Employment a source of pride for new arrivals
FIONA Phuong Dang hopes her 10 years of business management in Vietnam is enough to secure an entry level job in Melbourne.
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Services dominate employment growth
ALMOST four in five workers are now employed providing a service to others as the sector increases its dominance in the national economy.
Dream now within reach for jobseeker
HAVING a dream and goal was no problem for 19-year-old Cassidy Hart but finding out how to get there was.
Work is a whole new world
GETTING up early, concentrating for eight straight hours, and socialising with adults might all seem obvious. But it can be a culture shock for first-time workers.
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Trade skills shape a career
THE general manager of Cairns’ Shangri-La Hotel is also pretty handy at whipping up a table or a set of shelves.
Tourism urged to put youth to work
QUEENSLAND is heading into a tourism boom but jobs seem to be scarce in one of the state’s holiday icons.
Figures fail to reveal grim truth on jobless
GEELONG’S overall unemployment figures are obscuring an uncomfortable truth, a prominent community leader says.
Stay in school with vocational training
HIGH school drop outs are much less likely to be employed in their early 20s so students considering leaving should look into vocational alternatives.
University graduates battle for jobs
ELLEN Vale is relieved to have found a graduate job after a stressful and highly competitive job seeking process.
How to ditch the dead end job
THERE may be less jobs for manufacturers and secretaries but there are more for nurses and electricians. Workers just need to be nimble enough to go where the market takes them.
Getting her hands dirty not a worry
SPENDING her days working for the community is not too much of a stretch from Cathy Zeiger’s first job.
Apprenticeships fire-up careers
NEARLY 800 apprenticeships and traineeships have been pledged to News Corp’s 5000 Jobs in 50 Days campaign, bringing the jobs tally to 5681 Australian jobs so far.
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