CAREERS CORNERMEET THE ENTREPRENEURPRICEWATERHOUSE WORKSHOPSINDUSTRY MENTORING PROGRAM EXPERIENCE: REFLECTIONS OF A MENTEE

SPONSORS’ ARTICLESPwC: WHY CHOOSE A JOB WHEN YOU CAN CHOOSE A FUTURE?CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS STUDENT CHALLENGEWESTPAC GRADUATE PROGRAM DETAILS

COLUMNS

WRITERSCHRISTINA LUERIC LIAO

CAREERS CONTRIBUTORSJACKZENGYVONNE LAM

COVER DESIGNZOE YANG

OUR THANKS GOES TO THE FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTORS:AXEL SUKIANTO - SPORTS CORNERROBERT CHAN - GRAPHICS

PUBLICATIONS DIRECTORSLARISSA DAVISl.davis@unswbsoc.com

LESLIE WONGl.wong@unswbsoc.com

ARTICLES & EXTRASTHE SOCIAL ENDEAVOUR PRIZE 2009SPORTS CORNEREVENTS CALENDAR

PUBLICATIONSTEAM

GRAD POSITIONSCONFUSED POSSIBILITIES OF GRAD AFTERLIFE

COMUNIECO - APRIL 2009THE GRADUATE EDITION

Committee officers sought for all portfolios!

The Business Society is now re-cruiting for individuals dedicated to enriching the university life of fellow students to participate in a Portfolio of their interest.

All undergraduate students en-rolled at the Australian School of Business are encouraged to apply.

http://www.unswbsoc.com/ portfolios/recruitment

COLUMNS

Oh noes! It’s our final year at uni, and we have to apply for a graduate position! But never fear, for this guide is here, at a price not dear, just try not to leer.

Step 1. Tracking and logistics.

First and foremost, you should track down com-panies which you would like to work for. (Really!? You needed me to tell you this?!....) A good start would be to attend the Careers Expo, which is on every year, run by the Careers and Employ-ment Faculty. There is a little book given out that contains ALOT of companies with information on closing dates etc. Get it.

Step 2. Battle Strategy.

The next step is to prepare a suitable resume and cover letter. The Careers and Employment Faculty runs workshops which may be of use here. For those who prefer a slightly more aggressive approach, I suppose you could hunt down your adversaries and sabotage them in a few ways (which shall be covered in another article...). Remember, a few basic things to note, a resume is a detailed re-presentation of your life. Write all the skills, hobbies, work xperiences, awards you’ve had in there. If you need help on format or layout, consult Google. The cover letter should be a *brief* outline of your strong points, and should not rehash what is in your resume. We all know the sort of things employers want (or say they want), leadership, team work, initiative and willingness to learn. These should be covered in your cover letter.

Step 3. Bag and Tag.

The final step is to apply. Remember to make yourself sound like Jesus on your applications. Also, it would be wise to notify your referees and tell (or bribe, refer to Military Tactic 1) them to say nice things. Keep in mind, that the companies will want you to answer behavioural-like questions. For these, the best way to approach them is referring to the company values, or the leadership etc etc attributes.

Military Tactic 1. Bribe subtly or you will be arrested.

Military Tactic 2. Try and apply for as many companies as you can, in other words, apply for ALL of them.

Military Tactic 3. All your base are belong to me.

ERIC LIAOGRAD POSITIONS

Every month we throw a topic at our columnists for them to muck around with. Inter-ested in contributing your 2 cents? Visit: http://www.unswbsoc.com/portfolios/recruitment now!

On April 29th 2009, astonishing fact shows that the number of words in English language will mark a million.

Really, you ask? Of course not! According to the global monitors, the actual date may be five days either side of April, but if you check the Merriam – Webster dictionary, you’ll find that the number is way over. Then again, if you search on your beloved Oxford, you’ll find only half the figure.

Confused? I am.

