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.
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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.
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Call for action on employment ‘crisis’
TASMANIA is in the grips of a jobs crisis and the State Government needs to find answers fast, says the community sector.
Best chance may be off traditional trail
YOUNG jobseekers in Tasmania have been urged to look towards new growth industries rather than fight for jobs in declining occupations.
Program helps boss to choose
BOSSES are taking the lead in Tasmania to help solve the state’s unemployment crisis.
Food giants pledge 4000 jobs
THREE of Australia’s biggest youth employers – Macca’s, KFC and Coles – have pledged 4000 jobs to young workers to help give more of them a go.
Help find 5000 jobs in 50 days
LIFE can be tough for young people trying to get their first job. Today we launch a campaign to help the next generation get that all important first foot in the door.
Farewell the working class man
AUSTRALIA’S image as a working class nation is being lost to a new era of desk-bound professionals and a booming health and social welfare industry.
Long journey on road to dream job
FOR those new to looking for a job, the first tentative steps are enthusiastic. But if that first job proves elusive, the journeys can become marathons.
Bosses, just give this girl a start
STEFFANIE Rickards-Hanson, 23, is looking for work but she says it’s become ‘daunting’ dealing with employers who only want jobseekers with experience.
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