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Career stories

The best advice you’re going to get about any job is from someone that is actually doing it. So we asked real people to tell us their stories and experiences, what they like and what they don’t like about their jobs to help you with your career search.

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Entrepreneur stories

Siimon Reynolds – Advertising Entrepreneur

23 November 2009

'To get my first job in advertising I placed two ads. The first used all of David Ogilvy’s techniques, and no one replie...

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Volunteer stories

Jane McKenzie – Performing Arts Tour Coordinator, Arts on Tour New South Wales

18 August 2008

'Performing arts is such wonderful way to pass on messages because many developing countries have a strong oral traditio...

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Celebrity career stories

Rachael Bermingham – Author, 4 Ingredients, Motivational Speaker

‘Ladies, don’t compromise – if you want to have a career and also be a hands-on parent, then you can do it too. You have...

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Your career stories

Flying Officer Gangireddy Rajashekar – Electrical Engineer Officer, Royal Australian Air Force

‘The air force had everything that I was looking for, the variety and the lifestyle.’

Flight Lieutenant David Palmer – Armament Engineer Officer, Royal Australian Air Force

’What we say is without armament the Air Force is pretty much just an expensive airline.’

Bill Birtles – Journalist and News Presenter, Triple J

‘First of all, you need to be really persistent just to get a solid job in the journalism industry.’

Flying Officer Lee Carruthers and Flying Officer Bryce Harris – Airfield Engineer Officers, Royal Australian Air Force

‘Having gone from start to end of a project in constructing an airfield, at the end it did feel quite surreal in the fac...