Working with employers

Our Career Mentoring program provides a great opportunity for employers to support emerging professionals. The program prepares students for the transition from university to employment by connecting them (the mentee) with an experienced industry professional (the mentor). Students develop the knowledge and networks necessary to achieve their career goals through a mentoring relationship.

USQ’s industry experience programs provide many benefits to both students and organisations alike. Our USQ Careers & Employability team manage the formalities of student placement within your organisation and USQ’s contract of insurance indemnifies the student and the Industry Experience provider against liability for personal injury or property damage suffered by the student, the Industry Experience provider or another person arising out of the work experience. 

The Industry Experience Program

The Industry Experience Program assists students to develop employability skills and an understanding of the expectations within the role they are studying towards. This practical learning-based program allows an organisation to host a student for unpaid industry experience for up to 30 days over a designated period of time. It’s a great way to support emerging professionals and find like-minded, motivated and driven students. 

Work Integrated Learning Program

Work Integrated Learning (WIL) is a compulsory component of a student’s course in selected disciplines. It provides a wide range of learning experiences undertaken by students to better prepare them for future employment. The work placement component allows students to work with a dedicated professional who can coach, mentor and supervise this important aspect of the student learning journey.

USQ can arrange for your organisation to present at one of our campuses and will provide free promotion of the event through various channels. We can also organise for you to present at one of our webinars to reach our online cohort. 

USQ frequently hosts a range of panels, presentations, workshops and partnership events, allowing employers to network with our students. These events enable organisations to promote career and graduate opportunities, support students in their transition to employment, showcase projects and achievements and improve the quality of future job candidates by communicating skill expectation. 

VFair

VFair is USQ’s virtual career fair where you can attract students from around the world, anytime of the day, without having to leave your office. Our developers will create a customised virtual booth where you can promote your employer brand, showcase current vacancies and share your message through the instant download of brochures, videos and links to social media platforms and your website. 

The platform will engage potential employees from the get go, with leading edge graphics, engaging booth design, and ease of use. During VFair, you will have the opportunity to speak to potential candidates in real time. 

USQ Access is a free online job board available to USQ students and graduates. Employers can advertise volunteer, job and graduate positions and reach over 28 000 registered students. Organisations can register and list a vacancy (615KB) online.We can also advertise and promote your organisation on a web banner for a fee. 

For a cost, we can assist you promote your vacancies to a specific group of students via an email service. Emails are sent to all students emails enrolled in a specific course. 

To use this service, please provide a 200 words (approx.) statement regarding the employment opportunities, including a detailed job description, application and contact details. Attachments are not permitted. 

Recipients will be directed to your organisation and listing in Access. A disclaimer will be included in the email stating the Careers & Employability team have organised the mail-out on the organisation’s behalf, and has not made the student names and addresses available to the organisation. 

For further details about our direct email distribution service, including costs, please email careers@usq.edu.au or phone +61 7 4631 2372. 

USQ provides the opportunity for employers to conduct their preliminary interviews with our students on-campus. We can assist by providing various sized interview locations and scheduling interviews. Due to heavy demand during some periods, we advise booking interview rooms early. 

Our USQ Careers & Employability team can provide employers with summarised statistical student data for a fee. Organisations can gain insight into USQ’s graduate numbers, students per discipline area, distribution of grades, student load distributed by study mode/Faculty/course, projections of future enrolments or student distribution by region or country.

In partnership with other Australian and New Zealand Universities, USQ offers past and current students access to digital versions of their transcripts, AHEGS and testamurs through My eQuals. This service provides employers the benefit of access to a secure centralised repository of credible candidate credentials. It also increases the efficiency of verifying and interpreting documents.