Career Prospects at NSW Government

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Early days for me - but I can see that internal promotion is common.

i think that if you are a good worker they will want to reward that and keep you and promote good individuals

There are ample opportunities to rise as far up the ladder as you wish. The public service actively encourages its employees to further their skills and knowledge and to pursue opportunities as they wish.

You have promotion possibilities at the end of the program, and there are many opportunities across the Government. Many people move around and get a rounded career. I have met many people who have completed the graduate program and are already working at high levels.

As a graduate upon completing the program you are guaranteed an ongoing role. By speaking to other people, I have heard that it is pretty easy to move to a certain point. Obviously, there are limited positions for senior executives, so I guess thats when you hit a wall.

I'm not too sure how steady or fast promotion takes, as government can move quite slow, however i'm very early in my career so can't comment too much.

Many and varied opportunities. DRNSW is large and I don't have to limit myself to jobs there anyway. All of NSW Government is available to me.

I haven't been employed long enough to be exposed to this side of things, but my impression is that promotion opportunities are very equitable. They advertise externally so the process is very competitive, but offer great professional development, salaries and management opportunities for those who are successful.

Merit based promotion, so the role to be promoted needs to be offered to everyone, including people not in government.

Networking is important to grow.

I feel that regardless of what happens at the end of the graduate positions I will have a role. I feel that there are plenty of opportunities to move up in the rank when I am ready. Job security is important to me than promotions possibility, which I am offered in the public sector.

The NSW Government Graduate Program leads to a guaranteed permanent position. The level/grade offered will be dependent on skills, capabilities and experience.

There are heaps of positions and constantly jobs circulated internally. I am very eager to explore what's out there once my graduate opportunity is finished.

Positions open up all the time allowing for promotion and usually they promote within teams

The hierarchy in government is very transparent, so you know what is possible. As part of the graduate program, If you are evaluated as exceeding expectations at the end of the program (which seems very attainable even without a tremendous effort) you can receive an immediate 1 or 2 grade promotion. Otherwise there are always opportunities to 'act up' while others are on leave to gain experience at a higher level which will serve you well to apply for positions at that level in the future. If you make it known to your manager that you have ambitions to move up the ranks, they will work with you to improve on any weaknesses and address specific qualities that you will need. Employees are constantly encouraged to interview for available roles, even just for the experience.

There doesn't seem to be many mid-level roles for my desired area (UX/UI design), only at my graduate role and jumping straight to senior roles.

At the end of the graduate program there is a guaranteed job, however there is also the possibility of a promotion if you exceed expectations. To move up the ranks you have to apply for internal roles and be assessed alongside everyone else. Promotions are not presented to individuals, they are presented company-wide.

Once the grad program is complete we are offered a role in our team depending on our skills and how well the program went but there are lots of opportunities to get promoted, go on secondment for a few months or act in a role

I know that my company has many opportunities for people to move around. In order to move up in ranks, as far as I have been told it is quite easy, so long as you are meeting/exceeding your set out yearly goals and capabilities.