Cara Dobinson Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

CD Consulting provides Career Development and Recruitment support services to both individuals and business. For individuals, we can help you with your career direction and job search activities. This can include how to make a career transition, maximising LinkedIn, networking hints and tricks, application reviews and interview practice. For businesses, we can assist with recruitment support activities, such as developing an Employee Value Proposition, ad writing, shortlisting, interview questions development, interview scheduling and reference checking.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

- Collaborate with the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology to integrate and embed career and life design into the curriculum- Design, tailor and facilitate online and in-person career development sessions - Conduct individual consultation to enhance the employability skills and professional identity of UTS students- Review and update online learning resources on canvas to ensure they are up to date and accessible

Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

- Delivering training and one on one careers support to school leavers on the autism spectrum to develop their employability skills and gain work experience- Design training and weekly schedule for the School Leavers Employment Program (SLES)- Network with local business to source work experience opportunities and support customers in these roles - Liaise with parents and make rostering changes- Supporting customers to access the community and attend appointments

Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

- Develop position descriptions- Draft advertising text and post roles on relevant job sites- Shortlisting candidates based on the position description- Arranging interviews- Conducting reference checks- Creating a job board for ILALC using the Smart Job Board Platform and partnering with local companies to set them up to advertise roles on our site

Wollongong, Australia

- Deliver workshops to student groups in curriculum and extra curricula- Individual student consultations including developing career action plans, resume reviews, job search strategies, how to use LinkedIn, mock interviews, etc.- Develop and design online Career Development Moodle activities for students to compete in curriculum- Developed and facilitated the inaugural STEM Hackathon where 60 EIS students solved business problems from local companies

Wollongong, Australia

- Coordinated iUnivative extra-curricular program where students work on a real life business challenge in a small inter-disciplinary teams- Designed and piloted a mentoring program between UOW alumni and final year students- Deliver campus ready workshops to students participating the the jobs on campus program- Advertise, shortlist and arrange interviews for casual student roles on campus

Sydney, Australia

- Coordinate the Online Career Management Platform (Symplicity) to reset students’ passwords, upload documentation and set up workshops and appointments- Assist the Career Development Manager in the delivery of weekly Career Development workshops to full-time students- Led the implementation of the VMock online resume checking system; pre-testing, uploading students to the system, tailoring system emails and training and casual staff member resulting in a 59% adoption rate of the system- Reviewed 150 student resumes as part of the eYearbook process

Perth, Australia

- Act as the first point of contact for students, alumni and corporate contacts either in person, by phone or online.- 10 min triage and drop in service to assist students with decision making and gaining employment- Online and face to face resume, cover letter and selection criteria reviews providing constructive feedback so applications meet professional standard- Deliver careers workshops to prerelease prisons to assist with the integration back into the workforce- One on one careers counselling with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to discuss their pathway from school to study- Conducting mock interviews with students and providing constructive feedback in order to improve their interview performance

Perth, Australia

- Provided recruitment advisory services to the Faculty of Science and Engineering on sourcing strategies, available talent pools and the recruitment and selection guidelines- Draft advertising text- Arranging candidate interviews- Raise Recommendation for Occupancies to generate offers- Review of recruitment toolkit, updating the interview question library and reference check templates

Perth, Australia

- Provided recruitment advice to stakeholders- Reviewed and edit advertising- Developed an interview question library for academic and professional staff positions- Use of Page Up candidate management system

Wollongong, Australia

In my time at UOW I provided Recruitment support to selection committees and managers including advice on policy and the selection process, including; arranging candidate interviews, providing feedback to selection committees on psychometric testing and negotiation of offers and preparing contracts of employment.In addition I worked on a number of strategic initiatives for the unit including continual development of our social media strategy, implementation and customization of a new system and implementation of the university's indigenous employment strategy.

Sydney, Australia

At Mission Australia I managed the end to end recruitment for Community Services NSW roles including; Service Managers, Team Leaders, Case Managers, Youth Workers, Language Literacy and Numeracy Teachers and Administration Officers.

Sydney, Australia

Managing Recruitment for CGU across NSW and ACT. Recruiting a variety of roles such as Workers Compensation Case Managers, Commercial and Personal lines Claims Consultants, Underwriters and Account Managers.

Sydney, Australia

Managing Graduate Recruitment for both undergraduates and MBA graduates at core schools across Australia.

London, United Kingdom

Working on the Citi account Recruiting for UK Consumer; Retail and Banking and Investments.

London, United Kingdom

Recruitment Coordinator for UK Consumer and Equties.

Sydney, Australia

Graduate Certificate In Careers Education And Development

Bachelor Of Commerce, Human Resource Management And Industrial Relations

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