Resume Writing Workshop

Hi members,

 

Are you graduating soon? Going to start looking for that dream job? Or maybe your just thinking about doing an internship?

 

Before you can even hope to land any of these opportunities, you're going to have to stand out from the crowd. Hundreds if not thousands of other people are going to be competing for the exact same opportunities as you are.

The best way to get your foot in the door of landing any of these opportunities is to make sure you do stand out.

 

How do you do that?

 

It all starts with your resume and CV!

To help you land that dream position you're after, UQMSA will be organizing a Resume Writing Workshop for our members!

 

You don't even have a Resume yet I hear you say? 

That's alright, then this workshop is exactly what you need to get yourself started! We'll be going over the basic of what a Resume should look like to put you on the right path.

 

How about if you already have a Resume?

Well, even if you already have one you could always polish it up a little. It'll make your case that much stronger to your potential employers. There'll be loads of hints along to way to make your's just that little bit more special!

When the world is this competitive every little helps!

 

The details of the event are still being finalized, and we'll let you know as soon as they are.

**a little hint - Its going to be in early May! (shhhhhh!! it's a secret!!!!)**

Seats are limited! And based on last years response they're going to be taken up pretty fast!

 

We might not be able to land you that dream opportunity but we sure can help improve your chances!

If you need more convincing that you DEFINATELY should be attending this workshoop, here are a couple of quotes from our members who have attended last year's Resume Writing Workshop:

- "I honestly found the workshops extremely beneficial. Celia reveals what the employers truly like to see in a resume and then unpacks    

    several techniques on how to get our resumes noticed and tossed to the top of the YES pile."

- "By attending, I've learnt that much more to land me my summer internship of choice"

Stay tuned to this channel for the latest updates!

Warmest Regards,

UQMSA Committee

UQMSA's Refugee Tutoring Drive

Salam Sejahtera and Hi dear members !

If YOU DID NOT join us for our previous events, no fret! UQMSA has a bucket list of events and programs mapped out for you that screams FUN, EXCITING & TIME WORTHY. But aside from the happening social events (i.e. Mamak Nite, Diversity Week, Laser Tag/Paintball, outdoor excursions etc) which will be rolling out this year, we also believe in giving back to the community and doing our part to help those who are less fortunate.

UQMSA's Refugee Tutoring Drive
Have you ever performed a good deed that made your heart smile? And then have that feel-good satisfaction motivate you to do more now and in the future, whenever & wherever? Yes or no, here's your chance to add another good deed experience onto your impressive good-deed-resume, or at least start the first experience of this feel-good vibe with us! :)

We'd like to introduce & encourage all of you to participate in our first charitable event, UQMSA's REFUGEE TUTORING PROGRAM

The Gist of it (A Message from VoRTCS)

Tutoring program coordinated by Volunteer Refugee Tutoring & Community Support (VoRTCS), a non-profit, non-religious, volunteer-run organization based in Australia and supported by the St. Vincent De Paul Society. UQMSA will be collaborating with them in organizing this drive for our members.
Pairs of volunteer tutors visit the homes of refugee families who have recently arrived in Australia. Most of our families are African (many Sudanese), and we have some from Afghanistan and Iraq also.
Tutors help the children (usually several children per family) with homework and reading/writing skills, and help the parents with conversation skills where needed.
Volunteers can choose the day and time that they visit their family, and can change if needed. Most tutoring visits last for 1-2 hours, and you continue visiting your family for an extended period of time. All of our tutors are volunteers, and we provide insurance for all tutors while they are visiting their family.
VoRTCS will assist all volunteers in applying for a Blue card (compulsory under Queensland Law for working with children), and will provide tutor training and regular support to our tutors


All volunteers will attend an interview session conducted by VoRTCS on the 17th of April (Sunday) from 1-2pm (venue TBA) (during which VoRTCS will help each member apply for a Blue Card), and two compulsory tutor-training sessions in May. These are compulsory procedures we will go through together towards obtaining the Blue card, before we can begin tutoring (we will notify everyone of the time and place once we collect your responses). The actual tutoring drive for our members will probably start NEXT SEMESTER, as it takes 2-3 months to have the Blue Card applications processed.



One great thing about this program is its flexibility! Tutoring sessions can be scheduled to fit your timetable :) We’ll all have busy schedules, no doubt, but we truly believe there is at least ONE HOUR of our time to reach out and bless a soul who’s not as fortunate as we are. So come on fellow Malaysians, let’s set aside that one/one & half/ two hours (absolutely up to you!) to help these people! 



Benefits for our members

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* Invaluable learning experience in teaching and communicating.

* Personal satisfaction of having helped people who are less fortunate (priceless !)

* Sharing of experience and insights with people from different cultures.

* Something impressive to put into your CV / Resume.

* Networking with fellow tutors and people involved with VoRTCS

* Flexible tutoring times !

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So if you decide and make a serious commitment to give back to the community, DROP US an email at uniqmsa@gmail.com (by 11th April 2011, Monday) with the email title - "Refugee Tutoring Volunteer". Please remember to include the following details:

- NAME
- STUDENT ID
- EMAIL ADDRESS
- MOBILE NUMBER

If you’re not sure about timing and busy schedules, register with us first and attend the interview session in which the VoRTCS representatives will be able to answer all your questions.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON VoRTCS, LOG ON TO

http://www.refugeetutoring.org/ or contact our UQMSA's Educational Convener, Jess Wong (jesswhl@hotmail.com). 

Click here to view this FB event page

Thanks everyone! and to those who will be having mid-semester papers, good luck! :)

Warmest Regards,
UQMSA Committee

Learn to Surf, Sem 1 2011

The weather was great, bikinis and swimming trunks were everywhere. What more can a guy/girl ask for? As usual the day started off behind schedule but that’s kind of expected. The bus ride to Currumbin was comfortable enough thanks to our bus driver, Chris’s awesome bus driving skill. I guess the only annoying thing during the bus ride was when Farhah, our MC of the day kept saying “Can everybody hear me?” each time she spoke into the PA system. Sorry Farhah :P

Overall, I am pretty sure everybody enjoyed themselves that day. Well other than pictures as memories of that day, I’ve got some massive sunburn in the shape of my singlet and my skin is starting to peel now, it’s a bit “geli” . Well, this won’t be a long post of me rambling, I’m just going to put up some pictures and you know, add some weird caption to them. Enjoy

 

Clueless people on how tired they’re going to be later

Getting ready to hit the waves

 

Before that, a quick lesson on surfing by Blondie

Nobody is going to take this board away from me. Nobody!

That’s right, that’s how you dance on a surfer board. Do the booty shake!

People putting their hands up.

 

Who’s your daddy?

I am, I’m flying

After 2 hours of surfing and almost AN HOUR just for changing, we were ready to leave for Surfer’s Paradise to jalan-jalan/makan but before that, group pic :D

This is so boring, everybody is being so beautiful

Much better

But I personally think this is the best group picture for UQMSA so far.

It’s been a pleasure organizing this year’s Learn-to-Surf and I just want to thank Farhah for helping out, and I really hope you guys enjoyed yourself. This is Jiansheng signing off and all the best for the coming mid-term examinations.

To view all the pictures of learn2Surf, click here