Services for Students

International Students

Your advantages: Applicants should be aware of the advantages they offer prospective employers.

• Language skills - ability to converse and do business in English and home language.
• Economical - Particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia but also in Singapore a home student with an Australian education, though equally valuable as an Australian sent overseas, will be considerably cheaper. Even if you are paid A$50,000 a year this compares favourably with the A$150,000 an ex-pat may cost.
• Australian Tertiary Education - your degree will be especially valuable for Australian companies working in the region but other western companies will also appreciate the qualification.

Useful Contacts And Ideas

• Track down company addresses by contacting companies likely to have a presence in the region and ask for a copy of their annual report. These usually list overseas offices.
• Read national and international newspapers and follow up any leads about companies operating in the region. Send in your CV and make a follow up phone call.
• Use Austrade (www.austrade.gov.au).The government organisation that publishes directories of Australian companies operating overseas. Separate directories are published for countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The Austrade Web site also contains a lot of background information as well. Bi-Lateral.
• Use business groups such as The Australia Indonesia Business Council (http://www.aibc.net.au/). You can usually subscribe to such groups as an individual, receiving newsletters and networking opportunities. Events usually attract senior managers - and very few international students. Other groups such as The American Chamber of Commerce may also be worth contacting.
• Join Asialink. A Melbourne based dynamic organisation of young professionals and tertiary students representing key organisation within the business, educational and cultural communities across Australia and Asia. Contact Katrina Peach on +61 3 9349 1899. Email: katrina_peach@muwayf.unimelb.edu.au
• Register with agencies. For example Executive Placements for Asia, PO Box 270, Caulfield East PO, Victoria 3145.
• Jobs on the Internet - many companies offer you an opportunity to register your CV with them. Newspapers also have a Web presence and you may find relevant jobs posted on the Web versions. Check out some of the links listed in our on-line careers library linked below.


Graduate Employment Service, Jakarta - GES function is to assist Indonesians who have graduated from Australian institutions, or who are completing their studies in Australia, to find suitable employment upon their return to Indonesia. Leaflets are available from Careers Centre.The Careers Centre at Murdoch has useful books and newspaper as sources of jobs. Graduate Careers In Asia, for example is a free publication. The booklet aims to provide a resource for international students studying in Australian universities particularly with career planning and job seeking. Opportunities with companies such as ABN Amro, Hewlett Packard and Boston Consulting Group are listed together with articles on job seeking strategies, resumes and application letters. The booklet also contains an advert from a company that can help you pack up your belongings for that strenuous trip home.Call in to the Careers Centre to collect your individual copy.

Useful Resources

Singaporean Student Advisor in Perth:
Ms Denise Low,
9th Floor,
Griffin Centre,
28 The Esplanade, Perth WA 6000
Telephone: (08) 9321 5033 or (08) 9321 5041