Statistics provides the tools which are essential in all areas of scientific research. A person with qualifications in statistics has opportunities in many areas.  Read the
Key Findings and Recommendations of the National Strategic Review of Mathematical Sciences Research in Australia: December, 2006.

The Australian Government Australian Careers website quotes career prospects for statisticians as very good. Employment in statistics (6900 in February 2006) rose strongly in the past five years, and rose very strongly in the long-term (ten years).

Visit the Macquarie University Career Development Office for access to more information on statistics from this site and others that provide  industry career profiles. Also on the site is useful career planning and job application information, resume advice, interview strategies, information on assessment centres and psychometric/aptitude tests, and schedules of workshops provided by the university and large employers.

Of great importance to penutlimate and final year students is the graduate recruitment section which outlines graduate recruitment programs, the graduate recruitment process, what employers seek and how to market yourself.

Contact the Career Development Office staff for more information or advice.  

Further information

Australia

• Graduate career opportunities in the ABS
• Statistics as a career including Statistics Careers in Australia (from Statsci.org)
• Statistics Jobs in Australia and New Zealand
• Graduate Careers Australia
• Australian Job Search (Graduates)
• Profile of an Operations Research Analyst
• Careers in Mathematics and Statistics (Interviews)
  

• American Statistical Association - What is statistics? What do statisticians do?
• US Dept. Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Careers website of the Royal Statistical Society.