Bond graduates earn top spot for getting the job done
GOLD Coast’s Bond University is again Australia’s top uni for producing graduates employers want to hire.
The Federal Government’s 2019 Employer Satisfaction Survey placed Bond as number one in Australia for the second successive year.
Bond graduates received a 94.6 per cent overall satisfaction score from employers, with graduates’ foundation, collaborative and technical skills rating at over 96 per cent.
Bond beat theological college the University of Divinity, the Australian Catholic University, and the University of Wollongong to take out the top spot across the 41 universities surveyed.
Former Bond student Yam Hon Yip (Hunter), who graduated last year with his master of construction practice (professional), interned at Coral Homes in Varsity Lakes before being taken on full time by the home-building company.
He said he was loving the collegial atmosphere at Coral Homes, adding that Bond’s industry links and ability to secure him an internship had helped him.
“They (Bond) tried their best to find me internship opportunities, which really helped me find an actual job,” he said.
Coral Homes’ national systems development manager Chris Haines said about 17 interns from Bond had come through the company’s doors in the past few years.
“We’ve got some great people coming out of Bond, and they come with new and exciting ideas,” he said.
Mr Haines said Hunter had been “integral”.
“He originally came on to help us with our Building Information Modelling Project, he’s obviously shone in his role here at Coral and has continued to work with the BIM, which is continuing to evolve,” he said.
Kirsty Mitchell, director of Bond University’s Career Development Centre, said employers were seeing the benefits of Bond’s investment in employability development for every single student.