This is the transcript for the video Careers in Business

00:00
Hi, everyone. Thank you for joining us today, where we’ll be talking about the different careers options available to UTS Business School graduates, as well as the plethora of support services available to students through UTS careers. My name is Rachel and joining me is Nicole Papworth, who is the Business School’s very own careers consultant.

00:20
Hi everyone. I’m Nicole, as Rachel just mentioned, I work in the UTS Career’s team. I used to work in recruitment so I used to hire interns and graduates into all different roles across different areas in business. Now I work with UTS to help our business students figure out what it is that you want to do with your career and then help you achieve that.

00:39
Nicole, a lot of students in year 12 are thinking about their UAC preferences, what uni they want to go to, what course they want to do, and ultimately what career they want to end up in. But do students need to know right now 100% what they want to do after they graduate?

00:58
Well, pretty much my answer is no, but I’ve got a really long answer to get there. So I find that students a lot of the time when they’re in year 12, or even in their first year of uni, they really want to know exactly what’s at the end. So they can plan their whole way. And they can know step one, step two, step three, and exactly what it’s going to lead to. But what we find is in reality, you know, you can’t predict the future, you can’t 100% know that step one is going to lead to step two, which will lead to step three and, and that kind of final answer that you want. It’s very comforting to have this kind of step by step and know, think you know the future. But in careers, that’s really not what we necessarily kind of promote as career planning. What we say instead, is to really look at yourself and to know yourself, and what it is that you want, and what you can control right now. So a part of this might seem a bit strange. We get people to think back to when you were say five or six, when you’re in like kindergarten, and someone said to you, what do you want to be when you grow up? Rachel I’m going to ask you quickly, what did you want to be when you were five?

02:03
When I was five, I wanted to be a teacher, because my mom was a teacher. And I was somewhat bossy. So I thought that would be a good option for me.

02:13
Yeah, actually, lots of people say teachers. And when I was five, I actually wanted to be a policewoman. And what you’ll find is that when people are five, they want to be something that they’ve heard of, so either their parents are that or they’ve seen that profession, or seen on TV. And what you’ll find when you ask people at eight, or maybe nine what they want to be, so by the time I was eight, I wanted to be a ballerina. At the time I was nine I wanted to be a zoologist, just 10 I wanted to be a news reporter. So as you grow and you learn more about yourself, what you’re good at, what you like you don’t like, as well as what’s actually available in the world, and you start to change your mind. So the point I’m getting at here is, if you want to be something when you’re five, something different when you’re ten, something different by the time you’re 15. Do you really think that right now you know exactly what you’re going to want to be in the future? Are you really saying that you don’t think there’s more you can learn about yourself or the world, as you kind of get involved in things? Probably not, you’re probably going to change in life. So instead, what we say is really important for careers is to know your strengths, know your weaknesses, what you’re good at, what you’re interested in, and follow these while you’re studying. Because that’s actually going to lead to a career which will also be related to what you’re good at, what your strengths are. So rather than necessarily knowing exactly what you need to be when you graduate, which I guess was the original question, we say don’t worry too much about that. Just focus on what you actually can control right now, and learning more about yourself and getting involved more in the world. So one of the best things also about the UTS Bachelor of Business is that it is so varied. So students really do get to try a lot of different things before they have to say commit to a specific major or a specific area of a career. So I definitely think that’s one of the key benefits of UTS Bachelor of Business and before students have to pick them Major as well, there’s always quite a few different events run by careers and also by the Business Society and Women in Business around picking your major. So we run different things from panel events, networking, where you get to meet and chat to other students who are in their second and third year doing different majors in marketing, accounting, finance, you can learn more about it. And I think that’s really beneficial for students in their first year to do.

04:24
Now, UTS is fortunate to have a very active careers unit to assist students in being work ready. Nicole, can you talk us through what exactly UTS careers is and some of the services they have on offer?

04:38
Yeah, of course. So we have both a virtual service and we also have face to face service. So we offer one to one career coaching sessions, so you can just drop into the careers office when we’re open or we’ve also got these as virtual options as well. You can just book into a 15 minute virtual session and chat with careers consultant and ask anything about if you’re not sure what you want to study, you’re not sure if you like subjects or you want help getting a part time job or updating your resume, or maybe you’ve not heard of LinkedIn before. We also offer programs, we’ve got lots of different workshops and things you can get involved with. And that might be creating a resume, it might be built, meeting different alumni and people professionals, we industries, hearing about what jobs actually are, we also run mentoring programs. And there’s so many things. So there’s lots of online activities, as well as quite a few different face to face activities run throughout the year.

05:33
So Nicole, you’ve given our future students some wonderful advice. But if there’s just one tip that you wanted to give to students who are currently in year 12, and thinking about their future, what would that be?

05:45
The passion is the result of action, not the cause of it. That might sound a bit weird, but essentially what I’m saying is you don’t figure out what you’re passionate about by just thinking about things. You figure out what you’re passionate about by doing and getting involved in things. So think about whatever you’re most interested in right now, whether it’s skateboarding, whether it’s a specific genre of movies, you didn’t just one day wake up and realize you’re passionate about it, you started doing it and got involved and then realized you loved it. So my one piece of advice is, while you’re finishing off high school, or as you start university in your first year, just get involved and do a few things that you maybe hadn’t thought of, to try and help you figure out what your new passions and interests might be.

06:29
Thank you so much for your time and for for all of your advice about career paths for UTS Business School graduates.

06:36
You’re welcome, Rach. Thanks for having me. And yes, we would love to have you all come and join us UTS. And please remember to visit UTS Careers office anytime you’re on campus in Building 2 and also check out our online services as well. There’s lots of different things, resources, job boards and things that you can have a look at.

06:55
Thank you so much everyone for tuning in. Please feel free to explore our other videos detailing our courses and majors. If you have any questions, you can reach out to us via social media or contact us directly by phone on 95143074 or email business@uts.edu.au. Thank you

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