Josie Chun

Are you one of those people who’s always known what you want to do when you grow up – like become a doctor, policeman or vet?

Career FAQs is pleased to introduce an exciting new range of online courses, from a new partnership between SEEK Learning and Swinburne University of Technology. This means more courses for you to choose from – and more choice means more opportunities!

\'To get my first job in advertising I placed two ads. The first used all of David Ogilvy’s techniques, and no one replied, and then in desperation I did a wilder ad...\'

‘I am passionate about teaching people not so much how to cook but how to eat, how to plan a menu for the week, how to stock up their pantry, how to use seasonal produce.\'

Like other industries, the legal profession has been significantly affected by the global financial crisis.

Nicki Bloom, playwright and Artistic Director of production company nowyesnow, is the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Patrick White Playwrights’ Award.

The banking and finance industries have been amongst the hardest hit during the current global financial crisis.

The news has just hit that Australia’s unemployment rate has reached 5.7 per cent. This figure is expected to climb further, to an expected peak of 9 per cent.

The global financial crisis has affected nearly every industry, but few areas have been hit as hard as the banking and financial sectors.

All workers retrenched during the economic downturn will now be eligible for government-subsidised training, under an agreement that will be announced at today’s Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Darwin.