Shenton College

Narelle Palmer Christine Bryant First Year Co-ordinator First Year Adviser

Work@UWA 2012 Project

The Program

• Diverse work experience opportunities exclusively for Year 10 Shenton College students within a University Environment;

• Collaborative Project: UniStart UWA and Shenton College

• Placements over 2 week period : August 2012

• 35 students placed each for 1 week

The Positions

Child Care WorkerHospitality

Worker

Administrative Worker Library Services Desk

Shadow a Doctor Lab Experiments on Soil Samples

Diagnostic InvestigationsShadow a Dentist

The Positions

Technical Service Worker with AV

equipment

IT Support Worker

UWA Sports Reception

Set up Uni Games

The Positions

The Process 2011

Placements advertised on UWA website

Formal Student Application Period

Successful Candidates NotifiedRound 1:Round 2: **Online Workplace Safety Module Link

Round 1 :Applications SiftedRound 2: Outstanding vacancies Re-opens – Further 7 days

Student BriefingUWA Campus

*** Completed Worksafe module print out

Placement WeeksAugust 2012

Presentation Morning TeaUWA Campus October 2012

Student Online EvaluationsCompleted at end of Placement Week

What Next?

• Browse the Positions Vacant and identify placements of interest.

• Pay attention to ‘Details’ and ‘Additional Information’ Sections

• Submit ‘Online Application Form’

Online Application Form

• Your Details

• What you are doing now

• Your Interests

• Additional Achievements

• Select Placement

• Statement of Application

• Discussion with Parents

Statement of Application

Resources

• Template of Cover Letter

• Template of Resume

• Overview : How to Succeed at a Job Application