Jennifer Bismire
Jennifer Bismire, Indigenous Cadet, Tourism Australia
- Role: Indigenous Cadet
- Degree: Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing/Information Systems)
- University: University of New South Wales (UNSW)
- Business Unit(s): Marketing Strategy, Digital
The cadetship program at Tourism Australia (TA) was recommended to me by a friend. The overall process of obtaining this cadetship was really quite simple. I initially contacted the People & Culture team and after taking part in two interviews, I was successful in securing a cadet role here at TA.
I started my cadetship in the second year of my degree at UNSW and have been placed in the Research team. So far, I have been exposed to a couple of projects that have been launched within the Research team such as the High Value Traveller project and the Consumer Demand Project and I work with a lot of data, because what’s research without the data!
What I like so far at TA is that as a marketing student, I find the whole organisation very interesting and intriguing. I enjoy working at TA and look forward to not only progressing through to other teams but also developing my knowledge in the industry!
If I could give advice to students to obtaining a placement at TA, I would say that you should learn about the organisation before the interview process and know whether you really want to be a part of TA or not, by reading up on their values, goals, mission statement, etc.