And that’s what most people feel like as they start planning the next stage of their lives, unlimited by future possibilities and limited by the ‘It’s ok if you don’t get Distinction’ grades and skills, knowing what they want or hope to be in ten or twenty years time. Problem is everyone seems to be asking you to do different things, advising you to go different places, telling you to work in different areas. Ultimately, even mentioning the word ‘Grad’ will make you perplexed in many ways.

I’m not going to tell you what you should do since everyone is an individu-al. For the more passionate, life is about doing what you want. For the more cynical, life is about doing what societ-ies want. For the more political, life is about doing what societies want to do what you want.

However, having said that, keep one tip in your head. Be smart. You can be IQ smart, skill-smart, people-smart, grades-smart – be however smart you like because as long as you are smart, you will earn yourself a ticket into a possible better future.

CHRISTINA LUCONFUSED POSSIBILITIES OF GRAD

AFTERLIFE

© 2009 Westpac Banking Corporation (ABN 33 007 457 141).

“I thought I’d have to sell my soul to make it”

We do expect our Institutional Banking Grads to push themselves, just not 24/7.

For feedback from our grads and application forms, visit westpac.com.au/graduates

Applications close midnight, 29 March 2009.

This time last year

westpac.com.au/graduates

© 2009 Westpac Banking Corporation (ABN 33 007 457 141).

“I thought I’d have to sell my soul to make it”

We do expect our Institutional Banking Grads to push themselves, just not 24/7.

For feedback from our grads and application forms, visit westpac.com.au/graduates

Applications close midnight, 29 March 2009.

This time last year

westpac.com.au/graduates

INTERVARSITY SPORTSWell, in case you did not know, the Aus-tralian School of Business (ASB) is like the best Business School in town. Seri-ously. Well, when is there a better chance to boast about our abilities other than the Intervarsity Sports Competition we are having with other Business Societies from the University of Sydney, University of Technology Sydney and Macquarie University. The planned sports to be played include basketball and football with the inclusion of several novelty games! This event is on April 4th at Macquarie University – keep an eye out in your lectures for BSOC lecture shouts and check the website for further infor-mation.

INTERFACULTY SPORTSA competition to see who is the best faculty at UNSW; we will be serving up basketball and indoor soccer between the major faculties at UNSW. The right to win bragging rights as to whom, ex-actly, deserves the title of being the best faculty at UNSW. This one is still in the works, so keep your eyes peeled!

BSOC SKI TRIPThe first of its kind at BSoc, it will be a trip of a lifetime through the beautiful snow at Thredbo with your best mates from uni. The ski trip will run for 3 nights between 6-9th of July 2009, and will include: 19

* 3 Days of fun-filled skiing * All transport and accommodation included * Ski hire and lift passes included * Breakfast for the 3 days and dinner for one night * Party Night on one night * Also includes a 3 day Peak Season Thredbo pass, free lessons and ski equipment worth $299.

And you can join this exciting Ski Trip just for $588. Imagine three days and three nights of skiing. Well, stop imagining and get a move on because spots for the ski trip are limited and promises to sell fast! Confirm your spot at the BSoc Ski Trip by putting your name down and an $80 de-posit (non-refundable) either at our stall or office at the Quad, and make sure you don’t miss out! Don’t forget to tell all your friends about it! OFFICER RECRUITMENTThe Sports portfolio is now accepting ap-plications for Committee Officers. Appli-cants must be an undergraduate student enrolled at the Australian School of Busi-ness. No prior experience necessary and students from all years are encouraged to apply. Apply at www.unswbsoc.com.

AXEL SUKIANTO

DELOITTEPRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERSWESTPACWHAT’S SOMETHING THEY HAVE IN COMMON?

THE 2008 INDUSTRY MENTORING PROGRAM, THAT’S WHAT. NOW ITS BACK AND THE 2009 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN.

NNETWORK. GET INSIGHT. BE CHALLENGED.THE INDUSTRY MENTORY PROGRAM PROVIDES SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WITH THE CHANCE FOR STUDENTS TO BE PAIRED UP WITH A MENTOR CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE AT 11:59PM SUNDAY, 3RD MAY 2009. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

DOWNDOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION FROM UNSWBSOC.COM AND EMAIL, ALONG WITH YOUR CV, TO INDUSTRYMENTORINGPROGRAM@GMAIL.COM.

