You'll Gain Much More Than A Degree By Studying Overseas

In today’s ultra competitive recruitment market, employers are looking for more than just a degree.

Think about it for a minute: All those people applying for your dream job will probably have the same degree or something similar. So why should the employer choose you?

Overseas experience will certainly make you stand out from the crowd. It shows you have the maturity and independence to live and study away from home, as well as an international perspective that only comes from travelling.

If you can add to that some good solid work experience credentials and references from professional business contacts, your job application is really starting to look special.

Gain practical experience while you’re still at uni

At Bond University - Australia’s leading private university – work experience is a strong component of all undergraduate and postgraduate programs and each Faculty has people who can help you arrange an appropriate internship or work placement.

As a private, not-for-profit institution, Bond has developed a network of partnerships and sponsorships in the corporate sphere so there is the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with global multi-nationals and major Australian companies with international connections.

Another key point of difference at Bond is that their class sizes are very small and the professors adopt a personalised, mentoring approach so they really get to know their students.

All of the academics have worked in the ‘real world’ as professionals and/or consultants and they happily use their contacts to source work experience opportunities for their best and brightest.

Workplace technologies at your fingertips

The facilities at Bond will also help ease the transition from theoretical learning to practical application, with the very latest workplace technologies available for all students to gain hands-on experience.

For Law students particularly, Bond’s multi-million dollar Legal Skills Centre is a stand-out facility, incorporating the very latest technologies into training resources like the fully electronic moot courtroom. Bond Law also integrates Practical Legal Training into their Bachelor of Law degree and their graduates have earned a reputation among employers worldwide for being “ready, willing and able to hit the ground running”.

Other Faculties are equally well appointed with state-of-the-art technologies: Finance students trade shares in the Macquarie Trading Room; Journalism students have their own news studio where they produce regular bulletins using the most up-to-date production and editing software; Computer Games students have access to all the latest gaming hardware and software.

Preparing for the job application process

And when it comes time to step out into the big wide world, you’ll be well prepared for the daunting prospect of interview panels and recruitment processes, thanks to all the job application skills you’ll have gained from Bond’s on-campus Career Development Centre.

Right from your very first day at uni, you’ll have access to their interviewing techniques workshop, resume guidelines and critiques, portfolio presentation, company research and job vacancy web portal.

The Career Development Centre’s industry contacts span the globe and include Bond’s worldwide alumni network of former graduates who now hold prominent positions in leading companies and actively adopt a policy of ‘Bondies employing Bondies’.

See Bond University’s website for more information on the exciting prospect of studying overseas at Australia’s leading private university.

www.bond.edu.au