The registrations for Aussie Rules has opened! This workshop is specifically designed for international students and will discuss:

- Australian workplace culture
- Employer expectations, rights and responsibilities
- Navigating visa options for students

Although this will not be credited as an Accomplish workshop, we highly recommend all international students attend this as the information provided will be very relevant for most of you. It starts at 1.00pm on Thursday 11th May.

You can register here: https://careerhub.uts.edu.au/students/events/detail/4115057

Please note: The date for this event is incorrect in your Accomplish booklet due to rescheduling. Thursday 11th of May is the confirmed date.

Dear students

It’s that time of year again, and Vivid Sydney is just around the corner.

Last year, the organisers told us that the largest amount of students involved at the 2016 Vivid Sydney Festival were from UTS (300 + students registered for volunteer opportunities / 97 x volunteered at Vivid Sydney Festival 2016 – and a total of 1,712hrs accumulated volunteering hours)!

We are pleased to share with you the application details for the 2017 event. These have been approved on UTS CareerHub and can also be found on the Vivid Sydney website (https://www.vividsydney.com/)

Details below.

Vivid Sydney Festival 2017 - Volunteer Applications & Details: 

http://inh.so/m3g5

Applications close: 12th May 2017
Unique Code: accomplish 

- Creating an Account How-To Guide: http://inh.help/getting_started

- Unique Code How-To Guide: http://inh.help/unique_code

 Vivid Sydney Festival 

– Position Outlines: https://opportunities.ineedhelpers.com/position_description.php?core_event_id=161

Vivid Sydney offers you a range of exciting and unique volunteer opportunities that you can count towards your employability hours as part of Accomplish 2017, and we encourage you to submit an application if the roles are of interest to you!

Thanks,

Accomplish Team.

Students can come along and find great volunteer opportunities with the UTS Not-for-Profit (NFP) Alumni Network.

UTS invites you to a speed networking session with UTS Alumni now working in non-profit organisations who need your help to further their social and community causes - so you can find your perfect match to volunteer your skills and make a difference!

At the event, you’ll meet organisations working to address a wide range of issues - from community arts and mentoring, to mental health and young people.

Perfect Match is a speed networking event that connects students with community organisations working in the suburbs and communities around UTS. We’ll be hosting, so there will be limited awkward silences - you’ll be speed dating around the room, hearing pitches, asking questions, and getting inspired about the volunteering opportunities around you. At the end of the event, you might even find your perfect match!

So whether you're a seasoned volunteer or just starting out, come along and find a volunteer opportunity close to uni, and get UTS more engaged in its local community.

Perfect Match is free - but you¹ll need to register on CareerHub before the event!

Perfect Match is a joint event run by UTS Business School, UTS SOUL Award and UTS Careers as part of National Volunteer Week.

Please note this is not exclusive for Accomplish students and not apart of the Accomplish Award however may be beneficial in finding out about a volunteer opportunity that may be added to your employment hours.

The Resume and Cover Letter Masterclass sessions have begun this week and it's been great to see you getting involved. You have been asking some excellent questions and our employer helpers have really enjoyed answering them!

If you have not yet booked in for your session, please do so quickly as this is a core workshop and will only be offered this semester.

Dear Accomplishers

We wanted to let you know about a great competition currently that Microsoft is currently running.

It’s called Protégé and offers teams of between 1-4 undergraduate students the opportunity to help Microsoft solve current business problems they are facing.

There are 3 stages involved:

Stage 1
Teams must submit a 5-8 minute pre-recorded presentation on digital transformation (see website link below for info on this year’s case study). The submissions portal is open now and all entries must be submitted by 14 April! Successful teams at stage one progress to the next stage, the Hackathon.

Stage 2
The best teams from the presentation round will advance to Microsoft's first ever Protégé Business Hackathon, a one-day event which will take place simultaneously in Microsoft offices across the country on Friday, 12th May 2017.

Stage 3
Winners of the hackathon will be announced by Monday 29th May 2017. All members of the top 3 teams will be flown to Sydney on a later date for the 'Ultimate Microsoft Experience'.

For more details, please see here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/protege/

Submission Portal:https://msprotege.azurewebsites.net/

Submissions close on 14 April!

Thanks,

Accomplish Team.