NAB
The Customer Operations Associate is not your typical banker role. This is a new role in a new team aligned to building multi-skilled next generation of bankers. As an Associate, you’ll complete numerous placements across NAB aligned to supporting our customers and bankers.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Melbourne
NAB
As a Customer Operations Team Member, you’ll be joining a flexible and multi-skilled team whose core focus is to ensure our customer experience is of the highest standard. You’ll undertake various business placements aligned to supporting our customers and bankers.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Melbourne
Monash University
The Monash Careers Expo is one of the largest university careers events in Australia, and we’re proud to be continuing to provide this Monash exclusive event to our students with this year’s Virtual Expo!
JOB TYPE
Event
LOCATION
All of Australia
FDM Group
FDM’s Business Intelligence/Business Analysis Program will train you to become an expert at developing strategies to help businesses gain and maintain competitive advantage through the use of data.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney and 2 other locations
FDM Group
This program will equip you with the skills and employment experience to become an expert in the development platforms used heavily in financial sectors.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney and 1 other locations
Victorian Government
Start your career in the Victorian Government graduate program and find work with purpose. Apply now to serve the community and follow your ambition with Victoria's most diverse employer.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Melbourne
POSITION START DATE
Jan 2022 (approx)
Salary
$60,314 plus super
Program Duration
Ongoing
Marsh
When you join Marsh, you get more than a job – you are placed on a fast track to a meaningful career
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney and 1 other locations
VACANCIES
20
Start Date
Feb 2022 (approx)
Salary Range
65k
MM Electrical Merchandising
As MMEM continues to grow, they need enthusiastic and highly entrepreneurial budding leaders to help shape their future.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Bathurst and 15 other locations
ANZ
Join a great place to grow, thrive and belong as a Regional Business Banking Graduate.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Regional New South Wales and 4 other locations
ANZ
Join a great place to grow, thrive and belong as an Australia Retail and Commercial Graduate.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney and 3 other locations
AGSM
The two-year part-time program offers flexibility, a contemporary curriculum, and access to Australia’s leading graduate school of management’s faculty, alumni network, and Career Development Centre.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney
AGSM
. It sets graduates up with a globally-recognised AGSM qualification, ready to make an impact in today’s accelerated world.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney
Optiver
Are you a final year student or recent graduate with a passion for Finance or Risk Management? Do you like challenges and want to kick start your career at one of Australia’s “Top Graduate Employers”? Do you want to apply your quantitative ability in a collaborative environment?
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney
accepts international
Yes
Optiver
Are you a final year student or recent graduate with a passion for quantitative problem solving or financial markets? Do you like challenges and want to kick start your career at one of Australia’s “Top Graduate Employers”?
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney
accepts international
Yes
SEEK
The SEEK Strategy & Operations Graduate Program is one-of-a-kind. It combines the best elements of strategy consulting and working in a high-growth tech company to give you an accelerated start to your career.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Melbourne
GradConnection
This March GradConnection & SEEK have partnered with top graduate employers to host Virtual Fair, an entirely online interactive careers fair accessible to all students and recent grads.
JOB TYPE
Event
LOCATION
All of Australia
WEBSITE
virtualfair.gradconnection.com
Reece Group
We are currently looking to fill opportunities within our Product Marketing Graduate program to help us manage our Value Added Product (VAP) brands. Our VAP portfolio consists of private label and global brands across both consumer and trade categories.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Melbourne
Reece Group
We are currently looking to fill Graduate Marketing roles across a diverse range of areas including Content & Engagement, Digital, Customer Brands and our Brand Partner teams.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Melbourne
University of Wollongong
University of Wollongong Graduate Career Development & Employability is proud to host its Virtual Graduate Careers Expo – a Wollongong exclusive event open to students and graduates from all disciplines!
JOB TYPE
Event
LOCATION
All of Australia
CommBank
Join a team of expert problem solvers to find the answers to Australia's biggest customer challenges.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney
POSITION START DATE
Feb 2022 (approx)
Program Duration
18 Months
CommBank
Think endless possibilities whilst managing end-to-end business customer experiences, meeting the needs of small businesses to the largest corps
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney and 4 other locations
POSITION START DATE
Feb 2022 (approx)
Program Duration
18 Months
PwC
The PwC Graduate Program is a full-time employment opportunity open to graduates and postgraduates. The program starts in May-July 2021 or the following year in Jan-March
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Canberra and 6 other locations
PwC
Join us for our virtual deep dives to discover how you can get ready for the upcoming application season and learn more about our different lines of service.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Canberra and 15 other locations
Remote Friendly
Yes
Deloitte
The future is in your hands. Explore limitless opportunities at Deloitte to find your purpose, harness your potential and create a better tomorrow.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Canberra and 9 other locations
Program Duration
12 Months
VACANCIES
500
Mondelez International
We are pleased to announce we will be attending the GradConnection Virtual Career Fair on 5th March , an entirely online interactive careers fair accessible to all students and recent grads.
