Unexpected Career Journeys: How My Degree Led Me Here (Online)
Not sure where your degree can take you?
Even if you do have a clear career plan, join this panel of professionals who have carved out success in ways they didn’t expect when they first started their studies. This panel will provide insights in how an open mind and entrepreneurial outlook can create opportunities for success in often unexpected ways.
Join your UQ student peers, alumni and industry guests for an evening of inspiration and learning. The panel will be delivered online via Zoom.
Panellists include:
- Amber Kersten, Young Alumni Board Member, Customer Success Manager, Attract.ai
- Evan Shellshear, Head of Analytics, Biarri
- Cameron Callope, International Elite Artist and Events Agent and Current Student at UQ (Faculty of Medicine)
- Bernice Watson, First Clerk Assistant (Procedure), Queensland Parliament
- Marianna O'Gorman, Non-Executive Director, Stanwell Corporation
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About Employability Week
Throughout Employability Week, you will learn about career opportunities, engage meaningfully with employers, alumni and other industry partners through presentations and networking sessions, as well as participate in a wide suite of interactive workshops and talks that will empower you to take control of your career direction and unlock your future potential.
You can expect to take part in panel discussions, workshops, networking events and other pop-up activations that will all help give you skills that transcend your course work and build your lifelong employability.
Learn more about Employability Week
COVID Safe Events
All events and spaces are operating in line with current guidelines. We ask that you please practice social distancing at all times.
You may attend an event or activity at a UQ location providing:
- You are fully vaccinated from 14 February 2022
- Have not been in close contact with an active COVID-19 case and are required to quarantine
- You are feeling weel and have not had a fever, cough, sore throat, headache, distorted sense of taste, shortness of breath, chills, vomiting or any cold/flu like symptoms within the last 24 hours.
About HASS Career Seminar Series
The HASS Career Seminar Series invites HASS industry and alumni to participate in online panel discussions where students have the opportunity to ask questions and learn how the panel used their HASS degrees and skills to help them transition into careers after graduation.
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