HEALTH TIMETABLE

Do you have a LinkedIn account? Wondering how you can use this social media platform to leverage your career prospects? Do you know how to brand yourself and increase your network?

Learn how to:

• Build your brand
• Get noticed and increase your network
• Receive notification of Education related jobs
• Connect and learn from the industry leaders and top thinkers

If you missed this online workshop, do not worry here is the recording link!

Having trouble using Adobe Software? Don't know your InDesign from your Photoshop?

Join us for design software workshops, facilitated by one of our design lecturers. These sessions are delivered online, so you can attend these sessions from anywhere!

You will receive assistance with developing or up-skilling existing skills in a range of software.

• Our 1:1 Q&A sessions are aimed at providing students with personalised help on using the Adobe programs.
• Our drop in activity -based sessions are aimed at completing set activities using a range of the Adobe programs.
• Make sure you have the latest version of the Adobe Creative Suite installed on your computer.
• Please arrive on time for your session.
• If attending activity-based workshop, please download the resource file prior to the session time.

Software covered: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, and After Effects. Also, Atom Editor.

Book a 1hr One-On-One Session (All Sessions, AEST Time)

Book in for a group session

To ensure you and your computer are ready to start in week 1, watch this introductory workshop that will take you through the basic difference between each Adobe program and how to install them on your computer. You will also be introduced to LinkedIn Learning, where you will find useful video tutorials to help you with aspects of your assessments and module activities.

This session is open to ALL Design and Creative Technology students at ALL campuses.

WATCH RECORDING HERE

SketchUp Workshops, T2 2020 [Weeks 2 - 12] 

Having trouble drawing fashion flats in Illustrator?

Join this 2-part workshop run over weeks 6 & 7. The workshops are aimed to provide fashion students with assistance in drawing fashion flats using Adobe Illustrator.
You will learn how to maximise the pen tool, organise layers, utilise the pathfinder, create custom symbol libraries and pick up techniques for working faster to increase your productivity.

PART 1 : Friday 10th July
PART 2 : Friday 17th July 
11:30 – 1:30pm (AEST TIME)

JOIN SESSION HERE

Please download the working files prior to the session

Find clarity at our 15 minutes  online meditation session with Miraa Best. 

When? Thursday at 2:40 pm (Sydney time) room 

Join the session here.

If you are feeling stressed or need support don't forget your campus provides free and confidential counseling to all face-to-face and online students enrolled in Australia.

For more information on the counseling services offered by your campus click here.