GRADUATE EMPLOYER

The Australian Association of Graduate Employers (AAGE) E-Newsletter.......Issue 10, 2012

IN THIS ISSUE...

AGRIAs Winner

AAGE Lite - Super Saver Rates

The Big Meet - Saver Rate

AAGE Conference Wrap Up

2013 AAGE Surveys

2013 Careers Fairs Timetable

Report from NZAGE

Other Events of Interest

Member Benefits

Comings & Goings

Our Committee Up Close

Congratulations to the 2012 Awards Winners!!

Each year the Australian Association of Graduate Employers (AAGE) rewards outstanding examples of excellence in the graduate recruitment and development industry through its annual AAGE Graduate Recruitment Industry Awards ("the AGRIAs").

The winners of the 2012 AGRIAs were announced at the awards Gala Dinner, which took place on Thursday 15th November 2012 during the AAGE Annual Conference. We would like to thank Testgrid for sponsoring this event.

A full list of Winners and Finalists can be viewed via the AGRIAs website.

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2012 AAGE 'Lite' Conference: Saver Rates Operating until - Friday 30th November 2012

The AAGE ‘Lite’ Conference is a slimmed down version of the AAGE's Annual Conference. The AAGE 'Lite' Conference is being held in Perth on Tuesday 11 December 2012.

We recognise that many of the AAGE's Members based in Western Australia do not always have the budget or time to attend our Annual Conference on the East Coast. To address this, we have decided to offer our WA Members a taste of our Annual Conference through our AAGE 'Lite' Conference.

The AAGE ‘Lite’ Conference will include a selection of workshops and speakers from our Annual Conference, providing our WA members with the chance to experience the wealth of knowledge and networking opportunities our Annual Conference has to offer. Further information on the AAGE 'Lite' Conference can be found by clicking here.

Saver rates are currently available for delegates to attend the inaugural AAGE 'Lite' Conference until COB Friday 30th November 2012.

Conference Date: Tuesday 11th December 2012

BHP Billiton

City Square - 125 St Georges Terrace

Perth, WA

A Full Conference Pass is $300 + GST pp for listed AAGE Members until this Friday 30th November 2012. Please REGISTER ONLINE to attend any part or all of the Conference.

We would like to take the opportunity to thank our 2012 AAGE 'Lite' Conference Sponsors, who have taken an early opportunity to support the event:

So far, over 35 delegates are registered to attend, representing the following organisations:

Ajilon, Ashurst, BankWest Financial Services, BHP Billiton, Cardno (WA), Chevron Australia, CPA Australia, Decmil Australia, Deloitte, Department of Agriculture and Food, Department of Environment and Conservation, Department of Finance - Government Procurement, Department of Housing (WA), Department of Treasury (WA), Department of the Attorney-General (WA), DBL, Fusion, Georgiou Group, GradConnection, Harrier Resourcing People, Kiewit Australia, Main Roads Western Australia, Momentum Partners, Monadelphous Group Limited, Newmont Asia Pacific, Onetest, People Solutions, Public Transport Authority of Western Australia, Rio Tinto, Sinclair Knight Merz, Squire Sanders, Subsea 7, Technip Oceania, Testgrid, The Unimail Group.

For further information please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Big Meet Careers Fairs - Super Saver Rate Available until 30th November 2012

Until Friday 30th November we are offering Super Saver Rates to book an exhibitor space at one or more of the annual Big Meet Careers Fairs, scheduled to take place in March 2013.

