Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 13. June 11 1979

Careers — Finding out about Jobs

Careers

Finding out about Jobs

Many students quite understandably lack knowledge about specific career area's. What do people actually do in personnel, journalism, data processing, social work, market research, etc? Are qualifications critically important? What personal skills are required? How does one go about locating that type of work? Are there any jobs available?

Information is available to answer these questions. Some of it is quite accessible; some requires more ingenuity and effort. Obviously employers themselves know, and a phone call inquiring about a specific, advertised job can be an excellent way of learning more about work. Another way is to start by using the Careers Advisory Service on campus, with its developing Careers Library.

Any student who has taken the trouble to read the information which an employer has supplied to the Service, clearly gives a better impression to that employer, in interview.

Talking of interviews, a painless way of gaining interview practice and of meeting with a range of employers in an informal setting, is through the 'Milk round' — the programme of campus visits by employers, which commences after the mid-year break and runs through to the August holidays. Full details will appear in Salient after the Break; in the meantime participating employers are listed below. We are now taking bookings — any students wishing to meet with employers should call into the Careers Office for fuller details.

The student who approaches an employer in November, and is blithely unaware that the employer visited campus to conduct interviews in July/August is doing him / herself no favours.

Guesses, assumptions and 'common knowledge' about specific jobs (or about prospects arising from any degree subject) are a shakey basis on which to make career decisions. There is also the question of timing: it is no use, for instance, discovering on 21 August that the closing date for Teachers College applications is 20 August.

Think about it. See you at 6 Kelburn Parade?

Roger Bartley

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Careers Advisor.

List of employers recruiting on campus between 9 July & 10 August.
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Australia and New Zealand Bank
  • Australian Mutual Provident Society
  • Bank of New South Wales
  • Bank of New Zealand
  • Barr, Burgess & Stewart
  • BP New Zealand Ltd
  • Thos. Borthwick & Sons (A/Asia) Ltd
  • C. T. Bowring & Burgess Ltd
  • Burroughs (NZ) Ltd
  • Caltex Oil (NZ) Ltd
  • Clarke, Menzies & Co.
  • Commercial Bank of Australia
  • Computer Services Divison (SSC)
  • Cox Arcus & Co
  • Databank Systems Ltd
  • Department of Education
  • Ministry of Energy
  • Feltex (NZ) Ltd
  • Ford Motor Co of NZ Ltd
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • General Motors (NZ) Ltd
  • Gilfillan, Morris & Co
  • Government Actuary
  • Government Audit Office
  • Health Department
  • Hogg Young Cathie & Co
  • Hunt Duthie & Co
  • Hutchinson Hull & Co
  • IBM (NZ) Ltd
  • ICI (NZ) Ltd
  • International Computers Ltd
  • Inland Revenue Department
  • Justice Department
  • Department of Labour
  • McColloch Butler & Spence
  • Markham & Partners
  • Mobil Oil (NZ) Ltd
  • National Bank of NZ
  • National Mutual Life Assurance Co.
  • New Zealand Dairy Board
  • New Zealand Motor Corp.
  • New Zealand Post Office
  • New Zealand Railways
  • Price Water house
  • Reserve Bank of New Zealand
  • Shell Oil (NZ) Ltd
  • Social Welfare Department
  • State Services Commission
  • Statistics Department
  • Statistics Department (NZ) Ltd
  • Todd Motors
  • T & G Mutual Life Society Ltd
  • Department of Trade and Industry
  • Ministry of Transport
  • Ministry of Transport. Met Office
  • The Treasury
  • U.E. B. Industries
  • Unilever NZ Ltd
  • V.S.A.
  • Wellington Education Board
  • Wellington Hospital Board
  • Wilkinson Wilberfoss
  • Winstone Ltd.