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Business School

Undergraduate offerings

Students at a Career Accelerator event

Looking for ways to build your professional skills and enhance your employability while you study? 

Career Accelerator offers UNSW Business School students a suite of opportunities, tools, resources and support services to get you ready for your career. These include internships and work experience, mentoring programs, access to alumni, industry networking, events, global opportunities, and academic success support.

Follow the links below to explore these opportunities.  
Undergraduate internships
Start sharpening your career skills with UNSW Business School’s for-credit and not-for-credit opportunities, including internships, consultancy projects, social entrepreneurship practicums, virtual internships and co-curricular work experiences.
Undergraduate mentoring
Looking for a mentor but don’t know where to start? UNSW Business School offers a range of opportunities to connect with industry and alumni.
Undergraduate global experiences
The personal and professional benefits of living, studying or working in a different culture are immense.
Business Experience Projcts
Complement your studies with co-curricular business experiences. Learn how to grow and develop your career skills and build your professional network.
Forage

Build your skills and experience what it’s like to work at some the of world’s top organisations.

Forage is an online platform offering virtual experiences designed to help you develop your skills and gain a real understanding of different roles, career pathways and industries before you graduate.

Career Accelerator: Essentials

Your first step towards future career success.

In this module, you’ll develop foundational skills to excel in the workplace and boost your employability.

You’ll gain practical tips on planning, time management, and self-reflection. Learn how to use effective communication skills to build relationships, work successfully in diverse teams, and ensure your ideas and opinions are heard. Discover ways to demonstrate your personal strengths and collaborate effectively in a team. Additionally, you’ll understand how to interpret online information and use digital tools efficiently.

Prepare to dive into four exciting topics.

  1. Planning for career success.
  2. Your professional brand.
  3. Build your network.
  4. Get experience, get guidance, get skills.

On completion you'll earn a digital badge to display on your LinkedIn profile.
Student enrolment key: Career_Accelerator

  • To be eligible you must:

    • Be an undergraduate or postgraduate student.
    • Be enrolled at UNSW Business School.
  • Time commitment 
    • Approximately 1 hour
    Experience points 
    • BCom points: 8
    • MCom points: 8

Please allow up to 2 weeks for your completion to display on your transcript and experience points dashboard.

If you have completed Career Accelerator: Essentails between 20th December 2024 - January 10th 2025, this module won't display on your transcript and dashboard until after 13th January due to UNSW shutdown.