Making the most of your time at university
University can sometimes be overly theoretical and may not get you as excited as it should to enter an ever growing and amazing industry. Employers are saying that they value extracurricular activities, completed projects, passion for the industry and experience above the piece of paper- after all, everyone applying for that job has one. (http://www.smh.com.au/national/tertiary-education/top-10-things-employer...)
During this presentation, we will look at ways to get more involved in the industry to keep yourself employable and engaged. We will discuss events to get involved with, student groups that may be available and other ways you can make yourself either more favourable to employers or build on your entrepreneurial endeavours.
| Joshua Holmes | Griffith University |  |
Joshua is a serial volunteer and entrepreneur.
Since leaving the IT industry to start university, he sought out ways to keep himself as involved as possible and find new passions to improve the overly theoretical university degrees.
He has attended events like CompCon, YITCON, /dev/world and various Startup Weekends and has had a hand in running events such as GovHack. He is co-founder of Griffith's entrepreneurial student group, Studio39, is a School of ICT Peer Mentor and member of the local ACS committee.
Josh has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Top100 Future Leader's Award and Suncorp Information Technology Award.
Following the successful completion of an interstate internship, he has been offered numerous graduate roles for 2017.