Archive for the 'Unemployment' Category

Australia Under Attack - Worthless Credentials Needed

March 30, 2004

ASIO is on the recruitment trail. Just the perfect opportunity for a young RWDB who’s allergy to grass prevented him from joining the RAAF. Or so you’d think…
Given the challenging and complex nature of our work, we are looking for people with sound judgement, who excel at both critical thinking and communication.
More specifically, you would [...]

Yobbo Jobbo

October 2, 2003

ChrisV has got himself a job being a professional nerd. I tried this out myself on occasion, but I found that too much freedom makes for a very lazy Yobbo. By some strange twist of astrology, it seems that both ChrisV and myself will be working tomorrow AT THE SAME TIME.
Mark this date on [...]

Bloggers Needed. Degree Preferred…

July 21, 2003

Adam points to a new position available at Google, offering customer support for the new Blogger service. I gave the ad a quick scan to see how qualified I would be for the position.
Of course, the position is in California, so I’m not actually going to apply, but this is an exercise I [...]

Double Standards

July 9, 2003

All those commentators who think that the Big Brother technician should be sacked for his “fat” remark, get a load of this:
ONE of Queensland’s new fire ant control officers has been on sick leave for more than a year and faces a life of continuing medical problems after he was allegedly kicked in the groin [...]

Good News For Backpackers

June 29, 2003

The UK Government has decided to relax some of the restrictions on Working Holiday Visas for Australian tourists.
The changes are:
1) All work restrictions in the UK will be removed - Previously the rule was you couldn’t work in “an industry or occupation that you worked in for x time in Australia.” That is, you weren’t [...]

Hear Hear

June 26, 2003

As a young person who has experienced the ridiculously patronising “Mutual Obligation” scheme up close and personal, I couldn’t agree more with the sentiments of Gerard Jackson:
The Government’s idea of a diary for the unemployed is stupid, costly and lacks compassion. It assumes, against overwhelming evidence, that there is a large body of dole recipients [...]

Soldiers Wanted (Kinda)

April 29, 2003

I’m not the only one who has been rejected from the Australian Defence Force for no particular reason:
Mat Houston, 28, from Coolum Beach, on the Sunshine Coast, said the Australian Army advised him 12 months ago that he had been accepted.
But on April 11 he received a rejection letter from the Defence Force Recruiting [...]