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Melanie Burgess is a data journalist, covering a wide range of topics by finding stories in numbers. She is based in Brisbane but writes for local, regional and state mastheads nationally.

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Jessica Martin who is the Australian Training Awards Ambassador and represented Australia in Restaurant Service at 2013 WorldSkills International Competition in Leipzig, Germany. Pictured at her workplace, Chinese restaurant Master, in Surry Hills.

Degrees no longer guarantee jobs

GONE are the days when a bachelor degree would automatically get you your dream job, so there’s no point pushing unwilling kids to go to uni, experts say.

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ANZ data scientist Kathryn Buttler. Picture: Nathan Dyer

The new job that pays $200,000

COMPANIES are paying big bucks — up to three times the average Australian salary — for employees with a very specific skill. Do you have what it takes?

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