Helping people through working in recruitment for a social justice organisation ticks all the boxes for Tominika Moa. The AUT Human Resources and Employment Relations graduate works as a HR coordinator at Lifewise.
She advises students to not worry about lack of experience when applying for jobs. She applied for all the HR roles she could find even though she had little experience. “Don’t be scared to put yourself out there.”
When businesses attend career fairs they are showing AUT students that they are interested in them, says second year marketing student Campbell Jones, who attended the Business, Economics and Law Career Fair recently.
"Career fairs are a great way to find out about employers and also get in front of them."
LinkedIn, websites, Facebook, Instagram - and often TikTok - will have loads of information about employers that can help you make the most of career fair opportunities.
Using LinkedIn led Rajvi Rangrej to an internship with a design firm and lots of great contacts – but it wasn’t something she was keen to do initially. But when she put up a logo she’d created for AUT Indian Student Association, everything changed.
Construction engineering graduate April Faitua was delighted to get into the Kāinga Ora 18-month graduate programme working on construction that brought about social change. April has now taken up the role of consultant information manager for Auercon in their digital engineering team. She talks about her Kāinga Ora graduate programme experience.
A chance encounter with AUT employability services gave Ghazi Suliyanto the help he needed to gain a great internship, part time job and excellent graduate role. He urges all students to make the most of the professional and free service.
Clambering out of boats and crossing muddy water to bring supplies and support to the Rohingya people in Myanmar camps is just one part of the job for Su Myat Kyaw, medical activity manager for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). It’s exciting, worthwhile and humbling, says Su who undertook the AUT Edge Award and Beyond AUT Award as well as studying disaster and risk management at AUT.
The chance to get tips from employers and recruiters is attracting strong numbers of students to the employer presentations run by AUT Employability over March. Read the top tips from three students that attended a number of these events.
How do you show your best side to a potential employer? By marketing yourself - and your CV is your marketing tool. It is usually your CV that will land you a job interview! So make sure it highlights your strengths and skills, focuses on the role and employer, and looks professional and appropriate!
