13 Jan 2020

Life’s easy. You’re born, spend a few years figuring out that whole walking-talking thing, head to kindy, then primary school, go to high school, study something at uni for a year or seven, then waltz straight into a job which ya do for forty hours a week until you retire and travel around Australia, solving mysteries in a campervan. Right?

Wrong.

We’ve all heard the horror stories. Your brother’s best mate’s cousin spent six years getting his master’s in journalism at one of the best unis in the country, and three years later he’s still struggling to find a real job. Stitch up.

Nobody wants to finish uni owing tens of thousands of dollars in debt for a degree they can’t even make any money out of.

Enter, Charles Sturt University

As Australia’s top-ranked university for graduate employment*, Charles Sturt uni gives you a sense of security knowing you’re not going to be left stranded once you come out the other side.

However, there’s a reason that they have such a high grad employment rate– it’s what they teach you, and how they teach it that so consistently makes their graduates attractive to employers.

A hands-on focus

Some courses don’t really set students up for the real world. The classic ‘uni degree’ involves simply doing a bunch of research in order to complete assignments and exams. However, learning how to answer questions in a test doesn’t really get you ready for any sort of career.

This is a large reason why many graduates struggle to find a job straight out of uni – because they have no real-world experience in the industry they’re trying to break into.

To combat this issue, Charles Sturt degrees have a super hands-on focus. You complete assignments and practical work which emulates real problems faced by people in the workforce and get you to use what you learn in a practical context. That way, you know exactly what to expect when you start your first job, and employers can be confident that the person they hired will hit the ground running.

Charles Sturt uni gives students a heap of opportunities to connect with employers while they’re still studying. Doing placement work with an employer is common, as is being offered a job by said employer at the end of the placement. Win.

A range of options

Charles Sturt University doesn’t have such a high graduate employment rate by just specialising in one field and absolutely nailing it – they offer more than 100 courses across 19 different career areas. Each course is specifically tailored towards the industry and career that it is setting its students up for.

On top of that, they boast an amazing and diverse set of facilities that aid and improve the learning experience of their students. From dental and health care clinics – which simultaneously care for the community whilst giving students practical experience – to a farm, ambulance and a community radio station, Charles Sturt strives to make their uni experience unlike any other.

 

If you don’t wanna wind up like your brother’s best mate’s cousin and spend half a decade trying to find a job, this one’s for you.

If you are interested, you can suss them out here. If you’re liking the sound of all this you should check out their Destination Australia Scholarship. It’s a government initiative designed for students studying in regional areas – which is where Charles Sturt is! You could find yourself the proud owner of $15,000 big ones to help ya focus on getting yourself as ready for the workforce as possible.

*QILT Graduate Outcomes Survey 2019