Careers
Melbourne commerce graduates are known for their solid understanding of business issues and processes, problem solving skills and leadership skills. They are highly sought after in a wide variety of professions in public and private sectors, ranging from investment banking and accounting through to management consultancy and marketing.
Our graduates enjoy starting salaries above the national average for economics/business and accounting. The median annual salary for Melbourne commerce graduates in 2007 was $45,000 per annum, compared with the national average of $40,000 for graduates in business, $45,000 in economics and $40,000 for accounting.
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- Hobson's Good Universities Guide rankings
- Bachelor of Commmerce graduate destinations 2007
- Reported job titles and employers
- Resources
Hobson's Good Universities Guide rankings
Graduate starting salary: 4 stars (2006), 5 stars (2007, 2008)
Getting a job: 5 stars (2006, 2007), 4 stars (2008)
Positive graduate outcomes: 5 stars (2006, 2007, 2008)
Graduate destinations
The 2007 Graduate Destination Survey reported that 89.5% of Bachelor of Commerce graduates are working in the private sector, 9.6% are working in the public sector and 0.9% are working in the not-for-profit sector.
The Graduate Destination Survey (2007) reported that:
- 84.1% of Bachelor of Commerce graduates who where available for full-time work were employed full-time within four months of graduation,
- 95.2% of Bachelor of Commerce graduates were either very satisfied or moderately satisfied with their current job,
- 92.4% of Bachelor of Commerce graduates were working in an area either directly related or somewhat related to their course, and
- 92.7% of Bachelor of Commerce graduates viewed their current positions as either their desired position or a stepping stone to a desired position.
Examples of reported job titles
| Account Manager Accountant / Graduate Accountant Actuarial Analyst Advisor Agribusiness Analyst Analyst / Graduate Analyst Articled Clerk Assistant Brand Manager Assurance and Advisory Analyst Auditor Business Analyst Business Consultant Capital Markets Analyst Consultant Corporate Financial Adviser Economist or Research Economist Environmental Economist |
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Examples of organisations employing Melbourne Commerce graduates
| AAMI Accenture ANZ Banking Group Ltd Artesian Capital Management Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Competition & Consumer Commission Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) Australian Taxation Office AXA Australia BDO Chartered Accountants & Advisers Boston Consulting Group BP Australia Coles Myer Ltd Commonwealth Bank of Australia Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Department of Sustainability and Environment (Vic) Department of Treasury and Finance Ernst & Young Goldman Sachs JBWere Grant Thornton |
Holden Ltd Horwath Australia Ltd KPMG Macquarie Bank Ltd. National Australia Bank Pitcher Partners PricewaterhouseCoopers Proctor and Gamble Protiviti Rio Tinto Limited Russell Investments Shell Australia Ltd Siemens Standard and Poors St George Bank Ltd Telstra Corporation UBS Wealth Mangement Australia University of Melbourne Victorian Auditor-General's Office Victorian Public Service |
Resources
Online information for career exploration and planning:
- JobSearch - one of Australia's largest online job boards with information on training, job outlook, careers, etc.
- Career Advice Australia - comprehensive collection of career information for young people, parents, schools and industry.
- JobJuice - information on career opportunities for young people.
- MyFuture - for personal career exploration and interest clarification.
- Job Guide 2007 - includes hundreds of occupational profiles.
- University of Melbourne Careers & Employment Service