UNSWBSOC CAREERS PRESENTS:THE 2009 INDUSTRY MENTORING PROGRAM

NOW RECRUITING!The Business Society is now looking for all undergraduatebusiness students who want to be part of the most activesociety on campus. Open to all students from first to final years. Apply now onour website.

THE AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND THE CENTRE OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROUDLY PRESENT:

THE SOCIAL ENDEAVOURPRIZE 2009

Key Dates1 April 2009 - 5-7pm Launch Party at the Level 6 Lounge in ASB UNSW23 April 2009 Final chance for teams to register for the finals (maximum of 10 teams)21 May 2009 - 5-8pm Final competition10 June 2009 Winners announced at the Australian School of Business Awards Night LocationLocation: UNSW Sydney - KPower Offices Sydney For the team registration form, please visit the ASB website: www.business.unsw.edu.au

OverviewIn June 2008, Peter Kazacos established the Social Endeavour Prize (SEP), as part of the Kazacos Foundation Grant to the CIE.

The over-arching objective of the SEP is for Students today to benefit from a greater awareness of social enter-prises. Charities too need intelligent volunteers to assist them in fund raising, and with fresh ideas.

The SEP is designed as a competition for up to 10 student teams of no more than 4 members each that are paired up with a host charity to design a new fund raising approach. The teams will then compete against each other in a finals pitch event presided over by an entrepreneurial judging panel. Three prizes will be awarded, with the 1st and 2nd place teams to spend 1 week with their charity to further develop & implement their concept.

Teams will liaise and research the charity’s fund raising environment, and propose a concept. The Charity/Team need to decide to Pitch (or abandon) by April 23rd. At that point, the Team registers for the final pitch competi-tion.

The judging criteria for the SEP are:

1. Return on Investment of the fund raising business model 2. Credibility of required Inputs & target outcomes 3. Detail of the processes to be used 4. Viability – would you repeat the approach?

Awards, to be awarded at end of Finals Competition, 21 May 09:

1. 1st Place: 4,000 prize money, and Team spends 1 week at charity during school break to implement; 2. 2nd Place: $3,000 prize mone 2. 2nd Place: $3,000 prize money, and Team spends 1 week at charity during school break to implement; 3. 3rd Place: $1,000 prize money.

The overall winner of the SEP competition will be awarded their 1st Prize at the Annual ASB Awards gala night, on 10 June 09, by Peter Kazacos

CAREERSCORNER

What is happening?Pricewaterhouse Coopers Workshop

Where: Law Building G02 | When: Thursday 2nd April | Time: 1-2PM

Price Waterhouse Coopers is one of the leading accounting firms in Australia and around the world. Get-ting a head start in accounting isn’t easy, but UNSWBSOC has provided you the opportunity to hear some tips and hints from representatives of PWC.

Come along to this information ses-sion and learn more about the firm!

Meet the Entrepreneurs

Jokes aside on April 1st, we have a serious event for all you business minded entrepreneurs. UNSW Busi-ness Society is proud to present the first of four Meet the Entrepre-neur Talk series of 2009, with guest speaker Dr Simon Poole who has 25 years experience in photonics in both academia and industry.

In October 1995 Dr Simon Poole started Indx Pty Ltd to manufac-ture Fibre Bragg Gratings (FBGs) for the optical communications systems market. Dr Poole was CEO of Indx through its acquisition by JDS Uniphase in 1997 and after the initial integration into Uniphase, he became the Technical Director of what turned into JDSU Australia which grew to a peak revenue of $100m per anum in 2001. As a suc-cessful ‘serial entrepreneur’, Simon brings considerable experience and understanding of the entrepreneur-ial process. So come along to learn from a serious entrepreneur and network to find out what is the dif-ference between your average PHD lecturer and your entrepreneurial businessman. Located at the Law Theatre G02, from 1pm -2pm sharp, refreshments will be provided and more information about other busi-ness related events will be available.

