Greta info Ellie So I think we can confirm that we should let companies attend for free. I will get cracking on the design and let ashwin know... Once winston send out everyones task, things should start rolling. Z Ziad Zammar Society of Petroleum Engineers Curtin Student Chapter Sponsorship Co-ordinator Mobile: 0417990197 Email: ziad.zammar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ________________________________ From: specurtin-committee-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [specurtin-committee-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Ellie Lock [ellie.lock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 10:57 AM To: specurtin-committee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: specurtin-committee Event Hi guys, I have talked to Jen (the talent manager from AWT) about if they would be interested in coming to our event and what her opinion is on attending student networking events. She said she is very interested in attended these because she understands that there is a big age gap in experience in the oil and gas industry and if they can have the opportunity to network with students then it makes the hiring process easier at the end of the year with vacation students and graduates. I also asked about international students and what their opinion is on hiring them. She said that the smaller companies would not usually invest in an international student if they have not got their working visa organised but if they show initiative to stay in Australia and eventually get permanent residency then there is no discrimination between an Australian graduate and an international graduate. She said that being connected with petroleum, mechanical, chemical, mechatronic engineers who are devoted to be in the oil and gas industry is definitely a head start in getting vacation work with a company but she did say that they must show initiative of why they want to be in the industry and what have they done about it so far to try and get work. They are looking for motivated and dedicated student engineers to take over the petroleum industry. If companies want to attend this event it has to be free for them to come and she said that its great to have a HR/Talent person to talk to as well as an Engineer in the field it gives a wider perspective about the industry. I think this event will do extremely well if we get devoted 3rd year engineers who seriously want a job to attend. Ziad - every time you call a company would you be able to ask if they hire international students and what qualities they expect an international student to display. Please email me back if there is anything else you need me to ask her. She said if we need any help organising the event we can contact her and she will do her best to help. Thanks guys Have a good weekend Ellie