Career Centre
Success Stories
Jarad Johanson
HR Administrator
MOTAT
Jarad completed a Business degree at Unitec majoring in HR. Jarad enjoyed the smaller class sizes at Unitec and during his last year he did an internship at a recruitment company where he did general HR.
Jarad landed his current job working in the HR department at MOTAT by targeting 20 companies and sending them all his CV, rather than the standard way of applying for a vacancy from an ad. He believes the practical experience he gained in his last year at Unitec helped him to gain his position at MOTAT.
Melanie Giles
Special Olympics
Melanie did a Bachelor of Sport Management degree at Unitec and is now working full time for Special Olympics. She did her IBL (Industry Based Learning) at Special Olympics for 2 years. While studying she also volunteered at Special Olympics and then she was taken on full time.
Cheryll Martin
Volunteering Auckland
Cheryll completed the Graduate Diploma in Not for Profit Management course at Unitec. She has been the General Manager for Volunteering Auckland since 1998 and is coming up for her 20th Anniversary of working at Volunteering Auckland. She has been a guest lecturer at Unitec and last lectured on Papa New Guinea.
Vera Faulkner
SPCA
Vera did the Animal Welfare Investigations Course at Unitec. Vera volunteered for 6 months, (usually in the weekends), loved it then kept going.
Mike Bourke
Habitat for Humanity
Graduated from Built Environment at Unitec with a Dip in Arch Technology. He has volunteered over the last 15 years and has been employed full time at Habitat for Humanity for 4 years.
