I'm Josh

@JoshDHolmes

Who I am...

Who I'm not...

• Career counsellor/advisor

• Someone employed in career services

• A person who knows everything (I try)

• Shia LaBeouf

Why I'm here...

"There's been a big sway away from just looking at academic results... [employers] really want well-rounded graduates..."

- Fusion Consulting's Paula Gepp

"Employers particularly look at how extracurricular activities show examples of things like teamwork."

- GradConnection director Mike Casey

Students who take executive roles in groups at uni and elsewhere, who coach or play a team sport, may have an edge. 

- Sydney Morning Herald

"Working, wherever, is definitely better than not working at all, because it shows that you're well-rounded..."

- GradConnection director Mike Casey

All quotes, SMH, 2015, http://www.smh.com.au/national/tertiary-education/top-10-things-employers-look-for-in-university-graduates-20150112-12mb73.html

Employers be like

"I still love to read something written by the person, like a blog or Medium post, so I can understand the way this person thinks. "

- David Pakman, Partner at Venrock

On the startup side...

"... How little it matters where founders went to college."

- Jessica Livingstone, Cofounder at Y Combinator

"[Their] obsession with the product [they are] creating."

- Brad Feld, MD at Foundry Group

"I’m looking for founders with grit; people who don’t give up, people with the execution ability in whatever space they are disrupting... people who are flexible, leaders, good communicators..."

- Ashton Kutcher

All quotes from https://medium.com/@producthunt/what-investors-look-for-in-startups-founders-e782380c2b55#.wcpmc3m23

OK, that's good and all, but I'm so busy!

We all are, consider this part of your degree

• Set aside a small amount of time each week for professional development
   

• Employers overwhelmingly look for those extracurricular activities

Also, being a student, I'm super poor!

Many of the events are free or heavily discounted for you!

Ways to get involved...

*Bonus: You're already doing it!

Or basically anything else that shows or builds your 1337 skillz

Things you can do RN