Opportunities for career advancement
In the Advance stage of the career-mapping journey, it’s a top time to review how your career journey is tracking.
You may consider expanding your skills with more credentials or branching out further with postgraduate study or another degree.
You’ll also benefit from deepening connections with other professionals and University alumni.
You may even become a mentor and share your experiences and insights with others to help guide their career journey.
Advancing your career
As you approach graduation, advancing your career involves a mix of self-reflection, strategic planning and proactive steps. Build your network by connecting with industry professionals, attending career fairs and engaging with alumni.
Finally, stay adaptable and continuously seek learning opportunities, whether through further education or new skills. With focus and persistence, you'll be well-equipped to take the next steps in your career journey.
Four stages of the career-mapping journey
Planning opportunities
AI prompts for career development
AI can help you find relevant work opportunities, generate ideas for your professional profiles and more.
Our AI for career development resource can help you learn ethical ways to use AI for your career endeavours.
Maximising Your Job Search Strategy
Identify job opportunities relevant to you. Learn how to effectively manage your job search using a variety of proactive strategies - how to get started, where to look, how to contact employers and develop useful networks.
Building professional connections
Boost your career prospects and accelerate your career progression.
Learn how to apply impactful networking strategies to maximise your professional relationship-building skills.
Upcoming events
Graduate employment explained
Want to know more about your options for graduate employment?
Learn how to identify roles suitable for graduates, where to look for roles and how to present professionally to potential employers.
Interview prep and performance
If you are familiar with job interviews and want to take your performance to the next level, this session is for you.
Elevate your interview game and develop the skills and confidence to succeed in any interview scenario.
Demystifying graduate recruitment
Give yourself the best chance of success in the graduate recruitment process.
Unpack the specifics of the graduate recruitment process including the application process and psychometric testing.
Advancing to graduate
Careers recruitment group
Join our student recruitment group to apply and search for exclusive internal and external job vacancies.
Our recruitment consultants will reach out if there are new vacancies suited to your skills and experience.
Become an alumni mentor
Join the alumni mentoring program to help fellow students and contribute to the university beyond graduation.
The alumni community is made up of 300,000 individuals worldwide. Join and stay connected to the Griffith community.
Exploring further study
Undertaking further study can be a great way to advance your way to advance your career.
Through postgraduate study, you can become a specialist in your field and further study can provide a gateway to research or academia.
Career experiences
Careers Fair
Connect with employers to learn about summer internships and graduate programs.
Knowing when and how to apply early in your studies will give you a clear advantage.
Develop leadership skills
Lead with Impact is a free, self-paced online course exclusively for Griffith graduates.
This course will equip you with a fresh understanding of responsible leadership and help you build the ability to lead others.
Graduate programs
There are many reputable companies seeking to hire new graduates from a particular study discipline.
Graduate programs have various open and close dates and information can be found on company careers sites.