Proactive graduate – taking advantage of every opportunity

March 8th, 2010 - 

Would you consider yourself a proactive graduate? What are you doing to secure yourself a job in this highly competitive graduate pool?

ProGrad’s advice would be to take advantage of every opportunity that is thrown your way. Secure an interview? Why would you pass it up? You may argue that certain interviews do not fit in your sphere of interest so why bother attending? Have you considered that even though you may not want the position, just attending the interview could be vital to your next career?

Take every opportunity as experience and learn from these experiences. You never know what you will learn and take away and make you a stronger candidate for another interview. Who knows what opportunites could also arise from attending that oine interview? The possibilities are endless.

Keep your horizons broad, attend everything you can and keep your eye out for that rare experience or opportunity!

Part 4 of the ProGrad journey – The work

March 7th, 2010 - 

Working for ProGrad has been such a great experience and learning curve for me. Let me tell you, you don’t stop learning after you finish university! There are actually so many things I overlooked entering the business world. But I am now greatful that I have had the chance to experience them in variety.

I have been at ProGrad a month now and I look forward to continue developing my skills and take on more responsibility.

Have you recently started a full time job from university and would like to share your experiences? I would love to hear them! You can start a discussion on our Facebook fan page or email me directly at nicola@prograd.com.au.

Stay tuned to find out what happens next!

Part Two: The ProGrad journey – 9am sleep ins forever gone

February 10th, 2010 - 

After starting full time work I have discovered, much to my distress, there will never be another 9am sleep-in. During University it was my number one rule never to wake while it was still dark outside. I even structured my classes so I could party all night and have my much desired sleep-in.

After work during the week I was anticipating my sleep- in Saturday morning, and do you know what time I woke up?..6am!!! This was not acceptable I forced my eyes shut and slipped into a dream only to awaken an hour and a half later. That’s it, I’ve given up. My once lovely 9am start is now 7:30.

Don’t get me wrong I love working full time, and wouldn’t change it for the world (well maybe if I won the lotto), but I miss snuggling into those sheets and not waking to see the sun rise.

Look out for PART THREE of my Prograd journey.

If you would like to know more about my experiences or have any questions about ProGrad and their services you can contact me directly at: nicola.christoffersen@prograd.com.au

Part One: The ProGrad Journey

February 10th, 2010 - 
As you can read here, I have recently come aboard with the ProGrad team, after completing one of their assessment days. You can read about my experience with ProGrad’s assessment day here.

Being a recent University graduate myself I have found that the transition from University to full time work takes some time getting used to!

I will be sharing my experiences about working on the ProGrad team, the transition process and the delights and struggles of working full time.

You are more than welcome to contribute by commenting and letting me know if you have had similar experiences or how you are coping with full time work after University. Is it what you expected?

Make sure you look out for PART TWO of my ProGrad journey.

If you would like to know more about ProGrad and what we have to offer you can visit our website www.prograd.com.au or contact us directly on (02) 8235 8300