Super Saver rates for each event are as follows:

PERTH: Friday 8th March 2013, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre - $1,200 plus GST

MELBOURNE: Tuesday 12th March 2013, Palladium Room at Crown Casino, Southbank - $1,400 plus GST

SYDNEY: Monday 18th March 2013, Bayside Grand Hall, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre - $1,600 plus GST

ADELAIDE: Friday 22nd March 2013, Adelaide Convention Centre - $700 plus GST

BRISBANE: Monday 25th March 2013, Sofitel Brisbane Centre - $850 plus GST

BULK PACKAGE: Bulk discount booking to purchase all five events - $5,450 plus GST

Over 85 Organisations have already booked to attend one or more Big Meets in 2013, including:

ACCC, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), Accenture, Arrium Mining and Materials, Attorney-General's Department, Aurecon, Australia Post, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Federal Police, Australian Institute of Personal Trainers, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), Australian Secret Intelligence Service, Australian Taxation Office, BDO, Big Fat Smile, Cancer Council NSW, Chevron, Clough Projects Pty Ltd, Coles, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, CPA Australia, CRCC Asia, Deloitte, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Department of Defence, Department of Education (WA), Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Department of Finance (WA), Department of Human Services, Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research & Tertiary Education, Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Department of Mines and Petroleum, Department of Regional Development and Lands, Department of State Development , Department of Treasury (WA), Dept. of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Edmund Rice Camps WA, Fulton Hogan Pty Ltd, GradSolutions Consulting, Graduate Opportunities, Hatch, Hays Recruitment, HLB Mann Judd, IBM, Institute of Chartered Accountants, Institute of Public Accountants, Intergen, Kiewit, KordaMentha, KPMG, Lawler McGillivray, Leighton Contractors Pty Limited, Linfox Logistics, Lion, L'Oreal Australia, LSA Recruitment, Main Roads WA, Mainfreight, Mars Australia, Monadelphous Group Limited, Moore Stephens Melbourne, National Australia Bank, Navitas Workforce Solutions, NRW Civil & Mining, NSW Trade & Investment, NSW Treasury, Pitcher Partners, PPB Advisory, Procter & Gamble, Professional Pathways Australia, Public Transport Authority WA, PwC, QR National, Queensland Government, Real Gap, Redflex Traffic Systems, Rio Tinto, Santos, Sinclair Knight Merz, SThree, Subsea 7, Sydney Water, TEACH.NSW, Technip, Telstra, The Audit Office of NSW, The Ride to Conquer Cancer, The Tax Institute, Thiess, ThoughtWorks Australia Pty Ltd, TIC TWO - This Is China. The Internship Company, Toowoomba Regional Council, TransGrid, Water Corporation, WHK/Crowe Horwath Woodside Energy.

Place an online booking here (please note you will require a valid credit card in order to secure your booking): BIG MEET MEMBER ONLINE BOOKING FORM.

For further information please contact  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

AAGE National Conference Wrap

Our 24th annual Graduate Recruitment & Development Conference, held in Melbourne this month, was a great success, with just under 380 delegates and around 32 exhibitors, all under the one roof!

You may view a list of prize winners and a selection of photographs taken during the conference here. You may also view uploaded copies of the presentations made during the Conference here.

Thank You to our 2012 Conference Sponsors

We would like to acknowledge the following organisations for supporting our 2012 event. The commitment from our sponsors is what helps to ensure the continued success of the industry's own annual Conference. For your business needs, please be sure to consider our supporters. More information can be viewed by downloading our 2012 Conference Sponsor Directory.

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2013 AAGE Surveys . 

Following their launch at the recent AAGE Graduate Recruitment & Development Conference in Melbourne, we are pleased to provide you with an opportunity to purchase the 2013 AAGE Candidate Survey and 2013 AAGE Employer Survey reports.

The 2013 AAGE Candidate Survey is produced to provide AAGE members with the very latest market information on: candidate applications, job hunting techniques, factors which influence application and offer acceptance decisions, views on best employers in each industry and future plans of candidates with 3,046 new or future employees from 162 organisations taking part between May and September 2012.

The 2013 AAGE Employer Survey is produced to provide employers with the very latest market information on: vacancy levels for graduates commencing work in 2013, salary levels for new graduates starting work in 2013, application levels and selection processes used by recruiters in 2012, marketing spend for events and activities in 2012 with 180 graduate employers taking part between June and October 2012.

