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Education & Employment Health & Wellbeing

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Mediocrity

Words by Anika 25, NSW Illustration by Aileen, You can find more of her work on Instagram @aileenetc When I was nine, my primary school careers counsellor told me the world was my oyster. I could read at a...

Words by Anika 25, NSW

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Education & Employment

Why the Industry of Sending Expats Overseas Makes Me Mad

Words by Steph, 25 VIC Illustration by Aileen, You can find more of her work on Instagram @aileenetc After graduation, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I considered going somewhere in Asia...

Words by Steph, 25 VIC

4 min read

Why you shouldn't do an internship | WhyNot?

Education & Employment

Why You Shouldn’t Feel Bad Turning Down an Internship

Words by Sophie, 22 WA You can find more of her work o You can read more work from Sophie on her website or on Uni Junkee Illustration by Aileen, You can find more of her work on...

Words by Sophie, 22 WA

3 min read

Its Okay to not know what you're doing in life

Education & Employment

It’s Okay to Not Know What You are Doing

Words by Sophie, 22 WAYou can find more of her work o You can read more work from Sophie on her website or on Uni Junkee Illustration by Aileen, You can find more of her work on...

Words by Sophie, 22 WA

4 min read

Education & Employment Youth Empowerment

Get Comfortable Feeling Uncomfortable

Words by Gemma, 26 QLDPhoto by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash We’ve all been presented with an opportunity at some point, when it comes your way, have you made the most of it or let it pass you by? Did...

Words by Gemma, 26 QLD

4 min read

Education & Employment Health & Wellbeing

Self-Care in the Workplace – Lessons From the Frontline

Words by Kevin, 26, VIC Self-care is all about ensuring that you remain physically, mentally, and spiritually recharged. Considering the frenetic pace at which the modern day world runs, it is more important than ever...

Words by Kevin, 26 VIC

4 min read

Education & Employment

I Was Intimidated by Brilliance, Until Now

Words by Cheyenne, NSW I have always been an overachiever. I’ve always loved to involve myself academically and socially, reaping the rewards of hard work and enthusiasm. I graduated high school with an ATAR in the...

Words by Cheyenne, NSW

4 min read

Education & Employment

‘Not Today’

Illustration by Aileen Based on my own experience I have tried to build a narrative that illustrates the effect of pursuing traditional careers out of expectations from society. My illustration ’Not today’...

Illustration by Aileen

1 min read

Education & Employment

Young people are being led down the garden PaTH

The Federal Government’s new Prepare, Trial and Hire Scheme, shortened erroneously to “PaTH” will see jobseeking young people aged 15-24 offered internships for between 4-12 weeks in exchange for an additional $200 a...

Words by Megan Shellie

3 min read

Education & Employment Health & Wellbeing

I’m mad

I’m mad. I’m mad that my industry has let me down. Media was meant to be fun – exciting, filled with creative types, and an opportunity to turn my passion into my occupation. This is what motivated me throughout my...

Words by Jane

6 min read

Category - Education & Employment

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Mediocrity

Why the Industry of Sending Expats Overseas Makes Me Mad

Why You Shouldn’t Feel Bad Turning Down an Internship

It’s Okay to Not Know What You are Doing

Get Comfortable Feeling Uncomfortable

Self-Care in the Workplace – Lessons From the Frontline

I Was Intimidated by Brilliance, Until Now

‘Not Today’

Young people are being led down the garden PaTH

I’m mad

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