Post Masonry – Style 2

Inside Defence Episode 5 – “Being an Army Reservist, I trained locally, I served locally” – Logistics, Australian Army, Matt

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Inside Defence Episode 4 – “I get to jump out of planes for a living” – Parachute Rigger, Australian Army, Annika

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Inside Defence Episode 3 – “I run the battle from a Navy helicopter” – Aviation Warfare Officer, Australian Navy, Patrick

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Inside Defence Episode 2 – “This job has taken me to so many places” – Army Driver, Australian Army, Morgan

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Inside Defence Episode 1 – “The eyes and ears of the ship” – Petty Officer, Australian Navy, Kiah

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15 hours as a social worker on an overnight shift

“There had been no mention of the police being dispatched on the data terminal. Sometimes multiple people will call for help when something untoward happens in the street – some people will call the police, some will call an ambulance. Sometimes the two services don’t communicate very well and we both arrive looking surprised to see the other.”

From $56,500 in Human Rights Law at 23 to $127,000 in Family Law at 29

The concept for ‘Snagging six figures’ was created after we had readers writing in asking for advice about how to use their degree and current job status to launch into a different industry or career.

15 hours as a paramedic

“There had been no mention of the police being dispatched on the data terminal. Sometimes multiple people will call for help when something untoward happens in the street – some people will call the police, some will call an ambulance. Sometimes the two services don’t communicate very well and we both arrive looking surprised to see the other.”

B. Medical Science: Three-years and tens-of-thousands of dollars, is it worth it?

“I ultimately dropped out because I got frustrated at how difficult and technical the course truly is, yet how on the other side, how underdeveloped the job market is.”

From $70,000 at Deloitte Private 24 to $112,000 in banking at 29

“To get a job you need to go via the grad program, which in my opinion, it is impossible to successfully navigate if you haven’t done a summer internship with them- though, HR will disagree with me…”