All members have received an email with information on how you can purchase this research. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any queries

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2013 Careers Fairs Timetable

Please CLICK HERE to view the Careers Fairs Timetable for 2013.

This is the draft timetable for careers fairs in March 2013. Although there may be one or two minor date changes between now and then, exhibitors can expect the bulk of these fairs to take place on the dates shown. Dates for the AAGE's Big Meet Careers Fairs are highlighted in yellow.

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Report on AAGE Attendance at New Zealand Conference

Ben Reeves and Paul Russell represented the AAGE at the inaugural conference of the New Zealand Association of Graduate Employers (NZAGE) which was held in Auckland on Tuesday 20 November 2012.

NZAGE

The NZAGE was created around 12 months ago. The inspiration for setting up the association came about from New Zealanders attending the AAGE Annual Conference.

The NZAGE is run almost exclusively by volunteers who all have day jobs as graduate recruiters.

Conference Facts and Figures

A few facts and figures:

• There were around 80 delegates at the conference. Most of these were employers.
• There were delegates from 6 NZ universities and a few delegates from suppliers. There were around 10 international delegates from countries including the USA, UK, South Africa and Australia.
• six exhibitors (including Fusion, GradConnection, Onetest, SHL, Talegent, Testgrid)

Conference Structure

The conference lasted for one day.

There were a mix of sessions delivered by both employers and suppliers including:

• An Employer Panel
• A Student Panel
• An International Panel (which included Ben Reeves)  
• Leadership workshop
• Graduate Attraction workshop
• The results of the NZAGE Employer Survey and Candidate Survey

Learning Points

Some key learning points:

• Many of the employer delegates have multiple roles within their organisations. Typically they are HR generalists who have responsibility for graduate recruitment, graduate development as well as a range of other HR matters.
• The geographical distribution of delegates is far more concentrated than the Australian market. The majority of delegates were from Auckland (which has around a third of the national population) or from Wellington (the location of the national government)
• NZAGE conducts two surveys of its market each year: an Employer Survey and a Candidate Survey. These Survey Reports are available for purchase.
• Many of the key issues faced by NZ employers are common to Australia e.g. attraction; competition for the top talent; hiring the same number of graduates with fewer resources; reneging of offers; retention rates etc.
• New Zealand has eight universities (by comparison Australia has around 40 and the USA has around 2,000)

Further information

NZAGE welcomes new members from Australia.

For further information on the NZAGE visit their website www.nzage.co.nz or contact them via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

There is likely to be a 2013 NZAGE annual conference – probably in September 2013. The AAGE will communicate the date of this event to our members as soon as it is confirmed.

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Member News & Other Events of Interest

Fusion Graduate Masterclasses

Especially For AAGE Members

As a Member of the AAGE, as well as supporting the graduate recruitment industry you are entitled to a unique offering. Some of the many benefits of being an AAGE Member are outlined below:

EVENTS:

Conference - three-day annual national event that typically attracts around 400 delegates and focuses on the professional development of AAGE members in addition to addressing key graduate recruitment & development issues. Members are offered a $200 (~20%) discount to attend. For further information:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Workshops - held quarterly across six states of Australia, Workshops offer a mix of information sharing and the opportunity to network with other local colleagues in the industry. Attendance is complimentary for Members. For further information:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Practitioner Seminars - annual professional development training opportunity, focussing on the 'How To' of Graduate Recruitment. The Practitioner Seminar is offered across six states of Australia. An $80 (35%) discount is offered for Members. For further information:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

The Big Meet - one-day careers fairs, held across five states in Australia during March each year, promoted to all students from all universities in each host city. The Big Meet offers an efficient way of promoting to potential candidates and are held in purpose-built exhibition venues in central city locations. A $500 (~25%) discount is offered to Members. For further information:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

RESEARCH:

Annual Employer Survey - leading annual benchmarking publication, which summarises a range of data provided by Australian employers in relation to their graduate recruitment activities, for example, graduate starting salaries, marketing activities, selection methods, acceptance rates, retention rates, etc. Members have access to a discounted price, and Members who participate receive a complimentary copy.

