WhyNot

    Category - Education & Employment

    Education & Employment

    The cover letter I wish I could send

    Words by Lydia, 18 VIC To whom it may concern, I am writing to apply for the job you have advertised. Obviously. Why else would I be writing to a stranger’s work email? While I don’t think I will enjoy this job and...

    Lydia, 18 VIC

    3 min read
    Education & Employment

    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...

    Becky, 19 NSW

    2 min read
    Education & Employment

    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...

    Kirsten, 28 QLD

    6 min read
    Education & Employment

    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...

    Words by Briana, VIC

    5 min read
    Education & Employment

    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...

    Words by Kai, 25

    4 min read

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