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Cara Jenkin is the editor of Careers, the weekly employment classifieds supplement in News Corp Australia’s Saturday papers. When not absorbed in producing the latest job and workplace trends, news and advice articles each week, she moonlights as a motorsport writer for The Advertiser.

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What to do if COVID-19 has cut your pay

Work is drying up for thousands of workers, with one in three reportedly taking a financial hit because of the pandemic. Here is how you can keep the bills at bay.

Coronavirus

Surprising COVID-19 pay cuts and job losses

The coronavirus crisis has highlighted the difficulty in choosing a future-proofed career, with pay cuts and job losses felt in some surprising areas of the workforce.

Coronavirus

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Top 10 jobs as COVID-19 forces Aussies to upskill

A new survey has revealed Aussies are spending more time learning online and fixing their resumes during the COVID-19 lockdown, with many anxious about career security.

Coronavirus

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 18: Coles staff restock shelves before opening time during the first Coles Community Hour at Coles Southland on March 18, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Coles supermarkets have introduced a dedicated community hour to improve access to essential groceries for the elderly and disadvantaged, as Australia experiences unprecedented demand on basic items as people stock up over growing fears over the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Martin Keep/Getty Images for Coles)

Coles is hiring 5000 more workers

Coles has put out a call to fill 5000 new jobs across various departments. Find out what’s up for grabs.

Tickford Racing driver Cam Waters lays in his hammock in the team transporter at the Adelaide 500 Supercar event, Friday, February 21, 2020. (Photo: Brenton Edwards)

A day in the life of a Supercar driver

Tickford Racing driver Cam Waters opens up his pit garage to provide behind-the-scenes access into a day in the life of a Supercar driver at the Superloop Adelaide 500.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 22: Jamie Whincup driver of the #88 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore ZB celebrates on the podium after winning race 1 of round 1 of the 2020 Supercars Championship the Adelaide 500 on February 22, 2020 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images)

Whincup wins race one for Red Bull Holden

Red Bull Holden Racing Team driver Jamie Whincup has sailed to a five-second win over Shell V-Power rival Scott McLaughlin in the first race at the Superloop Adelaide 500.

Team Sydney Supercars driver James Courtney poses for a photograph at the pits on the Adelaide 500 Superloop track, Adelaide on Wednesday the 19th of February 2020. James is talking about the driver's mentality at different stages of the race.(AAP/ Keryn Stevens)

‘It’s a shock to the body’: Lap-by-lap insight into Supercars race

Two-time Adelaide 500 champion James Courtney reveals what drivers are really thinking about during the 78 laps of a Supercars race – and if they really see ‘pink elephants’.

Motorsport

Supercar driver Lee Holdsworth's Ford Mustang Supercar, alongside his brother Brett, a Trans Am Series race driver pose for a photograph at the pits on the Adelaide 500 Superloop track, Adelaide on Wednesday the 19th of February 2020. The story is about how brothers Lee and Brett will be racing at the same event in a rare outing for the two of them, also promoting the new Trans Am support category that's on for the first time this year.(AAP/ Keryn Stevens)

Support on track for new series

The Trans Am Series will turn heads at the Superloop Adelaide 500 this weekend but one driver has a big fan no matter what type of car he drives.

Red Bull Holden driver Shane van Gisbergen with his parents Robert and Karen at the Adelaide 500 event, Thursday, February 20, 2020. (Photo: Brenton Edwards)

Supercars keep it all in the family

Forget the glamorous WAGS, it is the mums and dads who are supporting the Supercars drivers in the pit paddock at the Superloop Adelaide 500 this week.

V8 Supercars. Race 2 at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide SA today. Pictured on the podium is winner Craig Lowndes with Scott McLaughlin 2nd and Jamie Whincup 3rd.

The Adelaide 500’s top-10 best drivers

Many drivers have raced the Adelaide 500 in the past 21 years. Cara Jenkin rates the best to grace the street circuit. Do you agree? Have your say in our poll.

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