Careers

As a graduate of the Griffith Health Group Honours program you will be able to plan and conduct research in health and human services and will be well-placed for positions in diverse industries and professions in the private and public sectors.

Enhance your employment options and skill mix

During your Honours year you will engage in research that plays a part in solving today's complex health and human service problems, and in the process gain a valuable skill mix that can be utilised in a range of occupations and industries:

• Managing a research project will enable you to develop your project management skills;
  
• Learn to conduct literature searches and critically evaluate literature which develops your analysis and critical evaluation skills. The research project as a whole is about problem-solving. These skills are life skills, essential for interpreting information, making informed judgments and evaluations and resolving problems;
• Develop your negotiation skills;
• Develop teamwork skills as you conduct research alongside a multidisciplinary cohort and researchers;
  
• Develop your written, oral communication and interpersonal skills.

Graduate Destination Surveys reveal that students who complete an Honours year are significantly more likely to gain employment in an area related to their field of study, compared to students who have completed a three-year science degree.

Career pathways

Completion of Griffith Health Group Honours program opens up a number of career pathways:

• Employment in industry
• Employment in state and federal government
• Employment in health and science fields
• Further postgraduate study
• Higher degree (PhD) by research
  

Career help from Griffith

The Careers and Employment Service at Griffith offers a wide range of services to ensure the employment success of students and graduates.

Services include:

• Job search seminars
• Recruitment fairs (Australian employers)
• International Careers Fair (overseas employers)
• Online vacancy and career information system (CareerBoard)
• Griffith Industry Mentoring Program
• Making Employment Happen (seminar embedded into first year lectures)
• Employer presentations program
• Indigenous placement program
• Workplace contact list (people in the workplace able to be contacted by Griffith students)
• Career Smarter (online career development program)
• Postgraduate careers symposium
• Employer liaison
• One-on-one career counselling and information
  

More information can be found on the Careers and Employment Service website.