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GROUP READ JOBS CAMPAIGN Marketing graduate Ellen Vale used all resources at her university to make connections with employers and to help her stand out from the crowd of uni applicants. Picture: Stuart Milligan

University graduates battle for jobs

ELLEN Vale is relieved to have found a graduate job after a stressful and highly competitive job seeking process.

After working in the paper industry for 32 years, Chris Medcraft was made redundant. He was the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year Award 2014 Runner-up. He completed a Certificate IV in Mental Health through TasTAFE, and is soon to commence a Diploma in Frontline Management.

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.

Cairns Regional Council's Cathy Zeiger with her horse Okey in 1978.

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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.

Katey Shaw who graduated from her apprenticeship with HTN in 2014 and is now the President of the Australian Culinary FederationÕs Young Chefs Club. Katey pictured in the kitchen of Kyubi, The Catholic Club, Campbelltown. Pic Jenny Evans

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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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