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Enhance your employability
Why participate in these opportunities?
Build your portfolio
Accentuate your CV with valuable experiences that demonstrate your initiative and capabilities.
Enhance your capabilities
Sharpen your skills and abilities across a diverse range of areas and activities.
Graduate with confidence
Stand out from the crowd as a highly employable graduate who knows how to communicate their value.
Opportunities
Give yourself the edge by engaging in a range of UQ experiences available to you.
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Global experiences
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Entrepreneurship
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Leadership and representation
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Research opportunities
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Internships
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Mentoring
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Volunteering
More ways to sharpen your shine
Access a wide range of employability services and programs, all designed to help you graduate with career-ready capabilities.
Employability Award
The Employability Award is designed to enhance your time at UQ by encouraging you to get involved in a range of enrichment activities outside of the classroom.
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Career Development Learning
Connect with industry, find employment opportunities and get prepared to enter the job market.
The Career Development Learning (CDL) team, in partnership with your chosen faculty, delivers careers information, workshops and support at different stages of your student life.
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Stories
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![Work-integrated learning](/sites/default/files/styles/uqds_card/public/2022-06/work_integrated_learning_teaser.jpg?itok=WVWO20v8)
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