A page on the ACAP website lists employment opportunities, both paid and unpaid, some of which is provided by ACAP alumni.
As noted in section 1.10, the Alumni newsletter promotes Student Transitions and Employability events and the workshops delivered specifically to Alumni.
Of particular note is the School of Education 1902 Education Society. It is a professional support network open to all ECU Education students, past and present. From the commencement of studies at ECU through until employment retirement, the 1902 Education Society provides support through meaningful opportunities to connect, collaborate and network with peers, ECU academic staff and Alumni. http://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/education/1902-education-society
All ECU Education students and graduates are granted automatic membership and access to the benefits offered by the Society, which include:
Alumni funded the creation of the following videos with the STE team providing the content:
Student Transitions and Employability works closely with Alumni in the form of workshops, mentoring programs and networking opportunities.
Alumni hold events (for Alumni) where current students are encouraged to participate and engage with those ECU graduates in industry. Alumni assist in identifying guest speakers or keynote guests for school-based events.
Griffith's alumni are important sub-group of industry representatives who play multiple roles towards achievement of Griffith's graduate employability ambitions. Many alumni who have had a positive experience of the University express a desire to give back, beyond donations and cash contributions. Some of the ways through which Griffith's alumni contribute to the university's work in employability include:
C&ES also actively recruits alumni for its industry mentoring program. In the higher degree space, the HDR Reconnect project has made contact with 35% of Griffith's higher degree graduates and is feeding their insights about HDR career pathways into Griffith's current practice.
To ensure the on-going enhancement of Alumni functions, Griffith is working towards undertaking an integrated approach to engage and work with alumni for employability across the University. The overarching aim is to enhance the development of an engaged alumni culture. Specific approaches include:
The Alumni team have partnered with Careers and Employment Service team to host an annual event that helps current students get a better idea of opportunities for employment through alumni speakers or career coaches. This is a way for the Alumni Office to engage current students prior to graduation and help prepare them for a lifelong relationship with their alma matter as a support system.
MGSM Alumni actively participate in student employability through one-to-one mentoring/coaching sessions to help students gain specific industry/organisation insights; and by acting as a direct referral service for eligible students for roles available within their organisations.
Beyond this, the Macquarie Incubator provides a vibrant and accessible space for our University community to engage and workshop business ideas. It's a space for students, alumni, researchers, staff, small-medium sized enterprises, entrepreneurs and start-ups who are working on research or an idea that can be commercialised. The synergy between the Incubator's purpose and the employability agenda is obvious; for example, a significant number of students have undertaken their PACE activity with start-ups and other ventures located and/or connected to the Incubator.
The Division of Philanthropy (Alumni, Engagement and Development) runs the Career Ready Mentoring Program for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Built Environment in collaboration with Careers and Employment. This is a mentoring program connecting students with established industry professionals. The division also runs events which provide networking opportunities for current students and recent graduates such as the Learn@Lunch series: https://alumni.unsw.edu.au/learnatlunch
UQ's Alumni and Community Engagement team support the UQ Employability Framework and approach. The team have collaborated on a number of employability initiatives - in particular networking events and mentoring programs, however this support is generally ad-hoc in nature and a process or structure for a sustainable working relationship has not yet been articulated. A Collaborative Agreement is currently in development, and will be in place for 2019.
VU Alumni Relations team supports a variety of employability programs through their relationships with alumni and focuses on identifying and inviting alumni to participate in key programs. These include:
Alumni remain connected through the work of the Career Mentor Program, run by the Careers Team.
Yes. UWA's Alumni supports recent graduates with Career Cafe for Recent Graduates as part of the Perth Festival (Feb-Mar 2019). This gives Alumni the opportunity to share their career story and industry knowledge with recent graduates. Alumni also provides postgraduates to join a panel in O-Week to support knowledge sharing of best practice and networking with those recently enrolled in Postgraduate studies.
Alumni also provide ongoing mentoring opportunities through Career Mentor Link where mentors can support students in one-on-one mentoring on industry perspective through their studies, and supporting their transition into the workplace.
