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In this Career Insights blog, YAIA’s Careers Officer Kate Purcell outlines the graduate recruitment process for the public service and explores strategies for success. As we near the end of our academic career, we naturally turn our minds to jobs. The Australian Public Service is the largest and most diverse employer in Australia. A career as a public servant or working closely with the public sector can open opportunities to have a diverse career and make a real impact on th

In this Career Insights blog, YAIA’s Careers Director Lauren Twine explores the value of volunteering for your professional and personal development and shares a list of organisations where you can find opportunities to volunteer in the field of international affairs. Whether you’re a university student looking to boost your employability, or a young professional looking to specialise in or pivot into international affairs, taking on a volunteer role in the sector may be the

Image Source: pxfuel In our latest Career Insights blog, YAIA’s Careers Officer Kate Purcell discusses how to prepare an effective and authentic cover letter that will help you land your next role or opportunity. A strong and effective cover letter is often your best opportunity to make a positive impression with a prospective employer. Yet many job applicants underestimate the value of a well-written cover letter, instead focusing almost exclusively on their curriculum vitae

In our latest Career Insights blog, YAIA’s Careers Director Lauren Twine discusses techniques for preparing and refining your curriculum vitae for your job search, whether in Australia or overseas. Your curriculum vitae (CV) is generally the first impression that an employer forms of you, and research shows that it is often made within a matter of seconds. As such, you need to make your CV stands out, yet is simple to absorb, in order that an employer flicking through potenti

Source: Pixabay In our latest Career Insights blog, YAIA's Careers Director, Kate Kalinova, explores online and offline options for identifying and improving your foreign language skills to advance your career. If you’re aspiring to pursue a career in international affairs, having a foreign language or two within your skills arsenal can give you a valuable advantage for securing jobs and navigating inter-cultural barriers. While Asian languages have been gaining increasing at

Andrew Davies is the former Director of the Defence and Strategy Program for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Before joining ASPI, Andrew was a post doctoral fellow in physics at Melbourne University and the ANU, and worked for the Department of Defence in the areas of capability analysis and intelligence. In our interview, Andrew spoke about the role of think-tanks in policy making, and his advice for building a successful career in international affairs. What is t

Lyndall Sachs is the Chief of Protocol at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She previously served as Ambassador to Iraq (2011-2015) and Ambassador to Lebanon (2006-2009). In our interview we discussed her path to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and her advice for young professionals looking to pursue a career in international affairs. You’ve had a very varied career having worked for the United Nations, as the Ambassador to Iraq and Lebanon, and current