Careers in the News
Career development is the process of managing your life, learning and work over your lifespan. Career development is part of everyday life and is in the news more often than you might think. These examples are included here for your information.
Dance Troupe Justice Crew prove to all young Australians that you can overcome adversity to achieve your dreams with a positive outlook and sheer hard work. (16-06-2010)
Winners of Australia's Got Talent 2010, Dance Troupe Justice Crew, have been encouraging other young Australians to follow their dreams for some time now by offering free dance lessons to disadvantaged children.
Dancer Solo Tohi, 23, said the win was proof that anyone could achieve their dreams.
"As long as it's positive and your dream is strong, anyone can do anything," Tohi said.
Tohi said the group had been practicing outside a stadium, using the reflection from the doors to perfect their routine.
"We can't afford the money to get the train into the city, let alone rent a studio," he said.
"We've been practicing outside in the cold for a while now."
Sam Worthington. Aussie boy-next-door to one of the hottest actors in Hollywood right now. Sam's career story proves what you can achieve with a willingness to have a go combined with a determination to succeed. (05-04-2010)
Sam was born in England and raised in Australia. Sam recently starred as the lead role in Avatar and is the lead role in the about to be released blockbuster Clash of the Titans. A bricklayer who got into acting by accident - his then girlfriend auditioned for NIDA, he got in she didn't. Sam now earns $5 million per movie and only 3 years ago he sold everything he owned for $2000 and lived in the back of his car. NCDW Ambassador and Network Ten News entertainment reporter Angela Bishop interviewed Sam about what he's been up to in Hollywood (http://ten.com.au/video-player.htm?vxSiteId=cb519624-44a2-4bf7-808b-3514d34e96e4&vxChannel=CELEBRITY%20NEWS)
Our very own Steve Liebmann, NCDW Ambassador, is proving that learning never really ends while embarking on a new chapter in his career. Despite being semi-retired, the broadcast journalist for more than four decades recently embraced an exciting opportunity to host 2UE's morning show for a year.
Steve Liebmann's news pedigree and warm professionalism, qualities that the NCDW Team have experienced first hand working with Steve, have rightly established him as one of the top and most widely respected journalists in Australia. Read one of the many articles on Steve's career story at http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/liebmann-back-where-he-started-from-20100223-ot4d.html (the same article appeared in the Brisbane Times).
Rhys Uhlich, school teacher turned supermodel and now a regular contributor on Network Ten show "The Circle", proves that simply having a go at something can lead to a dream career.
Former Primary School PE teacher, Rhys Uhlich, who is passionate about kids, filmmaking, surfing, and now fashion and modelling, says:
"I want to challenge myself. It's not that teaching is boring me it's just that I need variety in my life ... I want to put myself in situations like this, out of my comfort zone."
Read Rhys' career story at http://au.tv.yahoo.com/b/make-me-a-supermodel/82/rhys-uhlich
Jodie De Ruvo is in a wheelchair but it's her 'can-do' attitude that has inspired her own career and is now inspiring the careers of others.
25 year old Jodie De Ruvo has brittle bones and is in a wheelchair but it's her attitude that is remarkable. De Ruvo works for NOVA Employment, which is an Australian Government funded organisation that helps people with disabilities find employment. She also has her own website dedicated to helping others with disabilities find answers and solutions to questions that might come up.
Apart from being an inspiration in her own right De Ruvo's 'can-do-ability' is turning into a marvellous information and resource portal for people who have a disability. If you haven't done so why not drop by: www.candoability.com.au
Fitness Trainer Michelle Bridges (Network Ten's The Biggest Loser) has been motivating herself and others since she was a high school student.
Michelle Bridges is clearly a very motivated person. Bridges' career success story is perhaps most remarkable though for the initiative with which she pursued her career dream as a high school student in Nelson Bay, north-east of Newcastle, NSW.
In a recent Sydney Morning Herald article (see http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/one-tough-cookie-20100125-mu27.html), Bridges reveals:
"I was 14 when I pitched the idea to my school mistress that I would take the kids at school who didn't play sport, who hung around smoking cigarettes, and do fitness classes with them."
Then, after devising a training program based on the "skills and drills" she had learnt from the many sports she played from a young age, Bridges fronted up to the local squash courts and announced, "See that basement down there that's empty? I can teach fitness classes in there." The manager agreed and a teenage Bridges found herself training adults on a regular basis.
After four years of The Biggest Loser series and with her third cookbook soon to be published, Bridges continues to demonstrate the same vision and motivation when it comes to pursuing her career interests.
Merrick & Rosso embrace a career change - and discuss the people they've helped along the way.
On 4 December 2009, Merrick and Rosso hung up their headphones on their high-rating breakfast show with Kate Ritchie. Their departure follows the similar decision of Rove in recent weeks to move on, after 10 years of his popular television show, to pastures new in the television entertainment industry. Rove has a Melbourne-based entertainment production company called Roving Enterprises. Merrick and Rosso both have ambitions away from radio, on television, and for that reason the two men have confirmed they will continue developing concepts together through their joint production company, Smoke and Mirrors.
Rosso cited spending more time with his wife Michelle Glew, not going to bed at 8pm and searching for a "new challenge" as motivation for his exodus from the brekky program he first launched with Rosso in 2001. Merrick's goodbye speech thanked his co-host and long-time business partner Rosso, for what he had taught him, revealing how the show and Rosso in particular had supported its young staff at Nova to rise through the ranks. Merrick further revealed how fans of the show had come to work on the phones and progressed further with Rosso's support.
See the video here: http://www.novafm.com.au/Video_Rosso-s-Final-Day_97007?site=Nova100&s=81
Toby Moulton's decision to exit from the Australian Idol competition.
The 30-year-old South Australian school teacher who would have reached the top four of Australian Idol, and possibly beyond, decided to bow out early on 1 November 2009 to get back to his real passion - the classroom. In making this early departure, Moulton showed he had the courage to know himself, believe in himself and follow his heart. Moulton said he would still sing and that he'd had an amazing experience on Idol but added "I now know who I am. I am a teacher". Watch the clip on YouTube. For more info on career development and how you can work towards the life you choose.
Laurence Eales, Owner of Melbourne Cup Winner Shocking, talks about how he got there.
The 2009 Melbourne Cup win by racehorse Shocking in front of a Flemington crowd of 102,181 people is a story of how rewarding hard work can be. Owner Laurence Eales' speech after the race about his journey to this point in his life just goes to show what you can achieve through lifelong learning and that your career is more than just your job. The son of a Cairns Butcher, Eales used the money he made himself through what grew from one excavator into Australia's largest earth moving hire company, to invest in his passion - racehorses. Eales' story also demonstrates the importance of parents as career coaches - he credits his mother for having once told him, years ago, that "the sky's the limit and there's no harm in having a go". Shocking was one of the first horses Eales bought. Eales says, "I love horses, I've had them all my life, my father had them and now I've got a bit of coin behind me, I thought I'd have a bit of a crack." Watch the clip on YouTube (see especially 1.45 to 2.39). For more info on career development and how you can work towards the life you choose.
Dancer Solo Tohi, 23, said the win was proof that anyone could achieve their dreams.
"As long as its positive and your dream is strong, anyone can do anything." Tohi said.
Tohi said the group had been practicing outside a stadium, using the reflection from the doors to perfect their routine.
"We cant afford the money to get the train into the city, let alone rent a studio," he said.
"We've been practicing outside in the cold for a while now."
