We offer a range of ways for industry to connect and share information with our students and recent graduates. Depending on what you are trying to achieve, we can tailor an engagement strategy to suit your needs.
Careers and Employability works centrally across all the study areas of Flinders University, providing a breadth of employer engagement activities, as well as career development and education, and professional development (through our comprehensive Horizon Professional Development Award).
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We offer a range of ways for industry to connect and share information with our students and recent graduates. Depending on what you are trying to achieve, we can tailor an engagement strategy to suit your needs.
We have many ways to achieve this either in person or in a virtual setting.
We work with you to build your identity on campus and with our graduates; employers and industry will often advertise a vacancy, contribute to themed career weeks, or hold information sessions - online or in-person.
University graduates’ gain transferrable skills throughout their education enabling them to work across a breadth of sectors. To best assist you, it will be useful to understand which discipline area/skills bases you are seeking to engage.
Flinders' Employer Services can help you promote vacancies to Flinders students and recent graduates and raise your profile as an employer of choice.
Advertising your opportunity through Flinders CareerHub is the best way to get broad reach, though if you are looking for something a little more targeted, please contact us to discuss how we can highlight your opportunities through our six Colleges.
Flinders’ six colleges encapsulate the University’s wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and research pathways:
At Flinders, our students are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to be future-ready. Whatever your organisational objectives, we can assist in facilitating opportunities to connect you with Flinders students and recent graduates.
Flinders Careers Festival: Flinders' Employer Services hosts annual Career Festivals each year to enable employers to connect with Flinders University Students face-to-face. 2024 Festival include:
Wednesday 6 March (Business & Corporate Services), 11.00 am – 2.00 pm
Thursday 7 March (STEM) 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Wednesday 10 April (Art, Society & Culture) 11:00-2:00 pm
Date TBC: Health & Community Service
Inquiries relating to the Flinders Careers Festival can be directed to careers@flinders.edu.au.
The Big Meet: held at the Adelaide Convention Centre each March, the Big Meet is another great opportunity to connect with Flinders students face to face.
Information Sessions: Hold an online or face to face session to interact with Flinders students and talk about your organisation, industry and opportunities. We can coordinate and host the session for you, or you can host yourself and we can promote to your targeted discipline areas.
Pop-up Stands on campus: host a table in a high-traffic student area to meet and have conversations with our students.
Host a student via Work Integrated Learning (WIL) or Industry Projects
Social Media: provide us with tiles suitable for uploading to Instagram, LinkedIn or Facebook. We can also discuss showcasing Flinders graduates working with your organisation through social media 'takeovers'.
Professional Development: share your industry expertise and knowledge by upskilling our students. Demystify your sector or highlight alternative career pathways for degrees that have broad applications (eg. Science, Arts). Share with students how they can contribute to an inclusive workplace or perhaps you might like to showcase how your organisation is providing solutions to global issues - and how students can contribute as they embark on their own careers. Sessions can be offered stand-alone or as part of the Horizon Professional Development Award.
Flinders University has a diverse range of student clubs and associations, both recreational and academic, which provide students with opportunities to connect and build networks with like-minded people while they study. Many clubs and associations promote unique events to students through their social channels, these can include:
Connecting and fostering a partnership with a university club and/or association can help you as an employer connect and engage with students.
Ways you can connect with a club and its members include:
For many students, academics are the first point of contact for information on career opportunities relevant to their studies. Connecting with academic staff may provide you with insight into how higher degree education is preparing students for the workplace and allows you to inform academics and their students about your industry, its future, and the opportunities on offer.
Ways to connect may include:
If you are interested in collaborating with one of our colleges or academics, the Careers team can help connect you. Contact us
Complete this form to provide us with preliminary information about your enquiry and a friendly member of the Careers and Employability team will be in touch within 24 business hours.
Through Flinders, you gain access to students who are committed to making a difference and ready for careers beyond the here and now.
Benefit from fresh thinking and ideas, extend your own projects and capacity, and be part of the development of tomorrow’s workforce through one of three opportunities.
Support Flinders students' learning with placements in your workplace that are an integral part of their study program. As well as giving students valuable work experience and an opportunity to put their study into practice, your business benefits from:
Access professional-grade research and business insights from our students to grow your South Australian business.
Using a consulting structure, Flinders Business students apply their knowledge in their work with you to provide evidence‐supported strategic insights and recommendations that can be implemented immediately, so you can take your business to the next level.
Solve complex problems and explore new ways of doing things by partnering with an Honours student - and their expert academic supervisors. Enthusiastic to learn and skilled at analysis, Honours students manage an in-depth research project and critically examine a specific topic or problem to develop new insights that could have real-world impact on your business.
The student will:
Partner with us to host a 3-month full-time equivalent PhD internship. Our highly motivated PhD students will bring new skills and innovative thinking to your organisation through their valuable specialised research expertise, developed critical analysis and problem-solving skills.
You will also be building the skills of the future research workforce including:
Be part of the recent Commonwealth initiatives directed at supporting collaboration between industry and research.
Flinders University has a rich history of inspiring achievement, and it's a quality that pervades every aspect of our collective work and accomplishments to this day.
People form the heart of Flinders University, where we work together to meet challenges, and support and encourage the achievements and positive contributions made by all staff, students and alumni.
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