Early Career Professionals

Our globally connected network
10 countries 5 continents
200 + offices
9000 + people
5 market sectors
70 + services - providing a breadth of consultancy services across engineering, architecture, environmental and construction sectors

The Projects
As a client service-led organisation, you will have opportunities to work on a diverse range of projects for clients in varied locations, working in collaborative multi-disciplinary teams led by industry leaders.
We cover the full project lifecycle - from planning to designing, sustaining, enhancing and retiring assets - across the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation.

The Professional Development
GHD is committed to the principle of lifelong learning. With the support of the GHD Business School, your professional development will be achieved through 70% on-the-job learning, 20% coaching and mentoring, and 10% attendance at structured workshops and courses.
On the job learning includes exposure to a variety of projects, disciplines, and metropolitan and regional locations. This will provide you the opportunity to work with and learn from a variety of different people.

You will develop your capabilities to become a great technical consultant for clients and progress your career goals.
GHD encourages staff to attain Professional Accreditation status in their relevant discipline. There are many external Accreditation Programs available to GHD people.

The Networking
Participating in GHD's Young Professional Group mixes learning and global networking across a wide range of social, community outreach and professional development activities to enhance your experience at GHD. Joining a community of peers from different disciplines, you will develop lasting personal connections and expand your thinking.
By joining a community of peers from different disciplines, you will develop lasting personal connections and expand your knowledge.

The GHD in the Community
GHD in the Community is GHD's Corporate Social Responsibility program, designed to have a positive social and environmental impact on the communities around us. Driven by the interests of GHD staff, the program is delivered through partnering with not-for-profit organizations. This includes the provision of pro-bono services and the support of a range of community-based organisations for fundraising, volunteering, workplace support and engagement.

The Innovation
Innovation is acting on the powerful ideas of our people, clients and partners. At GHD, we are harnessing our market sector knowledge and technical talent across our global network to identify opportunities and challenges facing our communities and help deliver the solutions.

We nurture a culture at GHD that embraces optimism, collaboration, experimentation and curiosity. The Smart Seeds challenge is an example of an initiative that brings together young leaders from GHD and partner organisations to solve some of the most pressing issues facing cities today.

The diversity and Inclusion
At GHD, we want our people to feel comfortable to share all aspects of themselves at work. Our commitment toward diversity in the workplace is driven by a strong conviction that genuine inclusion will deliver greater productivity, creativity, and diversity from deeper pools of talent and through fairer processes for all.

Our people are as diverse as the communities we serve across five continents. Embracing diversity of thought, background and experience helps us develop imaginative and responsive solutions for our clients that create lasting community benefit.

GHD's commitment to diversity and inclusion is embodied within our strategy and includes: championing gender equality, cultural diversity, LGBTI inclusion, adapting to the needs of generational workers, reconciliation with First peoples as well as flexible working arrangements for our people. Our actions continue to position us as an industry leader.

• Use a professional, friendly and upbeat tone and address personally to the recruiter if you know their name.
• Quote the job title, and where/when you saw the advertisement.
• Read the job description carefully so that you can match your most relevant skills, qualifications, knowledge and experience to the job description with clear examples to support your statements.
• Outline the disciplines you are interested in, any areas of study you have experience in and when you will be graduating.
• Be very clear as to how your skills match the needs of the role and give real life examples if you can.
• Focus on the needs of GHD and how your unique combination of attributes could add real value.
• Highlight your key selling points and encourage the recruiter to want to find out more about you through your resume.
• This is a chance to write about your personal motivations and circumstances, for example if you are applying from a different location to where the position would be, explain your reasons for wanting to relocate, and how you can make this work.
• Use short sentences, simple language and be clear and concise - no longer than one page.
• Finish with a thank you for the reader's consideration and a call to action - ask for contact or an interview at the recruiter's convenience.

An opportunity

Being invited for an interview means you are seen as a suitable candidate for the role. This is your opportunity to demonstrate to us that you are the best candidate available to fill that role. The interview also provides you with the opportunity to decide if the position and GHD is right for you.

Be prepared

• You may also like to consider before your interview:
  - What am I trying to get out of my employment with GHD? 
  - What skills and passion can I bring to the role?
  - How do my studies and experience align with this opportunity?
• In most instances, the interview will be a behavioural-based interview with questions that require you to draw upon an example to demonstrate the question at hand.
• The questions will be based on key competencies/qualities we are looking for in GHD candidates. You can draw upon any examples to help demonstrate the question at hand, whether it be from prior work experience, studying, volunteering, home life or any extra-curricular activities you may be involved in. Make sure you research GHD. Search our website, and brief yourself on our sectors and services, recent performance, projects, competitors, values and locations across the world.
• Research commonly asked questions and prepare answers appropriate to the particular position and your experience.
• Prepare some questions to ask the interviewer, to show your interest and to also find out if this position is right for you.
  Plan to be succinct in your responses and consider practicing a mock interview with a friend or family member.
• You may wish to take a notepad and pen with you to the interview with your notes.
• Remember your interviewers are there to ask questions to get the best out of you - let your true personality shine through on the day.

What to wear

• Dress smart as first impressions really do count. Your personal presentation should be a reflection of you as a person and a potential employee. The key is to feel good and look professional at the same time. 

During the interview

• Shake hands with confidence, remember to smile and look your interviewer(s) in the eye.
• Be polite, honest and be yourself. Listen to the whole question and think about what is being asked before you answer.
• Express your interest in our organisation during the interview by being positive and energetic.
• Explain what makes you unique and how you could make a difference if successful for the position.
• When discussing your accomplishments match them to what you think GHD is looking for.
• If you are nervous, this is perfectly understandable and normal - try to relax and be yourself as much as possible.  It is more than ok to pause and take time to think of a response or to request to go back to a question if you are struggling to think of an example.

Post interview

• A brief, friendly email thanking the interviewer for their time and consideration is often viewed positively. Restating your interest in the role could be a deciding factor as to whether you are offered the job.