Industry consulting projects

Resume

You will need to provide your updated resume. Please save the file as a Word document and name the file as:
First Name - Last Name - Student ID - Resume.doc

Career Connect can provide you with assistance on writing your resume in workshops and online assistance.

Placement proposal

We will use your responses to the Placement Proposal questions below to assess your application and shortlist you. Your responses may also be shared with the host organisation. You’ll notice that the questions may ask for different things depending on whether you are applying for a placement or a project so be mindful you respond to the right part. Please see the questions below with some information on what we need to know:

1. Please describe what type of placement you would be interested in and what you hope to achieve? For consulting projects, please describe your ideal organisation and the sort of business problems you would like to solve.

   Please consider the sort of organisation you would like to consult for (eg. not-for-profit or community organisation, small to medium enterprise, Big 4) and problems you would like to solve (eg. revenue generation, improving communications, policy and governance)

2. Please identify what specific skills you would like to develop during your consulting project or placement and how these will help your professional career.

   You will need to provide information on key areas for development and improvement that this consulting project will provide and how these specific skills will apply to your future career (e.g. technical skills, communication skills, teamwork). You could also think about how this experience will help you secure your next role or dream job. 

3. What personal and professional goals do you hope to achieve as part of your placement or consulting project?

   In this section you should be able to provide us with at least two personal and professional goals which will be supported by the consulting project. You might want to think about your personal growth areas or personality traits which could be improved (eg, being more outgoing and speaking up or, for more outgoing types, letting others be heard and encouraging quieter team members to share their thoughts). Be sure to include at least one of each to answer completely and dot points are fine. 

4. Please explain how the placement or project you hope to gain is relevant to your degree/major and how it will enhance your learning. For consulting project applicants, please also provide information on what sort of skills you can bring to your group from your degree/major.

   In this section you will need to describe how the consulting project will relate to your course or major. Given that consulting projects are team based, your group may all have different majors so think about what your background could bring. You could also include valuable insights from your work or volunteer experience.