I would be interested to know people’s views on the lack of discipline in our Australian society? Not just with children, but across all ages with the general exception of the elderly. Listening to the ABC morning show, which I generally do, I was amazed to hear about the disgusting and drunken behaviour of adults and teenagers at Scarborough Beach during our first quite warm day of the year. Encompassed with this was the lack of police and the disrespect shown to police by people these days. A good form of punishment would be as in Singapore where people are flogged for behaviours and crimes, but alas to have these floggings in Australia would would cause an outcry from civil libertarians,etc. Just thunk of the benefits to our society with punishment like that in place. I mean, it is not as if it is the death sentence, but pain and scarring would protect us from all these drug fuelled attacks and brazen mobbings and attacks. I really do not want to hear about our democratic rights, blah, blah, blah. These purputrators seem to be using their democratic right to offend the normal law abiding citizens. Anyway, just a thought.
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Most of us are closer to finishing our studies and soon we’ll need to start looking for jobs. I’ve compiled some tips that i found quite useful. The resume is first: It is important to tailor the resume to the job you’re applying for. It is more than likely that you will need to change it to meet each job description. Include in it skills statements that will emphasise your achievements and strengths and why you feel you fit the job description. These skills statements can be the difference between getting short-listed or not. Another factor that is most commonly ignored is spelling and grammar. Get your friends to proof read your resume. And don’t forget: Send your resume in an A4 envelope. Do not hand write it. Don;t use graphics or clip art. And do not ever use coloured paper. The key here is to show your capabilities as a professional. Once your resume is short listed and you are requested for an interview, your researching begins. Here is a list of interview tips that will assist in getting that job you want. 1) Prepare for the interview. Do some research on the company. Know their goals and elaborate on how you can help them achieve those goals. 2) Turn off your mobile phones as this will only cause you embarrasment and the interviewer will not be too impressed 3) First Impressions: dress the part. Wear clothing that denotes ‘I already work here’. 4) Stay positive. Job hunting is not easy and can be stressful at times. 5) Listen carefully to the interviewer. Avoid interview traps, where the interviewer will try to get negative comments out of you 7) Relax. Having a calm approach to the questions will show the interviewer that you can handle a stressful situation. They know interviews are difficult. Remember, they were there once before. There are many resources available to assist you in designing resumes, preparing for interviews and improving you skills. I have found those to be very useful and recommend that further readings will benefit your job prospects. Good luck with your job hunting. hey guys here are a few questions to think about while doing the interview (am sure you would have them already but am putting them up here so incase you forget) - Is the job what you really wanted to be? - Are you satisfied with the job? -have you grown in the job? -what kind of an atmosphere does the organization where you work has? -what would be the change if u could make any? -what is the best thing about this job? -Is it team work or individual? -what is the most creative aspect of this job? -Do you see the job developing into a career? Coming from a vast array of uniquely different cultures, we all have a completely new perspective on what is acceptable in our own way. For me its the idea of a small country town where everyone knows everyone else in their own way. A place where no one locks there doors and strangers are easily noticed. This idea has been demolished along with the many small towns that held onto it. Instead the way is being cleared fly-in and fly-out labour to be more applicable in todays world, taking away the need for these small communities. I come from a small Goldfields town of Kambalda, thirty minutes north-east of Kalgoorlie. Once a town of under one thousand people, the nickel boom caused its numbers to rise to over 200%, bringing new business and even its very own woolsworth, however the mines began to dwindle and soon it became less profitable to house the workforce and their families. It was at that time that my family along with dozens others chose to relocate to Perth, and avoid staying in a dying town. The Cultural difference just between two locations less than eight hours away was amazing. Coming from a town where it was easier to walk everywhere and kids played outdoors, to a city where it was unsafe to be passed your letterbox was a obvious shock. No one knew each other and didn’t seem to want to, seemed odd to me but like all new surroundings i began to adapt. From not knowing anything of the internet and even computers, i’ve developed a keen understanding of word processing skills and other indepth skills. Also the concept of crime was also fairly distant until our neighbour was robbed in broad daylight, and it wasn’t discovered until that evening. Of course its not all doom and gloom, Perth has offered me many oppurtunities that i would not have if i was still in Kambalda, like a decent education, the ability to go to university and further better myself. I have also had the chance to make new friends and that has led to many great times, not to mention by city standards Perth is pretty laid back. Harrison Burton A Different Take Coming from the city-nation Singapore, the cultural