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Professional Employment Program

A program to maximise your ICT career potential


The Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies is offering the Professional Employment Program as an exciting new career development program developed for ICT postgraduate international students.

Download previous June Program here

Important Dates

  Date Time
PEP program will run Thu 21 Jun - Tue 26 Jun 09:00 - 15:30
PEP Applications close Fri 25 May 17:00
Information session (EN102) Tue 15 May 12:30-13:30

The Swinburne based program aims to improve career outcomes by outlining the Australian ICT industry and identifying a sequenced approach to the development of employment skills, tactics and trends that will assist you with your future career management in the ICT industry.

DOWNLOAD 2012 APPLICATION FORM HERE

What does the program offer?

  • Improve your career outcomes
  • Understand the job-hunting steps in the Australian ICT market including; resume and cover letter writing, networking and interviews
  • Visit a blue chip ICT organisation
  • Hear key speakers from the ICT industry discuss tactics and give tips for successful job hunting
  • Mock interviews will be held covering questions most frequently asked by ICT employers
  • Understand and improve on the skills sought by employers
  • Identify the methodologies and stages to being recruited to an organisation


Program structure

  • Classes will be run full time over 4 days, 9.30 - 3.30PM
  • The mode of provision to be adopted is mainly class attendance with some online provision
  • The teaching approach adopted will be highly interactive.  Students will be involved in activities such as: interviews, testing, group activities , peer evaluation
  • To view the previous 2012 program please click here


When will the program run?

  • Sessions will run at Swinburne, Hawthorn Campus
  • Session fee is $50 per student, subsidised by the Faculty of ICT


Apply now!

DOWNLOAD 2012 APPLICATION FORM HERE

 

Please provide your, name, phone number and Student ID number
Maximum of 50 students may enter the Program.

Note: The Professional Employment Program is a prerequisite for postgraduate students wanting to undertake the Internship Project (HIT9326).




Special thanks to the supporting organisations:

  • Delloitte
  • Accenture
  • Lonely Planet
  • Seek



All enquiries for the Professional Employment Program:

Mr Malcolm Ward
Faculty of ICT
careers@ict.swin.edu.au
Ph: (+61 3) 9214 5454
Fx: (+61 3) 9214 5320

PEP Program is delivered by
Swinburne's Careers and Employment Unit.

 
A Heyde

Attend our Professional Employment Program

Develop team building & group project skills

Communication & organisational behaviour workshops make you more work ready

Industry consultant interviews will develop your confidence and skills in future interviews

Abbas Siddiqui, Simran Narula and Alok Sharma attend the 2009 Professional Employment Program

You will visit major IT employers and gain a better understanding of the ICT industry