Career counselling
Why might I see a UTS Careers Counsellor?
Experienced UTS Careers Counsellors meet with UTS students and recent graduates to help with a range of career-related questions, such as:
- What are employers looking for?
- What sort of work am I suited to?
- How can I best market myself to employers?
- Am I doing the right course?
- What might I end up doing after it?
- What can I be doing now to develop my career?
Personal counselling needs are not met by Careers Counsellors, but by qualified staff in the Counselling service.
How do I book?
Contact the Careers service if you wish to make an appointment.
Case Studies
The following case studies are examples of how the UTS Careers Counsellors can help you:
Case One: Hue
Hue came to see a Careers Counsellor after sending out more than 100 applications and attending a dozen job interviews. He was starting to question his capacity to crack that graduate job. After carefully evaluating his strengths and aptitudes, Hue rewrote his resume to better illustrate what he had to offer an employer.
After talking about interview technique with the Careers Counsellor, Hue realised that he could have made more complete replies to many questions, as well as preparing more targeted questions of his own. He left the careers counselling session feeling more sure of the preparation needed for a successful job seeking strategy.
Case Two: Naomi
Naomi was coming to the end of her studies but was not intending to pursue a career directly related to her discipline. After exploration of her interests, skills and personality characteristics with the UTS Careers Counsellor, Naomi saw that she could use her strong interpersonal and analytical abilities to apply for an initial role based on her discipline, but one which would allow her to develop towards opportunities in the Human Resources area. Naomi also decided she would begin to research relevant postgraduate studies that would help her attain her goals.
Case Three: Lee
Lee was a mature-age graduate with a double degree who had not been successful in gaining a position in the industry of his choice. After using the careers counselling session to consider his contacts, he began a process of informational interviewing with employers to expand his understanding of the options available to him. One of these led to him learning of an upcoming position. Lee applied and was hired.
Case Four: Sarina
Sarina came in to see a UTS Careers Counsellor after realising that she had not been able to identify an appropriate career area while studying for her course. After some initial exploration, she decided that she would like to have a session on Career Builder, a computer program that can help UTS students identify their career options.
Sarina completed the program, then made an appointment to return and discuss the results. Her second counselling appointment revealed that she was most interested in a career in Counselling or Social Work. Sarina left with the intention of investigating work experience and part-time courses in these areas.
