Xinling is the time keeper,

Hongyi is the recorder,

Aristea is the reporter,

Ya Tian is the wellbeing in-charge and,

Nicholas is the Devil’s Advocate.

Emi - Recorder 1

Kang Lin - Recorder 2

Taufan- Timekeeper

Tharani - Facilitator

Shih Fen - Recorder 3

Vivian is facilitator

Yoo Bin is international student representative

Zi Feng is our second international student representative

Alyssa is our time keeper

Jun Hao is the recorder

Haosheng is the timekeeper

Charmaine is the recorder

Mutiara is the reporter

Travis is the toilet IC

Juan is the cheerleader

Timekeeper - Summer

Recorder 1 - Randall

Recorder 2 - Ye Fei

Reporter - Minh

Representative - Ryan

Recorder - Nicole

Time keeper - Yao Yang

Reporter - Lam

Name giver - Iris

Melvin - Time Keeper

Natalie - Reporter

Joslyn - Recorder

Very importantly for the group, however, is that the work can sustain our livelihoods. Obviously, work pays the bills, and much of our lifeviews needs some kind of income to maintain. In that sense, work is about allowing us to live the life we want.

2. finding your strength and passion to contribute effectively to the field you are working in and for the good of society.
3.feeling fulfilled and being about to work in a field that supports her passion.
4.working an engaging and meaningful engineering job near my house.

Lifeview
1.Life is about finding joy and experiencing pleasant moments.
2.life is about doing thing you love and surrounding with the people you love
3.things are satisfying about what you are doing. Although money is important, you need to understand the motivation of why you do it.
4.living about regret.
5.having a good balance between work and leisure and being motivated everyday to do what need to be done.
6.working an engaging and meaningful engineering job near my house.

ai is used to select interviewees, not very fair

the skills they learn in uni are not very practical/ not used frequently in the real working world, resumes are not up to standard, not good enough

fresh grads nowadays may have many demands eg. higher pay and work life balance, thus discouraging companies to select them for interviews.

• their appearance/ how they carry themselves -- if they don't smile/ look scary, hard to approach them

• worried abt the first impression you'll leave on them

• fear they won't respond/ won't say what you predicted

Q. pro-tips when talking to new ppl

• smile to ease the mood and appear more friendly/ approachable

• think that everything is normal/ all will be good!

Data Analyst: Yao Yang, Randall (Coding Experience), Akash and Frank (Computer Engineering), Pham Ba Hnat Minh (work in vietnam), Jun Hao

Marketing: Ryan (Business Major), Alyssa (Prior experience, interested in marketing and finance)

Fashion Designer: Kang Lin (Background in Chemistry but interested)

Sales: Iris (medicine but have sales experience in Part Time Job)

4 Points

Round 1 - Undergraduates

A lot of jobs were not a good fit with our majors, but most of them were achievable, provided we leverage our non-curricular experience or tweak what we learn from our majors. Most of us got offers. A challenge we faced was that we did not know which companies who people are from, in reality during job fairs we would know where we would look for applicable and relevant places. Something that helped us was that it was easy to communicate with people through common interests, so it was a convenient inroad to discussion, showing the importance of networking.

Round 2 - Recruiters

The people we connected with are :

- Volunteer looking for recruits, Real-world experience, Internships

- ZUMBA company representative looking for social medial and dance, Employment, Internship

- Love Bonito - Employment

For strategies, when the company tells you what positions they are hiring for, you must tailor your pitch to fit the company's needs. You need to be proactive in order to be more hirable in the eyes of the company,

you need to ask what the company is looking for first before you do your pitch. If you don't, you might give irrelevant information to the job.

• Aristea found two business students and one chemistry student. They explained how they were a good fit for the role. This was obviously helpful and a sensible thing to do as a jobseeker, but as Hongyi’s observations will show, its not something that people may remember to do.

• Hongyi found that the Engineering and Science students have lots of achievements but they don’t really try to fit their experience with what the roles are looking for.

• Nicholas found a data science student that explained how her skills were applicable to the organisation, and how their organisation can use her skills.

Reflections on Round 2:

• Yu Fei is thankful that many people were looking for talent in software and AI which is what she was doing. She suggests people to talk about how your experience aligns with their job scope.

• Xinling seized an opportunity for a mentorship. While the job offered was vague, she thought that the mentorship the company also offered would be helpful to further learn about the company and perhaps other available positions.

When it comes to my strengths, I would say perseverance is one of my greatest advantages. Throughout my life, I’ve faced many different challenges and difficulties, but I always manage to find solutions rather than give up halfway. I believe that quitting too early often leads to worse outcomes, so this perseverance motivates me to push forward and keep learning. It has helped me develop valuable skills such as problem-solving, communication, and leadership, especially in group projects. I actually enjoy challenges and obstacles because they push me to grow, whether that’s improving my time management to meet deadlines or becoming more adaptable when working with different people.

