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How Studying The Wrong Thing Helped Me Figure Out What The Right Thing Was
For me, one of these ‘sticky situations’ happened to be choosing a university degree that was ACTUALLY going to get me up in the morning. During year 12 I was so focused on keeping my sh*t together...
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Everything You Need To Know About Penalty Rate Cuts To Retail And Hospo Wages
It all started about a year ago Penalty rates are often calculated as a multiplication of your base rate. You may have heard the phrase “time and a half” which refers to earning 150% of your base rate....
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Why You Need To Think About Corporate Social Responsibility When Choosing A...
With more and more young people taking into consideration businesses ethics and values when choosing a job, there is an enormous opportunity and imperative for corporate social responsibility to be a...
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How To Boost Your Productivity When Working From Home
1. Get dressed Okay, so this sounds like a weird one but trust me! It’s essential. I’d hope that if you were planning to head out of the house this is something that would be on your list anyway, but...
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What You Need To Know About New Rights For Casual Employees
While hourly rates are often slightly higher and shifts are usually more flexible for casual employees, these benefits come at the expense of stability and security that a full-time position can offer....
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6 Important Job Hunting Lessons You Need To Learn
So without further ado, here are the 6 most important lessons we’ve learnt while job hunting: Clarify why you want the job Take a moment before you start writing an application to reflect on why you...
View ArticleWhat do young people think of the 2019 Federal Budget?
A new Australian Government budget is announced each year, and looks at how the Government will spend (and try to save) money that year and beyond. Spending is always tied to the leading party’s social...
View ArticleMaking Work Experience Work For Young People
Landing your first full-time job as a graduate can be one of the most influential moments of our careers – but it can also be one of the hardest things to secure. Work experience can help. Young people...
View ArticleHow to help young people identify courses that build enterprise skills
As technology and automation sweep through our workplaces, enterprise skills are the skills which current and future workers need to thrive in their future careers. Instead of focussing solely on...
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5 Resources That Will Help You Have Better Conversations About Careers
The rapidly evolving future of work can be a daunting subject for young people. As identified in the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) New Work Order report series, the way we work is increasingly...
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Why VET Isn’t Just For Trades
I may be jumping to conclusions but let me assure you, I warrant this with countless experiment results. Over and over again, a visual conjuring of tools, hi-vis vests, utes and heavy machinery...
View ArticleTaking learning by doing to the next level with Vocational Education and...
Once upon a time being prepared for work required students to spend three years writing essays and doing exams to complete a degree or certification. Post-completion, they would secure a grad-job in...
View Article3 Ways VET is Ahead of Learning Curve
Fifty percent of those young people feel they lack the right kind of education or training. Fortunately, there are some excellent approaches to combat this gap, and Vocational Education and Training...
View ArticleEp. 1 | So I Heard VET Can’t Get You A Good Job
In Episode 1 we tackle a couple of big questions, like: How do you get a good job? And, what even is a good job? Bringing all the key players to the table—an employer, VET graduate, careers counsellor,...
View ArticleEp. 2 | So I Heard VET Is Just For Trades
In Episode 2, we take a look at the wide variety of career pathways that can start with VET—some may even surprise you! On top of the technical skills required to land a job, we also take a look at the...
View ArticleEp. 3 | So I Heard VET Is A Thing Of The Past
In Episode 2, we take a look at the wide variety of career pathways that can start with VET—some may even surprise you! On top of the technical skills required to land a job, we also take a look at the...
View ArticleA Young Person’s Perspective On The New Work Order Series
FYA has done a tonne of research through their New Work Order research series, which details how work is going to radically change in the future. But how do young people feel about this new challenge?...
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What The Career Counsellor Doesn’t Tell You
I wanted to study journalism. I had always loved English; reading and writing, the idea of being paid to write seemed like the perfect fit for me. I went into the meeting and told my careers counsellor...
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Why VET Isn’t Just For Trades
I may be jumping to conclusions but let me assure you, I warrant this with countless experiment results. Over and over again, a visual conjuring of tools, hi-vis vests, utes and heavy machinery...
View ArticleTaking learning by doing to the next level with Vocational Education and...
Once upon a time being prepared for work required students to spend three years writing essays and doing exams to complete a degree or certification. Post-completion, they would secure a grad-job in...
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