JobSquad: Mission POSSIBLE
Students often know what to do.
JobSquad gets them doing it.
Practical, high-energy employability experiences that build confidence, connections and capability through action – from Orientation through casual work to professional careers.
One day. Scalable. Maximum engagement. Low staff load.
2026 ISANA National Innovation Award Winner
2026 Global PIEoneer Awards Finalist – Employability Impact
2026 Shortlist Global QS Reimagine Education Awards – Nurturing Employability
60% got an interview or job within four weeks*
100% would recommend JobSquad
*UNE JobSquad Casual participant outcomes
KNOWING WHAT TO DO ISN’T THE SAME AS DOING IT.
Students can know they need a resume.
Know they should network.
Know they need to approach employers.
Know they should build experience.
And still not do it.
JobSquad closes the gap between knowing and doing.
Rather than spending the day being told what they should do later, students do the work in the room.
Because students become employable by doing employability.
Behind the JobSquad experience
THEY DON’T LEAVE WITH HOMEWORK.
They leave with it done.
Resume? Built.
Pitch? Practised.
Employer conversations? Had.
Connections? Started.
Confidence? Tested in action.
Next move? Already underway.
JobSquad turns employability into something practical, social, supported and achievable.
BELIEVE → BUILD → PRACTISE → CONNECT → ACT
CONFIDENCE IS BUILT THROUGH MOMENTUM.
Students don’t need to arrive confident.
JobSquad is intentionally designed to reduce fear and social pressure, create psychological safety and progressively build confidence through participation.
Students practise. They connect. They try things. They discover they can do them.
Confidence follows action.
GET STARTED
JobSquad Orientation
90 minutes – 2 hours
Start early. Connect study to career.
Explore strengths, career possibilities and the experiences and connections students can start building now.
Best for: Orientation, transition and early student engagement.
GET WORKING
JobSquad Casual
One-day activation
Stop applying. Start asking.
Build the confidence and practical capability to find casual and part-time work.
Move beyond endless online applications into conversations, connections and action.
Best for: Casual employment, international students, first-time job seekers and students without established local networks.
GET PROFESSIONAL
JobSquad Professional
One-day activation
Build the profile. Activate the network.
Turn study, experience, strengths and capabilities into professional opportunities.
Identify the right people. Practise the conversation. Build the network. Make the approach.
Best for: Graduate employability, professional confidence and transition into professional employment.
ONE MISSION. OR BUILD THE PATHWAY.
GET STARTED → GET WORKING → GET PROFESSIONAL
Orientation → Casual → Professional
WE CAN DO THE HEAVY LIFTING.
Already have an employability team? We can extend your capacity.
Don’t have one? We can manage the whole activation.
PLANNING → MARKETING → REGISTRATION → STUDENT ENGAGEMENT → EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT → DELIVERY → EVALUATION → REPORTING
You choose where we plug in.
High student impact. Low staff load.
ENGAGEMENT STARTS BEFORE THE DAY.
Getting students to register is one thing.
Getting them to show up is another.
Targeted student communications and pre-event experiences reduce uncertainty and build connection before students arrive.
70% of Study Canberra JobSquadders attended the networking event the evening before.
Sometimes confidence starts with simply knowing someone else in the room.
REAL EMPLOYERS. REAL OPPORTUNITIES.
Students practise real conversations, build connections and discover opportunities.
At Study Toowoomba, one employer was so impressed she offered six jobs on the spot.
At UNE, JobSquad connected the HASS School with six Chinese students for an English language support program they had wanted to create.
Need employers? We can help source them too.
THE PROOF.
60%
got an interview or a job within four weeks*
100%
would recommend JobSquad
54%
increase in job-hunting confidence
59%
increase in job-hunting skills
*UNE JobSquad Casual participant outcomes.
DON’T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT.
What UNE staff said about JobSquad
Maria’s experience
Ambassador Vic’s insights
What I was worried about before attending JobSquad
BUILT FOR STUDENTS.
DESIGNED TO WORK FOR PROVIDERS TOO.
ENGAGEMENT
Students doing, not watching.
STUDENT SUCCESS
Confidence, connections and practical employment capability.
STAFF CAPACITY
Work alongside your team – or let us manage the activation end-to-end.
EMPLOYER CONNECTION
Real employers. Real conversations. Real connections.
MEASURABLE OUTCOMES
Evaluation and reporting built into delivery.
MORE THAN EMPLOYABILITY.
RETENTION
Give students another reason to stay.
RECRUITMENT
Make employability part of your student offer.
REPUTATION
Create outcomes worth talking about.
REACH
Engage students you’re not reaching now.
RESOURCING
Extend your capacity.
STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Build confidence, connection and belonging.
BUILT FOR MORE THAN CAREERS TEAMS.
Universities · TAFEs · Colleges · Study Destinations · Residential Colleges · Student Accommodation
READY TO MAKE EMPLOYABILITY MISSION: POSSIBLE?
JobSquad can be delivered as one mission or as a pathway from Orientation through casual work to professional employment.
Tell us about your students and what you’re trying to achieve.
LET’S TALK JOBSQUAD
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