You may be about to graduate, or already sending applications without hearing back. You want an internship or a first IT job, and to know whether your projects are enough. Read the examples and job-search guides, then tell us where you are stuck.
Read first, then decide whether to get in touch. No registration or resume upload.
Are you looking for an internship, a graduate programme or a junior role? Start with the advertisement, then look at your experience and the help you need.
Bring a role, graduation timing and your work-eligibility information. For referrals or internships, confirm whether suitable services or arrangements are available.
Clarify which opportunities merit further exploration and what needs checking.
Explore career services ↗Keep individual responsibilities, implementation and validation records. Distinguish employer internships, coursework and personal projects.
Prepare a project record, contribution evidence and demonstrable work.
Explore project practice ↗Compare an actual JD with your English resume and practise explaining a decision, evidence and limits. Record actual applications and replies.
Prepare a targeted English application and supported project story.
Explore resume and interview support ↗Alex’s preparation materials are below. Open whichever document you want to read.
Alex studied computing in Australia and is preparing for software-development roles. This fictional teaching example includes a complete plan, English resume project entry and interview story.
Primary target: Graduate Software Developer; alternative: suitable entry-level web development. Verify graduation dates, work rights and experience requirements for each employer.
The campus registration learning project connects a React interface, Node.js API and SQLite schema. Individual work includes validation, duplicate prevention and capacity checks.
Organise workflows, the data model and validation records. Do not describe learning work as employer delivery or invent user adoption or business returns.
Compare two real advertisements, map evidence to requirements, tailor an English resume and practise one technical decision story. Record actual applications and replies.
Discuss role fit and whether relevant coaching, practice or specific referral arrangements exist. Confirm provider, deliverables, timing, fees and terms.
You have sent applications and heard nothing back. What should you change? These guides cover applications, project evidence and finding roles, with completed examples from Alex’s fictional case.
Pull up the roles you applied for and the resumes you sent. Read the entry conditions, compare them with your experience and note any replies you received.
Look for graduation dates, study-stage requirements, work rights, location and experience. Write down anything unclear and ask the employer. The words Graduate or Junior alone do not tell you whether you can apply.
the advertisement link, review date, exact requirements and unresolved questions.
Take two job descriptions you would actually apply for. For each relevant requirement, find something in your resume that supports it. If the role asks for React, which page did you build and what did it do? Record gaps where you cannot yet point to evidence.
requirement → evidence → gap → next action.
Record when you applied, any acknowledgement and the employer’s stated timeline. If there is no update, write that down. You need further evidence to attribute it to your university, work rights or an automated screen. Use the employer’s published channels for follow-up.
submitted, acknowledged, next stage confirmed or no update received.
If you are applying across unrelated roles, choose one direction first. If a project entry is vague, add the work you owned. If you reached an interview, revisit what you could not explain. Keep both versions and compare them with later feedback.
the reason for a change, the material changed and a review date.
Fictional teaching example · preparation notes, not real hiring or application outcomes
You should finish with one thing to work on next. If you are still unsure, bring the advertisement and resume to a discussion.
Without relevant employment, start with coursework and personal projects. Explain what the project was, what you did and what someone else can inspect.
Label it as coursework, a personal project or a team project. For group work, describe your own responsibility separately. Keep its actual status rather than presenting a learning project as employment.
Alex: a personal learning project supporting Graduate Software Developer preparation.
Go beyond naming React, Node.js and SQLite. Describe the page input, the API checks and how data was stored. If you worked with others, explain the division of work.
Alex: React event interface, Node.js registration API and SQLite schema, with missing-email validation, duplicate prevention and capacity checks.
Support important claims with code, screenshots, operation records or tests. Separate planned checks from executed results. Where there are no real users, describe the implementation and checks without claiming adoption or revenue.
Alex’s evidence checklist: successful, duplicate, missing-email and full-capacity registration scenarios. Actual execution evidence must be supplied separately.
Choose a decision you can explain: what problem did you face, why did you choose that approach, and what else could you have tried? Say what you have not verified as well.
explain server-side validation alongside a database uniqueness constraint. Concurrency and authentication remain verification gaps.
Fictional teaching example · the same Alex project
Campus Event Registration Tool | Personal learning project Built an event registration interface with React and a Node.js API backed by SQLite. Implemented server-side validation, duplicate-registration prevention using an event/email unique constraint, and capacity checks before accepting registrations. Documented the data model and API behaviour, with acceptance scenarios for successful, duplicate, invalid and full-capacity registrations.
Open Alex’s project record to see what sits behind the resume entry, then read how he explains the same project in an interview.
Two roles labelled junior can have different requirements. Start with a specific advertisement, then check the recruitment route, accepted backgrounds and application material.
Try university career services, employer Early Careers or Careers pages, and job platforms. Save the role details when something interests you. Check the original employer advertisement where you can find it.
employer, role title, role-detail URL and review date.
A Graduate Program may specify a graduation window. An Internship may require current study and particular dates. For Junior roles, read the responsibilities and experience requirements. Similar titles can belong to different recruitment routes.
the recruitment route and explicit study or experience conditions.
Write down work-rights, location, qualification and graduation conditions, then compare them with your circumstances. Ask the employer or an appropriate official source about unclear conditions. Graduating in Australia does not make you eligible for every program.
conditions clearly met, clearly unmet and still unknown. Do not invent a match score.
While looking for roles, assemble the project and resume material most relevant to them. Record closing dates separately. If asking about a referral, confirm the actual role, who would recommend you and what recruitment steps follow.
opportunities to verify, related material and the next action.
Fictional teaching example · planned actions, not hiring outcomes
Start with the first action in this plan: find two real advertisements you would like to apply for. Check unclear conditions, then decide what you can prepare yourself and where help would be useful.
Check current employer advertisements for recruitment conditions. These guides and examples support preparation; they do not determine your personal visa conditions or work eligibility.
Read the adviser profiles, P3 project details and coaching information before deciding whether to get in touch.
Review adviser backgrounds, then confirm relevance to your role, market and coaching needs.
Explore adviser backgrounds ↗Review the P3 approach and participation process, connecting tasks, responsibility and outputs.
Explore P3 practice ↗Explore career planning, resume and interview support before confirming your scope.
Explore career services ↗Choose a question to see what you could do next. Check application conditions against the specific advertisement.
Australia · Explore referrals or internships — A target-opportunity and service checklist
Organise graduate programmes, internships and suitable entry-level roles separately. Check each advertisement’s dates, criteria and work-rights requirements, then prepare supported English application materials.
Separate Australian graduate programmes, internships and entry-level roles, then verify each role’s conditions. An internal recommendation, a job listing, an employer internship and a learning project offer different forms of support. Clarify which one is being discussed.
Use this to plan your preparation. Check each employer’s requirements against your own circumstances.
Discuss my search in this marketStart with your graduation date, the roles you want and any applications you have made. You can bring a resume or project to the discussion. Check work-rights questions against official information and employer conditions.
Edit the outline to describe your situation, then send it through WeChat or email. Agree the service, timing and fees separately.
You are welcome to bring a specific role or project to the discussion.
