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The cover letter I wish I could send
What if you could write an honest cover letter? What would it say? Are employers putting too much weight on the contents of cover letters?
Paper Rockets
Words by Becky, 19 NSW Finding success when you are not built in the eyes of corporate perfection – an analogy If I ever build a rocket, I would make it out of paper. I’d make it forty sheets thick and cover it in flame retardant glue, But see that when it…
Change and anxiety in the time of COVID.
Words by Lydia, 18 VIC Post-high school fear has knocked my friends around and left them floundering. Even through our last school year – a long plague of fear and ever-changing plans – my simple questions were not met with tears as often as they are now. I’m considering bringing tissues to small talk, just…
A Teacher’s Concern
Words by S.H., 24 VIC This piece was a runner-up of the ‘Get Comfortable Online’ Creative Competition 2021. Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or…
I’m one in four: the education system.
Words by Kirsten, 28 QLD I count to four as I breathe in and out. I have learnt, the caring sector is not for the faint-hearted. As a year nine student wheels himself onto the veranda on the chair he’s just stolen from behind my desk, it’s not the chin wobbles I’m worried about, but…
What happens after losing 3 Comedy Festival shows to COVID? The pursuit of ‘normal-ish’.
Words by Sweeney, 23 VIC There are some moments when you just don’t know how to feel or what to think. On March 13, 2020 I was at uni in Carlton. I’d just eaten an early dinner at my favourite spot near campus (shoutout to Mantra on Grattan Street, best vegan butter chicken for miles)….
The economy was failing young Australians long before COVID-19
Words by Lachlan, 21 VIC I am one of the lucky ones. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic I have had stable employment and the resources to continue university study. Yet other young Australians have not been as fortunate, with the pandemic forcing almost one in three workers aged 18-24 into unemployment. These people are not just…
Dear Future Employer
Words by Briana, 20 VIC Dear future employer, What is the answer? How do we break the cycle? The cycle where we study. We attain a casual job. We graduate. We have graduated but are still at our casual job that we can’t survive on, with no apparent experience and a debt to pay. We have…
Elusive Employment in Unprecedented Times
Words by Kai, 25 The year 2020 brought a whirlwind of change. At least that was what it looked like when Jane*, an old friend, shared a picture from her office farewell dinner. Her company fired her without warning for “underperformance”, Jane told me. “But they wanted me to still work with them and move…
The ATAR Benefits No-One: Reflections of a ‘High-Achiever’
Words by Mark, 21 VIC, You can read more work from Mark on his blog – www.pocpathways.com Four years ago, I completed the VCE. I spent Year 12 taking the right subjects – maths, chemistry and high-scaling foreign languages – and making all the right sacrifices to get the highest possible score. A second language…