Industry to Student  Networking Event

You will have a 1 minute 'elevator pitch' summarising your organisation and the types of projects/activities that you may have a student intern undertake. The student will have a 30 second version. Each interaction only estimated to last 5 minutes.

The April 2023 event is our first time doing this so we have figured out what seems like the simplest plan and we’ll see how it goes. The short version is we’re going to host these videos on a platform UniSA uses called Panopto and then they’ll be made available to students, they will not appear on a publicly available website.

The beauty of this platform is it accepts pretty much any form of video file so you can record and send from your phone/tablet if that’s easier for you, or simply record a Zoom/Teams on your computer.

What should your video look like? It is to be a maximum 1-minute pitch to camera succinctly outlining who your organisation is and what opportunities you have available. Fair warning, anything longer than a minute will be cropped.

How do you get the videos to us? If you already have access to a file sharing platform (e.g. Dropbox), then email us a link to the folder you have stored it in so we can download it. If you don’t already have a file sharing platform, Google Drive offers 15GB of free storage (and I’m sure there are other options).

Due to the scale of the event this is likely not possible. However, we do try and rotate people as much as possible. These rotations are all formulated prior to the event based on the preferences noted when you register, this enables you the opportunity to engage with the highest number of relevant students possible.

Short answer is YES, however there are 2 caveats to this - everyone will need to register individually so we can track numbers, and as we are limited with capacity we may have to restrict numbers per organisation to give everyone an opportunity. We would recommend you coordinate your registrations so that you nominate as many disciplines as relevant, spread between your team. Note - the room capacity is 400 pax so if we run out of space we may ask organisations with multiple registrants to reduce their numbers.

We don't share this level of detail prior to the event. We will provide you a sheet which you will use to record the students' name, ID number and any notes. You will then share the details of your preferred students in the survey after the event. The names of registered organisations will be sent in pre-event updates to students so they can undertake some prior research.