Carpenter Enjoys Getting The Job Done

DURING a woodwork class at Mansfield Secondary College, carpenter Bill Hunt decided on a career in the building and construction industry.

Nrl Greenhorns Get To Keep Their Day Jobs

THEY include a rubbish collector, a painter, a carpenter and an actor - and they are united by their desperation to crack the big time and score a lucrative rugby league contract. And now, thanks to the NRL's new under-20 competition, the Toyota Cup, they can indulge in their dream without sacrificing their alternative career options.

Nrl Greenhorns Keep Their Day Jobs

THEY include a rubbish collector, a painter, a carpenter and an actor - and they are united by their desperation to crack the big time and score a lucrative rugby league contract. And now, thanks to the NRL's new under-20 competition, the Toyota Cup, they can indulge in their dream without sacrificing their alternative career options.

Dream Jobs For Real People

If you can't see yourself in a traditional occupation, don't despair, writes Kate Carroll.

Workers Won't Give Up Rights

Their jobs varied greatly but yesterday's protesters were united by a common cause. By DUNCAN ABEY

Travel By Train, Mr Costa, And You'll Find A Solution

I read with interest your article ("Fix the trains or we're stuffed: Carr's backbenchers lay it on the line", Herald, November 10). I would've thought politicians had a social and moral responsibility to fix the trains, not wait until their jobs were threatened?

Saw Spot

Her husband may be a carpenter but Annie Edelman's no slouch when it comes to do-it-yourself renovations.

Wired For Success

South Coast apprentices and employers excelled in the 2004 NSW Group Training Awards. Lisa Sewell reports on a program that helps small business create youth jobs.

Breathing Some Life Into Crown

WOLLONGONG Lord Mayor Alex Darling this week discovered Hog's Breath was better than no breath at all, especially when it involved the creation of 35 jobs in the heart of Wollongong.

Statistics May Conceal The Real Success Stories

Ask assistant principal Simon Clarke about Chandler Secondary College's success stories and he will tell you about students who have gone on to university or TAFE, or found jobs after completing their VCE.

It Careers Are Pick Of The Crop

Computing and IT professionals, automotive electricians, sales assistants and waiters are the jobs of the future, whereas employment prospects for parking inspectors, switchboard operators, filing clerks and housekeepers are likely to fade along with the 20th century, a new government report shows

How Sweet Is Your Salary?

Some workers are raking in big fat pay rises while others are lucky to see a cost-of-living increase. KARIN BISHOP reveals why. SALARIES paid to people working in some jobs are increasing rapidly - mainly in those industries which are experiencing a shortage of skilled employees. Recent surveys

The Manufacturer

Computer literacy and management skills are needed for the best jobs in manufacturing today. Some require an apprenticeship and a TAFE course, others a university degree, writes PETER VINCENT. Toolmaker, mechanical engineer and sheetmetal worker are behind the job ads. Manufacturing manager St

In The Silence That Follows The Grand Race, Time To Swan Around

Day one of the Grand Prix (clean-up, that is). You can swan around a bit the day after a big race. Carpenter Adrian Kelly immersed himself yesterday in 1.5metres of water and pond slime to begin dismantling the pontoon bridge across Albert Park Lake. And he was enjoying himself in his cap, sho

Search On For It Talent

The issue is lack of skills, not bodies, writes SUE ASHTON-DAVIES . IF nothing else, 1999 seems deemed to be the year of the skill shortage. Even though there are more IT contractors on the market than ever, there are still more jobs than there are people to fill them. Or so it would appear.

He's Mr Fixit For Other Storm Victims But ... Carpenter Cannot Nail His Own Insurer

Work has not been the same for contract carpenter Gibson Emmett since the August 17 storms. Ordinarily, he would be celebrating an influx of work from storm-related insurance jobs around the city. But as one of eight Illawarra storm victims yet to be paid by insurer Zurich, each such job is a

Owner Makes Award Look Like A Snack

IT took a near fall from the 34th floor of Sydney's Australia Square building to convince Mr Leo Sotiropoulos to change jobs. More than 26 years after throwing in his carpenter's tools the 54-year-old has made a name in the take-away food business. Last week Leo and Angela Sotiropoulos' shop i

Woods Bares Teeth In Vampire Spoof

Vampires, **1/2 (102 mins) M Veteran director John Carpenter delivers a funny, slightly above-average take on vampires as the ever-energetic James Woods leads a band of questionable dudes against various blood-sucking types in the dusty badlands of New Mexico. It's standard stab-and-trickle

Cracking The Big-time

If Volker Allert ever cracks the big time as a professional film director, he'll certainly have earned it. The 44-year-old Albion Park man has bided his time working odd jobs on film sets while developing his own material for the screen. Finally he's making headway. His first feature film,

Long Wait For Labor's Jobs Boat

I just have to respond to the most rhetorical election speech I have ever heard in my life last night. It was also the most ersatz "Elmer Gantry" delivery from a political podium that I have had the misfortune to witness in my adult life, and had the effect, in my view, of dissipating any