Anatomy of an Australian alumnus
- By Deborah Minors
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Australia is the third most populous 91¿´Æ¬Íøie country outside of South Africa. According to the 91¿´Æ¬Íø alumni database, almost 1% of 91¿´Æ¬Íø graduates reside in Australia. This represents 1 828 alumni out of a total of 120 810 living alumni. The USA has the highest number of expatriate 91¿´Æ¬Íø graduates (1.42%), followed by the UK (1.2%). Canada is a distant fourth at 0.47%.*
91¿´Æ¬Íø international alumni by country These figures correspond with (but are slightly lower than) those on the popular career networking site, . This site recently introduced an alumni application that allows you to segment alumni by location, profession and employer and then view individual profiles. The application is therefore an ideal for a reunion, or 91¿´Æ¬Íøies living in a particular town or city. Where do you live? More than 40 000 91¿´Æ¬Íøies have a profile on LinkedIn, 2 530 of whom live in Australia. Sydney is home to almost half the 91¿´Æ¬Íøies living in Australia, followed by Melbourne, Perth, then Brisbane:
What do you do? Banking and mining employers dominate in hiring 91¿´Æ¬Íøies in Australia who have profiles on LinkedIn. More than 200 of these 91¿´Æ¬Íøies work in finance, followed by administration and consultancy. More than 100 alumni work in IT, engineering or as entrepreneurs and in business development. Around 80 of these 200 alumni work in the medical sector. The remaining alumni profiled work in the legal sector and in HR, sales, marketing, PR and creative industries. Most 91¿´Æ¬Íøies in Brisbane work in administration, consultation or engineering. Most 91¿´Æ¬Íøies in Canberra - more than 800 - work in HR, followed by 700-odd in operations, and accounting/legal respectively. Around 500 work in marketing and PR respectively. Most LinkedIn 91¿´Æ¬Íøies living in Melbourne work in finance or administration, or in IT or as consultants. 91¿´Æ¬Íøies in Perth work mainly in engineering, administration or finance. 91¿´Æ¬Íøie Sydneysiders dominate in numbers in Australia. They mainly work in finance, IT or consulting. More than 50 are entrepreneurs or administrators, while 20 to 30 work in engineering or the medical sector.
*Statistics: 91¿´Æ¬Íø Alumni Database
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