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Position for success

Who you are

You are a student or graduate building your work readiness; or an employee or entrepreneur in the workforce deepening your professional skills.

Our global professional immersions offer something for all backgrounds and experience levels. It helps increase your value proposition in business and to organisations.

Upskill your career mindset

Do you know how to create momentum around new and valuable ideas?

Or help an organisation to pivot and grow?

Do you have a game plan for creating your ideal career?

We’ll help you gain essential transferable skills with a keen entrepreneurial mindset in:

Establishing professionalism and managing projects
The future way of work – global focus, online collaboration in teams
Finding new ideas and using ‘start-up’ techniques to develop them
Developing growth strategies that organisations can adopt to minimise ‘pain points’
Helping organisations build sustainable outcomes
Leadership and critical problem solving
Effective storytelling
Intercultural competency

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Benefits to you

We’ve flipped the script on traditional work experience and internships.
Our online Global Professional Immersion program prepares you to succeed in the new world of work. You’ll walk away with…

Experience

Demonstrated experience employers want

Skills & Mindset

Career and power skills and mindset to develop, adapt and accelerate your career

Confidence

Confidence to face the competitive job market

Connections

Access to global alumni for connections, advice & mentoring

We wrap a professional development and support program around your work immersion to get these outcomes.

The program is conducted online using a shared collaboration platform that opens up access to opportunities globally – international students, teams, projects, organisations, coaches, experts – for an exceptional practice-based professional immersion.

Team

You are connected. You work in a team of learners replicating the new world of work

PROJECT

You have impact. You work on real, meaningful projects for growth organisations with leadership responsibilities

GURU

You are supported. You are coached and guided by dedicated expert practitioners (our gurus)

GLOBAL

You have experience. You experience the new global workplace – across borders, across cultures and across disciplines

CERTIFICATION

You are valued. Your achievement is recognised. You receive a certificate and for high achievement, a letter of commendation. Universities may recognise completion for course credit (Learners approach universities to arrange this)

Learner Perspectives

It was a pleasure to work with Guru Advantage and the international team of learners and it was a positive professional development experience for my staff who joined the international team. I’d like to have done the GPI when I was a student!
The GPI raised new ideas and directions, some of which we can immediately implement and also independently confirmed the directions we were considering which is useful.
The team conducted research, data analysis and CEO interviews with organizations in Thailand and Australia, and delivered impressive presentations with findings and recommendations that we can use in future strategies.

Gavin Vongkusolkit

Managing Director, Heritage Estates Company Limited

Thailand

Director, The Erawan Group Public Company Limited

It was interesting working online with the international team of learners because they had different perspectives and backgrounds. We asked them to give us as many ideas as possible as we wanted fresh thinking. Even if it wasn’t feasible to implement now, these ideas could be useful in future.
I was pleased when the team delivered a diverse range of ideas and recommendations in their final report, from international marketing ideas from other countries to industry specific (in this case agritech and agriculture) initiatives to engage Australian companies with the Thai farming community.

Tak Sriratanobhas

Vice-President Joint Venture Project & International Trade, Mitr Phol Sugar Corp Ltd

Thailand

Guru Advantage global professional immersions can help companies find new talent with online international teams to work on projects through the realm of virtual digitalisation.

Dianne Tipping

Chair, Export Council of Australia

Australia

Managing Director, Excon International Pty Ltd

Guru Advantage supported … our Young Entrepreneurs Global Case Competition where entrepreneurs from around the world work toward solving some of the biggest challenges … and the UNSW ASEAN Conference, which invited Heads of State and Ministers to discuss complex challenges in the ASEAN, US and China relationship.
Guru Advantage has been very steadfast in supporting us, sharing their insights but also their networks. And this is very important. As youth, we should look forward but also learn from the experiences of others – like Guru Advantage and their great network of mentors and advisors.
It's great to see how people in leadership work in a collaborative manner with students. Guru Advantage has been doing this for many years and hopefully for many more to come.

Dr Anthony P. Sunjaya

Scientia PhD Fellow

Indonesia

Co-Founder BantingMed Pty Ltd, President Postgraduate Council, 2021 President UNSW ASEAN Society

I worked with Guru Advantage to launch a worldwide business case competition, which attracted students from over 12 different countries. It is rare to meet people who are so genuinely interested… in uplifting individuals both personally and professionally.
Those who undertake the Guru Advantage programs will get a greater understanding of their interests, goals and talents.
Their passion to support the next generation of youth leaders is infectious, and with their guidance, no setback felt too difficult to overcome.
The networks are also truly invaluable. In a world more interconnected than ever, building global connections and growing in cultural competency is no longer simply a nice to have, it is a necessity.
So no matter where you are in your personal and career journey, ask yourselves, how do I next want to impact the world.

Cathleen Lee

B.Commerce/B.Economics

Malaysia

Transfer Pricing Consultant, EY

A recent study found that 90% of employers want recruits with work experience. Competition for professional work experience is intense. Guru Advantage’s global professional immersions prepare graduates for career success in this challenging new world of work.

Professor Alan Kerzner

Director, Temple University Entrepreneurship Academy and Assistant Professor of Strategy; taught at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, New York University (USA) and University of Queensland (Australia)

USA

Working from ‘anywhere’ is the new normal. Guru Advantage programs replicate this workplace experience giving job seekers, entrepreneurs and companies the edge in getting jobs and business anywhere.

Professor Dr Sufian Jusoh

Director and Professor of International Trade and Investment, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, National University of Malaysia (ASEAN); External Fellow, World Trade Institute, University of Bern (Switzerland)

Malaysia

In 2022, I ran a Masterclass on using No-Code tools to democratise digital solutions. This Masterclass was a partnership with Guru Advantage and other associations, including the United Nations Global Pulse Lab in Jakarta.
The Masterclass so successful because the Guru Advantage team was open to feedback … and because of their incredible networks. We had around 11 or 13 countries in attendance which for me, was the first time I had such an international audience.
I’m really excited by the Guru Advantage team’s ability to help youth like me and I’m really excited to see how they are able to empower the next generation.

Felix Hall

Bachelor of Computer Science

Australia

2022 UQ Student Entrepreneur of the Year; Liveris Academy Scholar

Face your career with confidence

Our global professional immersions cut across disciplines, cultures and borders. We know diversity breaks down walls and frees up new ideas, strategies and outcomes.

Our dedicated, international experts will be there to guide you as your complete your immersion online, across the globe. Unlike other internships, you don’t work alone but as part of a dynamic international team, with leadership and responsibility for delivering impact on a real project for your host.

Our programs prepare you to confidently face the rigours of the competitive job market. It helps accelerate your global career growth.

Stand out from the crowd

Your offer is stronger. You will be better positioned to:

Embrace the job market with confidence
Implement your career plan with clarity
Profile your personal brand with impact
Use your transferable skills and mindset with influence

Stand out from the crowd

Your offer is stronger. You will be better positioned to:

Embrace the job market with confidence
Implement your career plan with clarity
Profile your personal brand with impact
Use your transferable skills and mindset with influence

How work ready are you?

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Contact us about being a learner

Learners must satisfy minimum program requirements to be accepted into a Guru Advantage global professional immersion, including good English skills and high personal achievement. This maintains quality outcomes as learners work in international teams. Learners are video interviewed as part of the selection process.