About Astral
Astral Pty Ltd is a rapidly growing, service-driven leader in Information Management. We pride ourselves on our ability to meet customer demands through the quality and dedication of our people.
Astral delivers a comprehensive range of Enterprise Information Management (EIM) consulting, design, delivery and managed services and we help our clients drive business value from their information assets. We are vendor agnostic across a broad range of Information Management solutions.
Working at Astral offers variety in terms of projects, industries and clients, the ongoing challenge of daily critical and logical thinking, the ability to grow through continuous professional development and a supportive team of colleagues. We also promote a progressive and thought leadership culture which helps Astral, and our whole team thrive.
Our Skills Become Your Skills
At Astral we focus on your growth as an individual within our team, expanding your skill set and that of the team and of the company. Our consultants have extensive skills and relevant domain experience, enabling them to solve the Information Management challenges faced by organisations. However, we help you get to this point throughout your journey in our Intern/Graduate Program.
During my 12 months Internship at Astral I was fully supported by the Astral team whilst learning what it’s like to work in a professional environment and how I should conduct myself within the company and when working with clients. I have also learnt many hard skills around Information Management and the Microsoft 365 platform. Along the way I received great experiences from positive and challenging moments within client projects.
Internship Program
We have partnered with selected Universities in Victoria and Queensland, Australia to offer Workplace Integrated Learning.
Details:
- Full time paid 12-month internship program for Bachelor students studying Software Engineering, Computer Science or Information Management
- Structured program with two intakes per year: February and July
- Includes a series of formal training, on-the-job mentoring, certification programs and the potential to work with clients
To learn more, check through your university career portal and complete your application there.
Graduate Program
Once you have completed your degree, you can apply for our Graduate program. Applications open in May for a July commencement.
Astral has developed a learning approach which includes end-to-end “learning journeys” – guided sequences of learning experiences that help you learn and mature into new roles or target skill areas over time. Like our internship program, our graduate program includes a series of formal training, on-the-job mentoring and industry-based certification programs such as M365/Azure, SAP and OpenText.
This allows you to achieve:
- A good understanding of what it takes to be a Technical Consultant with Astral
- The required methodologies, and market standards for success in our company
- A genuine fulfilling career path within Astral
- Skills in the best available technology
- The opportunity to evolve soft skills, through improved communication skills or via peer-coaching concepts.
Training Included in the Program
- Information Management
- Enterprise Content Management
- Records Management
- Problem Solving Skills
- Service Delivery Training
- Solution Testing Training
- MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- MS365 (including SharePoint)
- Soft skills training
- Astral Methodology
- OpenText & SAP
Learning or Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is an important part of life at Astral, where every employee is encouraged and supported to undertake and develop lifelong learning skills. Typically, this includes 4 hours of CPD per week.
Graduate Recruitment Process
The graduate application process starts in mid-May for a July start, which will be advertised Astral LinkedIn as well as selected Universities’ career portals.
It includes the following steps:
- Applicants submit CV and University transcript to astralcareers@astral.com.au
- Astral shortlists applicants, conducts phone screening interview
- Astral further shortlists applicants for an in person interview (s)
- Astral extends letter of offer to successful applicant
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What type of degree do I need to have to qualify for the graduate program?
Since we are an Information Management company, we predominately hire Computer Science, Information Management and Software Engineering graduates. There are instances where we recruit graduates from other related studies (e.g. Business information systems / Communication / Sciences / Engineering), but this depends on our business needs.
2. Do I need relevant work experience to qualify for the graduate program?
Not necessarily, although we prioritise individuals who have some work experience – irrespective of whether it is in customer service or IT – as it demonstrates maturity and work ethics.
If you graduated 2-3 years ago and have full-time work experience in technology, we can discuss if you are better suited as an experienced candidate rather than a graduate.
Similarly, if you are an experienced Technology consultant and keen to work with Astral, please keep a look out for our job ads on LinkedIn or Seek.com.au
3. Are international students eligible to apply for the graduate program?
Yes, we hire those who have the right to work in Australia, have a Temporary Graduate Visa (subclass 485) or are on a bridging Visa and in the process of obtaining a subclass 485 Visa. It is also important that you have completed your degree and can legally work 38 hours a week.
4. What does a week in Astral look like for a Graduate?
Both interns and graduates can expect to contribute to client projects such as Strategy development, Migrations, System Implementations, UAT, Process Documentation, Framework for controlled documents. You will work collaboratively with team members but there is also emphasis on individual deliverables and tasks.
You will be involved in internal projects, organise knowledge sharing sessions, coordinate team building activities and attend social events.
5. What happens after I complete the Graduate program?
We have a structured career development plan to ensure that you can progress from a Graduate all to way to a Principal Consultant, depending on your skills, interests and alignment with Astral’s expectations.