Employability and Careers Blog: Info and Advice for AUT Students and Graduates

Want to know how to get better at job search through your CV or LinkedIn profile? Want to hear about feedback from employers? Want to be inspired by stories of AUT students and graduates as they network, go to job interviews and find their feet in their chosen career? Looking for a fresh perspective on your career decisions?

This blog highlights the employability and career decision making support you can access through Employability and Careers at AUT, giving insights from students, alumni and employers.

Job search skills

Panel interview practice

Behavioural interviewing is used in a job interview to discover how you are most likely to act in a specific employment related situation. It focuses on experiences, behaviours, knowledge, skills and abilities. This approach is very popular in New Zealand and is based on the belief that how you responded to situations in the past will predict how you will behave in the future.

Hansani Senadeera Food Science Student

Hansani Senadeera landed a great part time job after attending a workshop for job interview practice at the Employability Lab at AUT. She encourages other students to take advantage of these workshops - see what she learned that helped her get a job.

Boom head

It can be rather daunting to be told you have to complete a psychometric assessment when you apply for a job, particularly if you’ve never done one before. Student Employability and Careers Specialist Emma Spires demystifies the process.

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How do you get a part time job as an international student? That was the question on Arsad Barlaskar’s lips when he first visited AUT Employability and Careers services. He quickly learned how to go about job search in New Zealand and build up successful job searching skills.

Students at AUT networking

Learning how to approach a stranger and strike up a conversation, especially about your career goals and journey, takes a bit of practice. But it is possible.

AUT at the expo

Throughout the semester employers are invited onto campus for presentations, panels, networking and expos. With around 30 events planned over the semester, we urge students to come and make the most of these opportunities to access employers.

AUT Business and Law Career Expo

Why go to career expos? Because that is where you meet real employers and have real conversations about the world after AUT. Find out more about invaluable advice from employers and insights from students about the value of career expos – and other career events.

Group of young workers discussing a project

International students often tell us they feel very confused when employers say they want NZ work experience, despite the students having a wealth of experience in their own country. We explain what employers are looking for and how you can improve your job search opportunities.

Volunteers at Eat My Lunch

Trying to meet employers and become known outside of AUT can be a difficult thing to contemplate. Here is a way to take small steps to build up confidence and start to interact with lots of different people.

AUT graduate Lavenia Tailai-Mataitini

Practising how to network can feel uncomfortable, but if you push through your awkwardness it can pay off, as Lavenia Tailai-Mataitini found when she attended a career expo and learned about the internship she is now undertaking with Auckland Transport.


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