Month: March 2018

Here is how my DeakinTalent Connect Profile looks:

Please add me by searching for my name “Anh Vuong” or my email “vavuong@deakin.edu.au” on the site.

I also use LinkedIn and Slack (vavuong@deakin.edu.au) as two other networking sites.

As an IT student of Deakin, I have joined the Deakin Software Engineering Club (Deakinsec.github.io, 2018). I think the club is very helpful besides classes because it brings peer-learners in the uni together. Also, we are guided by many experienced tutors and seniors – they always put their effort in facilitating our knowledge about the industry, by helping with the technical enquiries, organising workshops and coding events for the members, etc.

I also find The Entrepreneur Club of Melbourne (Meetup, 2018) super useful. They have many members who are passionate and successful entrepreneurs, leaders, investors, etc. From the talks those people provide, I would get plenty of profitable knowledge and more insights into many industrial areas.

And the most favourable community of mine is Google. I follow Google on LinkedIn to learn about job opportunities and job requirement. Many of their roles are granted to graduate students and they also post internships at times, which this creates a neutral and positive environment for both the expertise and the freshmen of the company. I think Google is a valuable employer for undergraduates since they are very straightforward with their criteria of resume or interview. In addition, they openly share the experiences of their employees or program attendants such as interviewing, working, and socialising. This is relatively helpful, as those are the knowledge that juniors can make use of, for learning and getting used to the professionalism.

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References

Deakinsec.github.io. (2018). Deakin Software Engineering Club | DSEC | Deakin University. [online] Available at: https://deakinsec.github.io/deakin-sec-website/index.html [Accessed 30 Mar. 2018].

Meetup. (2018). The Entrepreneur Club (Melbourne) (Melbourne, Australie). [online] Available at: https://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/The-Entrepreneur-Club-Melbourne/?chapter_analytics_code=UA-60843456-1 [Accessed 30 Mar. 2018].

I have made a timeline of what I expect of my career development here:

Downloadable version: Anh’s Timeline

In completing my bachelor, I will take part in units of my majors, such as SIT232 – Object-oriented Development, or SIT313 – Developing Client-Server Web Applications. Apart from that, my electives will majorly be related to Mathematics and Computer Science themes. These are the important subjects that would help me to develop a deep understanding of complex fields of IT and Computer Science such as data analysis, machine learning, artificial intelligence, etc.

Furthermore, I have listed three main tasks/ experiences that I would like to achieve while studying in university. First, I would apply for the role Student Rover which employed by Deakin’s Library (Deakin.edu.au, 2018). With this role, I could find out more about the valuable facilities and resources provided by the uni library, as well as earning more academic experience from my colleagues and the university staffs. Afterwards, I aim at becoming a Math Mentor for Deakin (Deakin.edu.au, 2018).  This experience requires a strong capability in mathematical knowledge and teaching. Thus, it would push me to work hard in my units, and it would also relatively promote my knowledge of mentoring and networking with my academic peers.

Finally, the most impactful experience which is more outside of the university scope – applying for an industrial internship (particularly through FreelancingHUB program of DeakinTalent) (DeakinTALENT, 2018).  I plan on achieving this by first taking the resume and interview workshops of DeakinTalent (Unihub.deakin.edu.au, 2018). I find them quite useful since I could carry out all the criteria needed for my profile. Then, I could submit my resume for baseline review, and later facilitate my resume writing in the most structure-oriented and standardised way (Unihub.deakin.edu.au, 2018). More importantly, I believe this would be an extremely useful experience to learn professionalism and to apply knowledge from classes to practice.

In a conclusive point of view, these three experiences are all academic-based, which is good, for it is the resources of information from my education provider. Nonetheless, they are paid activities, thus also considered industrial tasks, which would impact hugely on my career after graduation.

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References

Deakin.edu.au. (2018). Become a mentor. [online] Available at: http://www.deakin.edu.au/students/studying/students-helping-students-hub/become-a-mentor [Accessed 30 Mar. 2018].

Deakin.edu.au. (2018). Maths Mentors. [online] Available at: http://www.deakin.edu.au/students/studying/study-support/academic-skills/maths-mentors [Accessed 30 Mar. 2018].

DeakinTALENT. (2018). FreelancingHUB. [online] Available at: http://deakintalent.deakin.edu.au/freelancing-hub/ [Accessed 30 Mar. 2018].

Unihub.deakin.edu.au. (2018). UniHub Login. [online] Available at: https://unihub.deakin.edu.au/students/events/detail/2849317/resumes-and-applications-101-s [Accessed 30 Mar. 2018].

Unihub.deakin.edu.au. (2018). UniHub Login. [online] Available at: https://unihub.deakin.edu.au/students/events/detail/2849410/interviewing-101-getting-ready [Accessed 30 Mar. 2018].

Rogerwilco.co.za. (2018). [online] Available at: https://www.rogerwilco.co.za/sites/default/files/inline-images/content.jpg [Accessed 30 Mar. 2018].

YouTube. (2018). Web Intro. [online] Available at: https://youtu.be/UARUSznA4sY [Accessed 30 Mar. 2018].