Employability Blog

The two Edge Award Overall Prize Winners undertook a huge number of hours of volunteering and leadership that not only showed a huge commitment to community, but pushed them to become much stronger and confident people.

Be creative, hustle, get in front of people, give anything a go and do your research. That was the advice from 6 creative young employers who attended various sessions at AUT this semester. They’ve all experienced rejection and success. They may even be hiring. See what they have to say

Smelly, spongy or gangrenous – whatever condition feet are in – diabetic podiatrist Ramona Frost finds it a challenge and a puzzle to make feet better. It's a career she loves because of the difference it can make to people's lives.

Online networking through LinkedIn is massive, says BDO internal talent acquisition manager Phillipa Dale who has worked in recruitment since 2004. As someone who receives torrents of invitations to connect on LinkedIn, she is well placed to share advice and insights on using LinkedIn appropriately and well.

When Kirria Person approached Spacetime managing director about a co-operative placement, she had no idea it would turn into an internship. Nor then she know she’d spend a good amount of her time working remotely at Spacetime because of lockdown.

So are you ready? Are you ready to put your best foot forward and get out and get a job? Or you not even bothering to answer because you are too busy applying for heaps of online jobs expecting a recruiter will read your generic CV and give you the job? Or do you simply want to hide under your sheets whenever job search is mentioned? Find out how to become Match Ready for job search.

I bet you’ve been told again and again that a LinkedIn profile is an essential part of your job search. Yet, how often do you think, “Why should I bother?”

Whether fresh-faced student/graduate or battle-hardened professional, those first few hours of a new job or internship are often among the most stressful and daunting of our working lives.

Grace Davies is definitely a fan of internships, having done two while studying at AUT. She gained heaps from both and believes internships area a great way to prepare for the workplace and test your career options.

Keen to get some experience outside of your study but struggling to work out how to do it? Volunteering is one way to do this – it gives you the chance to connect and learn about workplaces - and is something that employers look upon extremely positively in these uncertain times