Claire Pech – Careers Advisor

This week we hosted Kathryn Taylor from Turning Point Consulting, who spoke to our Year 12s. I surveyed the group last week and two topics of interest were – how to find a job once students leave using LinkedIn and also what to do regarding their GAP year in relation to COVID.

Students were talked through the job-hunting process, how to structure their resume, networking, volunteering and a myriad of other relevant topics that we hope serve them well.

EAS applications

This week I made a screen cast for students about the EAS Process and also the early offer information for UTS in relation to COVID disruption. UTS have updated their page to now include room to apply for this disruption here.

We now recognise and support two distinct cohorts of applicants:

1.  Equity stream – focuses on supporting students who have the potential to success at university, but may not receive an offer based on their ATAR alone. Applicants must first be eligible for socio-economic disadvantage, school environment (S01C only) or financial hardship under our inpUTS scheme.
2. 2021 Access stream – focuses on supporting students that may not have been able to show their best potential in their HSC, due to the disruption to studies caused by COVID-19. UTS may take into consideration both Year 11 studies as well as the Selection Rank (Year 12 ATAR + adjustment points) when assessing an applicant’s eligibility for an offer.

EAS covers long term disadvantage but, as of last year, with parents receiving jobkeeper and jobseeker, students can now apply for EAS based on this long term disadvantage of only three months. As a parent, if this applies to you, please encourage your son/daughter to apply for this. More details about EAS here and specific information regarding the requirements and proof are below:

Please contact Claire Pech if you have any questions about this.