Career Ready Plan Find graduate jobs and programs
Find graduate jobs and programs
- Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in Marine Science
- Courses
- Future Students
- Current Students
- Research and Teaching
- Partners and Community
- About JCU
- Reputation and Experience
- Celebrating 50 Years
- Academy
- Anthropological Laboratory for Tropical Audiovisual Research (ALTAR)
- Anton Breinl Research Centre
- Agriculture Technology and Adoption Centre
- Living on Campus
- Advanced Analytical Centre
- Applying to JCU
- Alumni
- AMHHEC
- JCU Aquaculture Solutions
- AusAsian Mental Health Research Group
- ARCSTA
- Area 61
- Association of Australian University Secretaries
- Australian/NZ Students
- Australian Lions Stinger Research
- Australian Tropical Herbarium
- Australian Quantum & Classical Transport Physics Group
- Boating and Diving
- JCU-CSIRO Partnership
- Employability Edge
-
Career Ready Plan
- Explore your options, clarify your goals
- Aim for academic success
- Show initiative, get involved
- Build your contacts and networks
- Identify employer expectations
- Gain career relevant experience
- Develop your skills
- Develop your professional identity
- Fine tune your application skills
- Find graduate jobs and programs
- Evidence your strengths
- Pull it all together
- JCU Careers and Employability
- CASE
- Careers at JCU
- Careers and Employability
- Chancellery
- Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology
- CITBA
- CMT
- College of Business, Law and Governance
- College of Healthcare Sciences
- WHOCC for N&M Education and Research
- College of Medicine and Dentistry
- College of Science and Engineering
- CPHMVS
- Centre for Disaster Solutions
- CSTFA
- Cyber Security Hub
- Cyclone Testing Station
- The Centre for Disaster Studies
- Daintree Rainforest Observatory
- Discover Nature at JCU
- Research Division
- Services and Resources Division
- Education Division
- Economic Geology Research Centre
- Elite Athletes
- eResearch
- Environmental Research Complex [ERC]
- Estate
- Fletcherview
- Foundation for Australian Literary Studies
- Gender Equity Action and Research
- General Practice and Rural Medicine
- GetReady4Uni
- Give to JCU
- Governance
- Information for JCU Cairns Graduates
- Art of Academic Writing
- Art of Academic Editing
- Graduate Research School
- Graduation
- Indigenous Education and Research Centre
- Indigenous Engagement
- Indigenous Legal Needs Project
- Inherent Requirements
- IsoTropics Geochemistry Lab
- IT Services
- International Schools
- International Students
- Research and Innovation Services
- JCU Eduquarium
- JCU Events
- JCU Global Experience
- JCU Ideas Lab
- JCU Job Ready
- JCU Motorsports
- JCU Prizes
- JCU Sport
- JCU Turtle Health Research
- Language and Culture Research Centre
- CEE
- LearnJCU
- Library
- Mabo Decision: 30 years on
- MARF
- Marine Geophysics Laboratory
- New students
- Off-Campus Students
- Office of the Vice Chancellor and President
- Virtual Open Day
- Orpheus
- Outstanding Alumni
- Parents and Partners
- Pathways to university
- Planning for your future
- Placements
- Policy
- PAHL
- Publications
- Professional Experience Placement
- Queensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Rapid Assessment Unit
- RDIM
- Researcher Development Portal
- Safety and Wellbeing
- Scholarships
- Contextual Science for Tropical Coastal Ecosystems
- Staff
- State of the Tropics
- Strategic Procurement
- Student Equity and Wellbeing
- Student profiles
- SWIRLnet
- TARL
- TESS
- TREAD
- TropEco for Staff and Students
- TQ Maths Hub
- TUDLab
- Unicare Centre and Unicampus Kids
- UAV
- VAVS Home
- Work Health and Safety
- WHOCC for Vector-borne & NTDs
- Media
- Copyright and Terms of Use
- Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine
- Clinical Psychedelic Research Lab
Prepare early in your final year
Develop a job search plan and devote time to it. Identify employers and positions of interest and familiarise yourself with their recruitment practices and deadlines. Broaden your search for opportunities based on your skills, not just your degree title. Employers are increasingly recruiting from a diverse range of degrees.
Tips
- Check the job sites such as JCU CareerHub, SEEK, LinkedIn Jobs, Australian Job Search, Queensland Government Jobs
- Scan the careers section within employer websites to identify recruitment opportunities and time frames.
- Complete the Graduate Job Search module in JCU Employability Edge to gain confidence in your job search approach and ensure you are applying the most effective job search strategies.
- Read your course-specific Career Snapshot for ideas on future employers and job boards relevant to your degree.
- Scan jobs of interest to identify employer expectations, priorities and organisational values. Work on gaining the experiences, skills and knowledge you need to get the job.
- Follow employers’ social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok) to learn of opportunities available and understand their company culture and expectations. Employers use social media to promote their organisation and connect with future staff.
Graduate programs vs graduate positions
Graduate Programs
Government and large employers may offer structured graduate employment programs which include on-the-job training and mentoring. Programs are advertised throughout a student's final year of study for commencement of employment in the following year. Many employers commence recruitment early in the year, applications may open as early as February.
While many graduate programs will be tailored towards a particular degree, a number of organisations will run graduate programs recruiting from a wide variety of degrees.
Tips
- Check the graduate recruitment sites Prosple, GradConnection, Queensland Government Graduate Portal, Australian Government Graduate Programs and sign up for their Facebook posts and email alerts on graduate program opportunities.
- Follow the JCU Careers Facebook and Instagram pages for updates on graduate program recruitment dates.
Graduate Positions
Employers, particularly smaller to medium size organisations may not offer formal graduate programs and will recruit when a position arises. Identify organisations of interest and ensure you are aware of their recruitment practices.
Explore innovative graduate opportunities
Be future orientated, read about innovations, predictions, forecasts and the entrepreneurial nature of future work. Investigate start-ups and network with the entrepreneurial community - attend meetups, start-up weekends, and hackathons. Many employers seek innovative, forward thinkers.
Tips
- Check the events, programs and support offered through the JCU Ideas Lab.
- Investigate grants, programs, mentoring and support available to assist you in establishing and growing your business or entrepreneurial ideas, e.g. Australian Government New Enterprise Scheme (NEIS), Australian Government Entrepreneurs' Programme, QLD Government Starting a Business , Social Enterprise Grants Program.
- Investigate entrepreneurship groups in your area, such as Start-up Townsville or the Start-up & Entrepreneurs Meetup group in Cairns. Google entrepreneurial activities in your area for more information.
- Read Deloitte Australia Business Outlook and industry forecasts for facts, figures and insights on Australian and world growth prospects.