In a partnership set to become a boon for graduates, the University of South Australia will join with web giant, Monster.com.au, to offer its students access to employment opportunities internationally via the Internet. 

UniSA’s Experience Bank is a unique online career community specifically designed for graduates and universities and employers keen to recruit talented professionals. UniSA is the first Australian University to partner with Monster.com.au in the development of this ground breaking online career development and support package

UniSA Vice Chancellor Professor Denise Bradley said the partnership would build on UniSA’s core teaching and learning framework, which is geared to ensure its graduates are career-ready by the time they have completed their degrees.

“This is a coup for the University community and particularly for our students,” Professor Bradley said.

“Supported by MonsterTrak software, Experience Bank will increase and refine opportunities for students.

“Experience Bank builds on a range of initiatives already in place at UniSA that have been designed to enhance career development for our students. It represents a new generation of support for students.”

Professor Bradley said the transition for students would be seamless with all the capabilities of Experience Bank fitting neatly with the University’s existing online support environment.

 “We have been in close communication with industry for several years now to ensure we know what is expected of our graduates,” she said.

“That dialogue has helped us to develop initiatives that are unique to UniSA – a definition of the seven qualities of a UniSA graduate, a record of achievement project, which encourages our students to measure and record online, how their studies have demonstrated they have acquired those qualities, and a teaching and learning framework that supports the graduate qualities.”

Students will also benefit by having access to software specifically designed to give them the tools and information to compete in the job market including industry standards resume builders and covering letters, specific industry based search capabilities and automatic email notification of suitable jobs on offer.

Professor Bradley said Experience Bank would allow UniSA students to use their records of achievement to launch themselves into the international job market.

“The new venture gives UniSA students a value added degree and expresses our commitment to their education as professionals,” she said. We believe we are providing support that goes beyond the traditional boundaries of a teaching and learning association. Experience Bank offers a career resource and framework that gives our graduates a tangible advantage in what is a competitive job market.”

Experience Bank is being developed using MonsterTrak, a Monster.com.au product.  The project will go live in the next few months.