AUT Employability and Careers Info and Advice Blog

Wondering how to meet employers? Then make the most of the opportunity to meet a large number of employers on city campus at AUT by attending the upcoming career expos this semester. Are you ready to shine like a peacock at the next career fair? Here are tips on how to put your best foot forward.

Where can AUT students go for help to update CVs, get job interview or job search advice? Where do they go if they are struggling to find their career path or are worried, they’ve made the wrong career decision? Find out here.

Knowing someone who knows someone is often the way people find work so you need to build up a wide network. Sound scary? You may find you’re doing it anyway. It is all about talking to people you know about people they know. Here are 4 tips from our friendly AUT Employability and Careers team on how to start to do this.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.