JOB TYPE
Event
LOCATION
Canberra and 6 other locations
Mondelez International
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Adelaide
TasNetworks
As an Indigenous Graduate you will be eligible to join the TasNetworks team in a variety of streams depending upon your skills and passion.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Hobart
Wesfarmers
Graduates who join our Business Development team apply and develop their skills on a diverse range of commercial and strategic projects, including mergers, acquisitions, divestments, capital structure considerations, major capital investments and strategic decisions.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney and 1 other locations
Macquarie Group
By joining the Macquarie Graduate Program, you will become an integral member of the team. You will develop your skills and build your career while sitting side-by-side with our business leaders and have the opportunity to work on projects from day one.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney and 3 other locations
What You Need to Know as a Marketing and Sales Graduate
Although marketing and sales are often associated and aligned with each other, they are not the same and are two complete different roles. The sales role commonly requires someone who is driven, focused and persistent and has a desire to work in an environment that is generally highly commission-based. The marketing role utilises a different approach that is mostly based on messaged direct to a targeted market via various media outlets. There are also other ways in marketing that are less direct, however, the results have equal importance to the various other forms of marketing.
Roles of marketing and sales correlate with one another, operating within organisations. The roles of marketing in an organisation include:
- Generating brand awareness
- Creative adverts
- Initiating direct marketing campaigns
These marketing roles are all to build and develop an engaging profile within a potential market. The sales role in an organisation will utilise the work of marketing to:
- Promote products
- Gauge customer interests and feedback
- Drive direct sales results
Marketing and sales can be found in a number of sectors in various types of industries. The objective of this career is to market and sell its products or services while earning profit. The scope of the marketing and sales sector industry have a range of key activities to operate an organisation in medium or large firms that offer various products and services both nationally and worldwide are1:
- Pricing
- Customer support
- Social responsibility/community awareness
- Market research Analyses the behaviour and response patterns of the buyer to find out what makes consumers desire a good or service, and to find ways to increase the desire
- Advertising Creates or touch into a need to attract public attention to a product, service or business
- Public relations (PR) A range of activities used to establish and promote relationships with the public, media, business and other organisations
- Sales strategy/promotion (Relationship marketing) Targets existing customers or those who have chosen and preferred the product, service or business to make it easier for them to use the supplier more. (e.g frequent flyers, fly buys, and store loyalty cards)
- Sponsorships Partners of an organisation who partially or wholly fund an event, cause or activity
- Events marketing Selling products through specific events (e.g concerts, sports contests or art exhibits, etc.)
- Direct/digital marketing Direct marketing occurs through telephone sales, emails, catalogues, leaflets, and are now increasingly via the internet, leading to digital marketing, which is to attract customers through internet media.
Requirements
Candidates of becoming an employee to marketing and sales require a degree in marketing, however those that have a degree in business or commerce with a major in marketing will have an advantage over other applicants and be accepted. In addition, sales representative roles also welcome generalist degrees.
Candidates should also acquire a set of personal skills that could benefit them in the career path such as:
- Ability to work under pressure
- Creativity
- Great interpersonal skills.
- High emotional intelligence
- Organisation skills
- Strong team player
- Understanding human behaviour
What to Expect
You’ll find that having a job as an assistant, you will be expected to be involved in all aspects of the marketing campaigns for products and services, including writing press releases, communicating and updating clients and arranging promotional events. You also have an array of tasks to perform which may include the tasks previously mentioned as well as2:
- Assessing the results of a marketing campaign
- Assisting the manager in writing reports and analysing data
- Helping to drive online traffic with web-related campaigns
- Organising market research
- Writing online content etc.
Employment and Careers
Working in marketing and sales can offer you a whole selection of career paths and positions. Typical graduate occupations include3:
- Marketing assistance
- Sales representative
- Business development coordinator
- Market research assistant
- Publicity officer
The main employing industries for sales and marketing are Wholesale Trade (17.9%), Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (17.7%), Manufacturing (17.0%) and Retail Trade (10.4%). With NSW (38.9%), VIC (24.9%) and QLD (16.5%) to be the top three regions for employment4.
As a graduate working in sales and marketing and as an assistant, the median annual salary is $42,681. Most people in this career move on to other positions after having ten years experience of the field. Common career paths for this specific career are becoming a Marketing & Business Development Manager, Regional Marketing Manager, or a Brand-Marketing Manager5.
1 Graduate Careers, Careers for Marketing Graduates. 2015
2 Total Jobs, Marketing assistant job description. 2015
3 Graduate Opportunities, Sales & Marketing. 2015
4 Job Outlook, Advertising and Sales Manager. 2015
5 PayScale, Sales & Marketing Assistant Salary. 2015