Annual Candidate Survey - summarises attitudes and opinions from recently offered candidates with respect to various aspects of the graduate recruitment process. Any AAGE Full Member who participates will receive a detailed free report summarising the feedback collected from all candidates who respond.

Annual Graduate Survey - provides in-depth analyses of the attitudes and opinions of recently-recruited graduates towards their employer, their training and their experiences. Any AAGE Full Member who participates receives a free detailed report summarising the feedback collected from all graduates who respond to the Survey.

Annual Intern Survey - assesses feedback and experiences of students who have participated in work experience placement programs. Any AAGE Full Member who participates receives a free detailed report summarising the feedback collected from all interns who respond to the Survey.

Unistats Reports - The current AAGE UniStats Reports provide detailed statistics on the number of students who have started or completed an undergraduate degree course for the five years from 2006 to 2010. The data are broken down by university and degree subject, gender and domestic/international/indigenous, giving AAGE Full Members the ability to identify the number and location of candidates with specific qualifications. The AAGE UniStats Reports are provided free of charge exclusively to all AAGE Full Members.

For further information about Surveys/Research:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

BEST PRACTICE

AAGE Graduate Recruitment Industry Awards (AGRIAs) - Each year the AAGE rewards outstanding examples of excellence in the graduate recruitment industry through its annual AAGE Graduate Recruitment Industry Awards (AGRIAs). Winners are announced at the AAGE Gala Dinner, which takes place during the annual Conference. For further information:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Code of Practice - The AAGE offers its members a formal National Graduate Recruitment Code of Practice, available for download HERE. For further information:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

PUBLICATIONS

e-News - We regularly keep members up to speed with industry 'happenings' as well as AAGE news and events, including advance copies of university careers fairs timetables. For further information:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Member Directory - This Directory is updated annually. Available to Full Members only, the Directory is a useful contact list, allowing you to network independently with other Members. For further information:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

The AAGE 'How To' Handbook: A guide to graduate recruitment - A subcommittee of graduate recruitment industry veterans, whose careers have been dedicated to the recruitment and development of graduates, have shared and combined their experience and ideas, giving rise to this publication. Members receive a 50% discount to purchase the Handbook. For further information:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

SocList - annual contact list for university (faculty-based) student societies, provided free of charge to AAGE Members. For further information:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Full Member Zone - The AAGE website hosts a Full Member-exclusive login area, containing members-only information and conveniently available to each Full Member via a unique username and password. For further information:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Is somebody else in your team interested in joining the AAGE? Group discount rates exist for other staff wishing to join. Please contact  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further information.

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Comings & Goings

The AAGE are excited to welcome our newest members:

• Raw Talent (Katea Downie and Peter Cantwell),

• Queensland Treasury (Melissa Davidson),

• Vicdigital Pty Ltd (Eleanor Onibere),

• Tic Two (Alastair Douglas),

• Georgiou Group (Robert Blaze),

• Boeing Aerostructures Australia (Melanie Kavanagh), and

• EnergyAustralia (Nick Ferry)

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Our Committee Up Close

This month we introduce you to Ms Lucy Hood.

Based in Sydney, Lucy is the Graduate Programs Advisor for Arrium (formerly OneSteel). Within her role she plans and executes the recruitment strategy for all campus hires (graduate, summer, cadetships and scholars), coordinates tactical university relations activities and assists with the running of entry-level talent and leadership programs. A relative newcomer to the graduate recruitment world, she is thoroughly enjoying working in this area and is overwhelmed by the level of passion and support shown by others in the industry. Lucy previously worked in a sports PR, media and events role at a UK university.

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