Of course, I also have weaknesses. For example, I can sometimes become impatient when tasks are not completed within the expected time frame. This may cause me to put extra pressure on myself or my teammates. However, I’m learning to remind myself that everyone has their own pace, and as long as we meet the agreed deadlines, it is fine. Another area I’m working on is public speaking. Since most of my work has been with professors and teammates on research projects, I don’t have much experience presenting to larger audiences, so I may get nervous. Similarly, I’m still improving how I handle feedback, especially negative feedback or criticism. But I see these as opportunities for growth, and I actively work on confronting and overcoming them.

- Providing detailed personal accounts relating to the context of the qn

- Relaxed and confident, succinct

- Elaborate on the points in details, personal experience, more structure

- Provide specific background with relevant stories, showed that the company is well researched.

Weaknesses:

- Providing more coherent and concise responses

- Too long winded

- Lack of confidence, may drift away from questions and long winded

- Lack of confidence

Randall:

Strength : Taking initiative and following closely with the interviewer's questions

Weakness : Eye contact and body language

Janelle:

Strengths: Attentive listener + takes initiative in responding to interviewer.

Weakness: Be more engaging with other interviewees, build on and respond to their points + maintaining eye contact.

Wong Ye Fei:

Strengths: Taking initiative in preparing for possible interview questions and responding to questions logically.

Weakness: Have to improve on communication skills and competency in English.

Minh:

Strengths: Effectively implement the STAR method

Weakness: Have more confidence and speak louder during interviews

Ryan:

Strengths:

Able to do a very good elevator pitch (perhaps due to my prior corporate experience and constant interview preparations). Can keep calm handle curveballs and brain teasers despite pressure.

Weaknesses:

No adverse feedback given so far. But personally I have a few things I want to work on.

Although in person interviews are good, I might need practice for recorded interviews (e.g. video interviews which flash the question and allow you to prepare for 15-30 seconds, before giving a 1 minute countdown for you to answer, and only 1 try).

I also want to keep abreast of news/trends related to the industry I plan to venture into. That allows me to improve the quality of my interview answers and gives me a competitive edge compared to other applicants.

Overall feedback for myself:

Having prior work experience in my desired field has given me a leg up, but do not be complacent. Listen, focus and learn as much as I can.

Summer is absent today

-Ryan (on behalf of Group 6)

Everyone wants to save money. 1 million dollars. Everyone is just working or studying so they can work for more money.

4 of us lost our jobs. Made life harder because no more salary. Some of us are brute forcing the same route of trying to increase our work skills to get a job again.

Bring a mouse and click faster. Having a lot of energy at the end is a waste. Prepare for retrenchment by diversifying skills. Double major if possible.

2. First priority is to earn money, a job at the top of the sector for high salary to save 1 million dollars. Another was buy a house, similar, and another was finding a good job for themselves that gave job satisfaction

3. After being unemployed from the recession decided to find out other things to do with my life. Some decided to try and pivot to find jobs in other industries by upskilling

4. We didn't manage to accomplish all our life goals, but still managed some. It is also good to job hop to increase your income, and important to keep track of your well-being. Next time, perhaps choose higher paying job sectors instead, and focus on more social life goals.

Advice postcard : Choose achievable life goals, social is important, choose jobs that pay well, and don't be afraid to job-hop to increase your salary.

On the cyclical nature of the economy: losing your job is not the end of the world. Assuming you have the money, we opted to use this time to upskill and go to university while the market recovers. There is more to life than work.

On second chances:

Nicholas: "Exchange codes"

Ya Tian: "Choose randomly and life will work out; move fast"

Xinling: "Don't just accept the first job offer they give you"

Artistes: "Don't have kids"

Yufei: "Change jobs frequently"

Hongyi: "PhD really stands for permanent head damage"

An undergraduate degree is a basic must have. Coupled with internships, those would help me get a good first job and great first starting salary. Afterwards, job performance and lifelong learning is important to get promoted and be recognised at work. And after a while, job hopping helps in salary jumps.

I aim to achieve a good GPA to secure and stack up relevant internships, making myself more hireable after graduation. Personal development is crucial for my first role, where I can grow. After gaining 3-5 years of experience in my first job, I aim to move into a managerial role. I might look into job hopping into another company if there is limited upside progression and if I want new challenges.

Working Culture

Colleague Relationship

Strategic

Reading The Room

Understand the working dynamics

Influence

Power and Authority

Ethics

Mind Games

hierachy

annoying

personal relationship

important

tangling

networks

differences

similarities

HR

influence

authority

rumors

• Toxic

• Stress

• Gossip

• High turnover

• Back stabbing

• Misuse power

• Stagnant growth

• Cliques

• Allies

• Strategy

• Competition

• Based

• Subjective

• Rumours

• Lies

• Spying

• Revenge

• Micromanage

• Scape goat

• Framing

• Credit stealing

• Agressive

• Flattery

• Bad mouthing