Our Careers and Employability Office, dedicated to business students, offers a range of opportunities to explore your career options, plan your career, develop your skills, and network with recruiters and employers.

Our Careers and Employability Office offers a specialised career service to students across all of our degree programs. We are committed to helping you achieve your career aspirations and equipping you with the skills to thrive in your career.

Our career services will help you:

• plan your career
• develop your career decision making skills
• tailor your resume and job applications
• engage in experiential recruitment activities such as mock interviews and assessment centres
• connect with top graduate recruiters and corporate partners through our programs.

We also offer the award-winning free Job Smart program, which enables international students to gain the skills and professional experience to gain employment when they graduate.

Business School students who engage early with career exploration, professional skill development and industry connections are best equipped to make their mark in today's complex and changing professional world.

Getting career ready with the Careers and Employability Office
Students explain how the Careers and Employability Office can help you get career ready throughout your studies.

Start planning your career now
We recommend that you begin your career-planning journey before you enrol and start your degree. Visit the below resources to discover your career options and help you choose the right subjects. 

Graduate Careers Australia provide detailed careers information and profiles across most areas including accounting, consultancy, government, human resources, IT, marketing, and international relations.
MyFuture assists school leavers with exploring career opportunities and different industries. Visit MyFuture to help you narrow down which majors you wish to study at the Business School.
Visit the Careers and Employabilty Office once you enrol. We’re located in the Careers and Student Experience Lounge, Basement Level, Abercrombie Building.

Career Pathways
The Opera Studies program will help you to develop the personal attributes needed for a career in performance, teaching or other fields such as:

• Opera singer
• Concert and Oratorio singer
• Professional Ensemble singer
• Professional Opera Chorus singer
• Singing teacher (primary, secondary, tertiary and/or private)
• Music research/academia
• Broadcaster
• Music writer/blogger/critic
• Artist agent
• Arts administrator

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Admission to the Graduate Diploma requires:

(a) a bachelor’s degree of higher award from the University of Sydney, or an equivalent qualification, in an appropriate discipline as determined by the School; or

(b)  a graduate certificate from the University of Sydney, or an equivalent qualification, in an appropriate discipline as determined by the School; or

(c) completion of the requirements of an embedded graduate certificate in an appropriate discipline, as determined by the School, from the University of Sydney, or an equivalent qualification; or

(d) in exceptional circumstances the Head of School and Dean may admit applicants without these qualifications but whose evidence of experience and achievement is deemed by the Head of School and Dean to be equivalent, and

(e) successful completion of an audition and an interview.

English Language Requirements

• TOEFL - IBT score - A minimum result of 96 overall including a minimum result of 23 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 25 in Writing
• IELTS score - A minimum result of 7.0 overall and a minimum result of 7.0 in each band
• TOEFL - PBT score - A minimum result of 592 overall including a minimum result of 4.5 in Writing
• Pearsons Test of English - A minimum result of 68 overall and a minimum result of 54 in each band