Employment assistance for full-time students 001-02300000

This page contains information on when a student is eligible to register as a job seeker.

Job seeker registration

This table describes information on circumstances when a student is eligible to register as a job seeker and for what services they are eligible for.

Item	Eligibility
1	Full-time student currently studying, on a semester break or between two consecutive years of their course + Read more ... A full-time ongoing student is not eligible to register as a job seeker, however they can still access Self Service Terminals at Services Australia.
2	Full-time student who has just left secondary school and has applied for tertiary study + Read more ... Customers who have completed their secondary school studies and have applied to go on to tertiary studies are not considered to be full-time students for the purposes of Employment Services Provider eligibility until their application has been approved by the tertiary institution. However, they are still considered to be full-time students for the purposes of income support. See Employment assistance for students moving from secondary to tertiary studies for more information.
3	Part-time student or job seeker + Read more ... Customers may be eligible for employment assistance through providers, see Eligibility to access employment assistance services through Workforce Australia for further information.