My first job was working in a news agency,

general retail work.

I would do things.

People would buy magazines.

Magazines were still very much a big thing.

Processing different things through, and also doing Lotto.

Best part was the people I worked with

and the regular customers.

There were some, I think it was an old Greek man

who always used to come in and he'd always

have his Greek newspaper waiting for him.

And, just a few interesting characters.

There was one really mean staff member I worked with,

and she was really nasty, but she was a full-time

staff member and I was a casual,

so she kind of, outranked me.

But, she was a really mean person.

Back in high school I wanted to be a lawyer,

or be a scientist.

And, now I work in human resources

at the Department of Employment, Skills,

Small and Family Business.

So, my job entails, I work in

the learning and development area.

So, I manage systems and provide learning

to the entire department so everyone

can do professional development and do their jobs

the best they can.

So, I got into this job as a contractor.

So, I'd worked in a couple of other

government jobs before, and this one came up.

I applied for it.

I had an interview, but as a contractor,

I'm kind of, employed outside of the government.

So, kind of like casual work, but full-time,

just like everybody else.

I'd just advise them to have a go.

Meet with people.

Taking down records of anything

that you've done well already.

Special skills you have, whether that's at school

you've done well at something,

or you're really good at sports.

Just kind of making a note of those things,

and trying to put forward your best self.

So, I started in retail and customer service,

and then worked at some call centers.

Worked in banking and slowly

transitioned over to government.

And, whilst I didn't have any HR skills before this job,

because I worked so much with other people,

the department they really valued that customer service.

Working with a team.

So, working with people like that difficult colleague I had,

but then also having the great colleague,

and just kind of, being able to work with lots of different

people from lots of different cultures

has really helped me throughout my career.