Flying Careers at Qantas
Qantas actively recruits the best candidates to join the airline as pilots. We offer the latest technology in both our fleet and our training equipment, including the new A380 simulator. Here, we take you through the application and training process of becoming a Qantas pilot, and speak to some of our pilots who tell us how they started in the industry, and what their job entails.
Indigenous employment campaign launch: nice try, white man, but what really IS in your hearts, eh?
Nothing embarrasses (white) Australia more than the condition of its indigenous people. So some of its richest businessmen, led by iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest, are launching an ambitious philanthropic campaign to boost job prospects for Aborigines (native Australians, pls) and needle the government into doing more. Dubbed Generation One, it’s set to start in the middle of this month, and it’ll be a multi-media effort designed to raise awareness of the high unemployment and poor health of Aborigines….. Billionaire Andrew Forrest aims to use his wealth to help Australia’s indigenous population - For the 48-year-old Forrest–with a fortune that FORBES ASIA estimates at .1 billion, the largest in the country (see Australia’s 40 Richest)–helping indigenous Australians will be a key part of his future. He promises to give away the bulk of his wealth and devote much of the rest of his life to philanthropy. “I’m already dedicating half my time to philanthropy,” he says. “The aim is to make it full-time.” For more than two years Forrest has been working to get more Aborigines into jobs. But he’s run smack into bureaucratic inertia. In fact, the main goal of Generation One is to revive his 2008 plan to train and find jobs for Aborigines, called the Australian Employment Covenant. Born into a family with deep farming and political roots, Forrest spent part of his childhood with Aboriginal children. “They taught me how to hunt, track and fight,” he says. That was on …
Careers in Engineering: Computer Science & Software Engineering
Find out what sort of jobs a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering will get you in the Melbourne School of Engineering “Careers in Engineering” series. This profile focuses on the Managing Director of Univex Software, Paul Filmer.
Employment part2.wmv
A video resource developed by Metro Migrant Resource Centre in Australia The video aims to provide new skilled migrant knowledge how they can find employment in Australia by sharing experience of other skilled migrants.
Australians Learn about Reinventing their Careers
Amidst one of the worlds worst economic crises, there may still be opportunities on the career front. The Reinvent Your Career Expo in Melbourne provides job seekers an environment to explore new career options. [Myia Romaniszyn, Accountant]: I came to see what they had to offer in terms of career opportunities. The expo aims to give the middle aged working group a chance to look into a wide variety of industries that are all under the one roof. [Ken Stewart, Security]: It’s more or less, it …
ST JOHN OF GOD Health Care - Employment Benefits
Overview of St John of God Health Care’s employment benefits.
Interview with Kate Birrell - Group Director Nursing