The Industry Mentoring Program Experience:Reflections of a mentee

Yvonne Lam

The Industry Mentoring Program was a fantastic experience from a university student’s perspective because it unlocked the door to the world of networking which can be daunting to enter without any help, and also because thanks to the pearls of wisdom from my mentor about university life and their experiences in the workplace, I am now much clearer about the type of career that I want to pursue.

The IMP provided me with an excellent opportunity to meet a friendly person working in the industry with years of experience in a relaxed manner and to ask them any questions on my mind about possible career paths, while also allowing me to gain a friend and a valuable contact for future reference.

The informal structure of the program encourages you to meet with your mentor in casual settings such as coffee dates or lunch as well as chatting through emails and phone conversations, which makes it easy to bond with your mentor and seek their wise advice about how to make the most of your time at university and learn more about how the industry really works.

It is a great initiative which addresses the issue of the limited amount of accessible options for university students who want to learn about the business industry in a more interactive and personal way. I would highly rec-ommend it to anyone who would like more guidance on which direction to take for their future careers.

Applications for the 2009 UNSW Business Society Industry Mentoring Program are now open. Visit www.unswbsoc.com for more details and to apply.

© 2009 Westpac Banking Corporation (ABN 33 007 457 141).

westpac.com.au/graduates

“I figured I’d be mastering my coffee-making skills”

This time last year

Westpac Graduate Recruitment ProgramA lot of people think that when you start in a graduate program, you get left with menial jobs to do. Well, that’s where Westpac is different. From your first day on the program you’re given real jobs in a variety of rotations, competitive salaries, as well as all the support you need to kick start the career you want. In fact when you’re a Westpac graduate, you don’t get treated like one at all.

But don’t just take our word for it. If you or someone you know is interested, why not see what our grads have to say. Either chat to someone you know who has been on the program or go to westpac.com.au/graduates for info and application forms.

Who we’re looking forQuite simply, we’re after doers. People who are keen to get in and work with a diverse team of people, who have a positive outlook, great communication skills and confidence. It also helps to a have a little bit of fearlessness – oh, and great grades! The fact that you’re already familiar with our culture, systems and have existing relationships, puts you in a great position already.

Our graduate programsWe offer our graduates two programs to choose from.

The Generalist Program will give you a taste of different business areas to see what suits you. We run Generalist Programs in Retail and Business Banking and Product and operations.

The Specialist Program lets you focus on your chosen field. This program is available in Finance, Agribusiness, Corporate and Institutional Banking, Equities, Debt Capital Markets, Financial Markets, Technology, Risk, and Relationship Banking (metro and regional).

Training opportunitiesAll grads participate in an enterprise-wide training curriculum as well as extra technical training more specific to their roles and business units.

Information sessionJoin us to speak with current graduates, graduate managers and our recruitment team about what it is like to work on the program and how to maximize your chances in our application and selection process. Session to be help 3-5pm, Tuesday 17 March, The Forum, Westpac Place. Email your interest for the Information Session to graduate@westpac.com.au by 9 March.

How to applyYou can apply online at westpac.com.au/graduates. Make sure you identify yourself as an internal applicant. Apply early as applications close at Applications close midnight. 29 March 2009 AEST.

EVENTS CALENDARAPRIL 2009

MON TUES WED THU FRI SAT SUN

1Meet the entrepre-neur

2PwC Workshop

3 4Intervarsi-ty sports

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6 7 8 9BSOC Cruise

10Mid-semester break begins

11 12Easter Sunday

13 14 15 16 17 18 19Mid-semester break ends

20 21 22 23Social En-deavour Prize reg-istration deadline

24End of teaching period one

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27 28 29 30

STAY TUNED AND KEEP INFORMED!The best way to stay in the loop about the Business society’s news and events is to sign up on our website! Plus you’ll get notice to download the online edition of Comunieco when it comes out!

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