difference between Perth and my home is quite significant. I was used to the quick pace of life in Singapore and coming to Perth was quite a dramatic shift from that lifestyle. Shops closing at 5 in the afternoons and some not even open on Sundays? Unheard of from where I came! It would be strange to have shopping centers closing earlier than 8 at night and even more so to be closed on any day of the year (regardless of whether it was public holiday). Also, the lifestyle in a small town as portrayed by Harry comes as completely foreign to me. The irony of living in a city where millions of people are congested into a small area is that people seem more distant from each other despite the closeness. Take for example my neighbors I had a couple of years back. Initially when they moved in, I would greet them with a friendly “hi” or something to the effect and the reaction I would get from them was, well, nonexistent. They would just give me this suspicious look as if I had just committed the biggest crime by greeting them. Keanan Brackenridge Even More so… Friends, It is interesting to spot such differences in such short span and space. We are the product of such interwoven social fibers which society becomes comfortable adhering to. Yet even more interestingly, as in Harry’s case, society happens to have these unwritten norms and ways of life followed by classes or stratum more alike with each other than with others for certain common traits. And if such happens to be big in number and of key status or of a certain area, then their ways of like are almost imprinted on the minority. Which necessitates the mingling of the minority to the large influential or more popular way of life. I’d not mind mentioning a trend or two of a different way of life I know of…except it would only be repeating what Keanan has said in a different way. The theme in my opinion is different people do things differently. This makes us all different if not better or worst than each other. Our difference is essential not only in defining us but also in contributing to the bigger common good as a society. Phin How did you find today’s lecture? To me it was interesting to know the price the Australian people, especially women had to pay to be where they are at the moment. Not that getting, on average, only 86% percent of what men get paid for doing the same job is good enough but is much more than the 54% it was a couple of decades back. As a person who comes from the other end of the world, where, in most if not all cases, the west is portryed as a world which happens to be where it is now without much fuss, I was able to see the unequality women had to endure because of their gender. And the long and painful march women had had simply because their are women. I congratulate them for what has been achieved so far and encourage them to continue to secure their equal wage and treatment as the next human being. But the thing that still struck me the most was, our hypocritical approach to democracy and human equality. We go as far as Iraq and Afghanistan to secure democracy and free women-kinds from the religious bondage and treatment we deem as unfair and unacceptable in the 21st century and yet we do not treat our own mothers and sisters as ourselves. What do you think of it friends? Ok, so this weekend is the State election and as of 6 days before we hit the ballots I am still a swining voter. For the life I of me I cannot choose which of the parties I want running my state… Both Parties have some thing going for them and some things not going so much for them…like their leaders!!! Labor say no to nuclear mining and thats a good thing; right?!? but what about the money that will be spilt back into the state and the national economy from the sale of uramium…and if its not used here surely let some other poor country (like the fench) have it. Really it won’t be too far into the future that we will rely on the stuff ourselves so mayve we should keep it~just for a little while. As for the ALP they say that they will fund the health system and bring about the building of more hospitals. Wicked! As we all get sick for the uranium there will be plenty of band spanking new hospitals to lay in and get better! But wait… what was there before the hospital was built. Surely everone at Murdoch has seen the eye sore of a gaping hole that is to be Fiona Stanley… or her something or other. Now I’m no greeny but won’t some one thing of the quendas??!? I’m thinking there is a causal effect here. Australia is now the fattest country on earth (26% of our population are fatties!) so if you eat anything like me you drop half of your lunch on your clothes which ends up on the ground. The quendas that have relocated from the bush at FS hospital eat this and soon we will have a huge population of obese quendas and who needs that!?!?! So today I was pondering what do I want from this election… Because at the moment I feel I’m getting a raw deal from Colin and Alan; get your act together boys! So here is my list of demands:
I think if either of the major parties can pick up my suggestions before saturday then we will all be in a happier state. Anywho I will let you decide for yourselves! so here are both campaign videos Liberals And Labor So good luck voting and comment us with any suggestions you may have so Colin and Alan can make this state great. TaTa for now JK This is the first post, while it has been a slow week, we as a team believe that to discuss what it is to be a graduate and what attributes we bring as a new member of the coporate workforce, we need YOU! only you can post your comments on this topic, because we are only individuals, each with our own ideals and personalities. so come on everyone tell us what you think, what do you think makes you different to every other graduate out there! |
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