Turn your uni experience into real career confidence
Are you Career Ready? The RMIT Career Ready Award is a flexible, student-focused program that helps you build real-world employability skills and experience alongside your degree - so you graduate with more than just a qualification.
By starting early, you can explore different career experiences, build confidence, grow your professional network, and develop a clear story about who you are - while strengthening your LinkedIn profile and personal brand along the way.
What is the Career Ready Award?
Think of the Career Ready Award as your roadmap to becoming work-ready, step by step, at your own pace.
It guides you through:
- Practical career experiences like volunteering, internships, competitions and part-time work
- Career workshops and events that help you understand the world of work
- Reflection and skill development so you can confidently talk about what you’ve learned
The award is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students across all disciplines at both Hanoi and Saigon South campuses. No prior experience is needed, just a willingness to get involved.
Recognition and rewards
All students who complete the full program receive:
- Certificate of Achievement
- Digital Badge to showcase on LinkedIn and other platforms
- Invitation to the end-of-year Award Ceremony
Each tier comes with recognition and exclusive benefits:
Bronze
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Silver
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Gold
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How it works
The Career Ready Award is hosted on Canvas and is easy to access via self-enrollment. It has three tiers: Bronze, Silver and Gold, and you can complete it by gaining experience in:
- Part-time job
- Volunteering
- Student competitions or projects
You can log these experiences as evidence and build your progress over time.
In total, the Career Ready Award involves around 100 hours of commitment across your degree, with flexibility to complete activities gradually over time.
BRONZE: Explore & Get Started
- Attend five career events
- Total of 5 hours
- Submit a reflective statement
SILVER: Get Involved & Contribute
- Complete at least 1 activity :
- Volunteer
- Join a student competition
- Become a student leader at Student Council or Student Clubs
- Total of 40 hours
- Submit a reflective statement
- Submit resume to CV360
GOLD: Apply & Achieve
- Complete a work experience
- Total of 40 hours
- Submit a reflective statement
- Submit your Portfolio link
- Submit video recording
What you will gain
By completing the Career Ready Award, you’ll learn how to:
- Build real-world experience while you study
- Develop key employability skills, such as communication and problem-solving, that are valuable in any work setting
- Communicate your skills clearly in applications and interviews
- Develop a LinkedIn profile that genuinely reflects who you are
- Explore different career paths and develop a career plan
While the award doesn’t guarantee a job, the Award will make job applications, interviews, and networking feel far less intimidating and far more achievable.
Getting started
Support is always available, whether you need help planning your activities, logging evidence, or figuring out what counts.
Drop by or get in touch with the Career, Alumni and Industry Relations team:
- Career Ready Hub (Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm)
- Saigon South: Ground Floor, Beanland Building, Room 1.1.033
- Hanoi: Tower A, Level 5, Room 1.5.A024
- Email: jobshopsgs@rmit.edu.vn