Last week, Konstantina Vasileva—a PhD candidate from the School of Psychology—attended a Research Bazaar (ResBaz) at Victoria University of Wellington, an event designed to build the awareness of digital capability research across the University and Wellington. Read her observations from the two-day event: “Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.”—Zora Neale Hurston …
Last month, successful entrepreneur and Victoria University alumna, Kati Kasza, shared valuable advice to a diverse group of students, entrepreneurs and working professionals as the first fireside chat guest speaker of 2018. Professor Stephen Cummings and Kati Kasza at the fireside chat at Victoria Business School. Fireside chats, hosted by Professor Stephen Cummings, the Director …
There’s no getting away from it—the best jobs most often come from word-of-mouth. By word-of-mouth, I don’t necessarily mean from close friends or family. It can come from colleagues, lecturers, tutors, the corner dairy owner, ministers, shop assistants, friends of friends, people you might meet at a conference, a social event, even someone you meet …
Most New Zealanders live near the sea, so there’s a widely held view that everyone should learn to swim. Yet most New Zealanders live in even closer proximity to data, and relatively few know how to navigate it safely, to harness its power or to enjoy its benefits. That needs to change. You’ve almost certainly …
This is one of the questions often asked by students who visit Careers and Employment service. The answer is: It depends. Sorry, that’s probably not want you want to hear. It’s just that there are a lot of variables to finding work, from your employability to what influences your career decisions. We know some things …
Victoria has some very well run student support programmes, which require high quality student leaders to step up to deliver services and be prepared to work hard to help their peers. The leaders need integrity, excellent communication skills and resilience but perhaps the most important quality is empathy. This reminds me of Simon Sinek’s book …
Here in the Careers team, we call this month “March madness”. There are opportunities for students to meet potential employers every day if they want to, which we know can be overwhelming! The good news is—we’ve done it before. We’re here to answer your questions and guide you through these crazy weeks, so come and …
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