Alumni also have other mentoring programmes, including Ignite Mentoring - mentoring in developing leadership, teamwork and confidence in low socioeconomic high schools, and Women in Engineering - a joint initiative between UWA Careers Centre and the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics. This initiative is designed to support female students in Engineering, to be mentored by women working in the field. Alumni also hold the Young Alumni Speaker Series - with young Alumni (35 years or younger), connecting young Alumni with more experienced Alumni about their career journey.
Alumni Relations now report into the Office of Employability and Graduate Success and therefore there is a greater awareness of the potential for the Alumni function to support an institutional approach to employability. This has resulted in an increase of work opportunities for students and mentoring relationships between students, alumni and industry.
Implementation and promotion of the new Vine-up mentoring technology, and inclusion of presentations by Alumni staff at Careers events encourage students to consider joining Alumni after they graduate with the promise of potential employability benefits (networking for example).
We are also working on the concept of lifelong learning, through graduate capital measures which will result in a targeted strategy for providing tailored careers education support to graduates and alumni.
Yes, but currently an informal (albeit strong) alumni involvement.
There is no dedicated alumni office but a number of informal approaches to alumni (i.e. facebook groups and industry connected staff) mean that the alumni themselves support employability. This alumni support manifests in numerous ways including alumni generate job and placement opportunities, alumni generated input to course accreditation and subject development activities and alumni involvement in subject level employability activities including in-class speaking and industry site visits.
The 2019/2020 business plan will also include the launch of a strategic approach to the ICMS alumni network, with a view to further leveraging alumni for greater involvement in employability activities.
There is an Alumni mentoring program with a limited number of industry mentors but numbers are low relative to the student population.
The Alumni centre do often support work in employability, but there is no formal arrangement in place. For instance, the alumni service occasionally assist the Careers Service with sourcing alumni for presentations, promote Work Integrated Learning activities, and have recently supported the Murdoch Guild to source over 200 alumni for a mentoring program.
As detailed under 1.10 Swinburne's Advancement Office continues to develop a program of alumni activities. The Alumni Engagement team is developing new KPIs which are aiming to deliver improved outcomes for employability.
The USC Development Office (incorporating the Alumni Relations Office):
1. Facilitates the recruitment of Alumni into Work Integrated Learning programs.
2. Promotes Alumni involvement in the provision of internships.
3. Recruits Alumni to speak at Careers events.
4. Engages students in Alumni network activities.
5. Connects students and business through the donor scholarship program.
The Alumni Office is active in referring contacts for alumni who are keen to host students for internships and/or provide guest lectures or site visits to their organisations. Such opportunities enrich our curriculum with a focus on employability and practical examples of the application of university studies post-Graduation. For example, over the last few years there have been organised activities where alumni have shared their experiences and advice to on careers/getting jobs etc, including the So What's Next workshop run by Careers and Employment, and the Nursing and Midwifery Alumni Network committee ˜Transition into Practice events. There are also lecturers and specific disciplines who organise for their past students to come back and speak to current students about their career experience. There are other one-off events the university has run that the Alumni Relations Officer supports to source/recommend alumni to speak at student events.
Alumni take on students for work integrated learning/work placement/ work experience etc across the university. They also employ students/graduates in their businesses.
There is discussion around a mentoring program being developed in the future by the Alumni to complement the range of employability opportunities offered by USC.
Alumni support the Next Steps mentoring program led by the Careers and Employment Centre. Alumni's role is to promote the program to Alumni members, thereby sourcing mentors for the program. Careers and Employment are responsible for matching students and mentors and monitoring the program. Alumni have no direct involvement in the employability agenda but will assist teaching areas and research capabilities through administering surveys to Alumni groups.
The Alumni function works in conjunction with Industry Engagement to provide opportunities for alumni, and in turn alumni approach Le Cordon Bleu to employ students embarking on WIL. The provision of services to alumni is an ancillary service and is not reflected in the strategic plan.
Not currently. We are currently deploying an initiative which will connect Alumni to current students for the purposes of mentoring and securing work integrated learning and plaid employment opportunities with the SAE Alumni.