At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, many companies implemented a hiring freeze due to economic uncertainty. As a result, many students faced unprecedented difficulties in securing jobs or internships. James Cook University Bachelor of Information Technology undergraduate Leonard Sim was one of them.
After graduating in 2021, he secured a job as a Cyber Access Management consultant at NCS, a leading technology services firm headquartered in Singapore. He is grateful that his JCU experience has provided him with the necessary skills and knowledge to better handle his day-to-day tasks. In addition to technical training and knowledge, the IT programme also places an emphasis on project work. Many modules have graded components that emphasise working on individual or group projects, which Mr Sim personally believes are just as important as written tests. The hands-on projects help students better understand the content taught during class and its applications, as well as hone their softer skills like communication, teamwork, and organisation, he notes.
“Presenting and marketing our ideas to the class and judges helped us better understand the lessons and also promoted the sharing of ideas as well,” Mr Sim says.Mr Sim says one of the biggest reasons why he chose JCU was the Australian-accredited university’s diverse student body. JCU has a large foreign student body from different cultures and backgrounds. Mr Sim believes this has helped him develop better communication and collaboration skills with people who have different working styles.
“This experience was impactful as I enjoyed the project management process. It was enlightening to see a group of people who, prior to the Sprint, had not interacted with each other before, but came together in such a short period of time to work on a project and succeed in presenting a viable solution,” Mr Sim says.
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