tigertye
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I left school at 16 to get a full time job to help my mum pay the bills as unfortunately my father left us with literally nothing. I took any job I could and due to money at the time, wasn't lucky enough to stay in school or go to uni. I originally started as a landscape apprentice but literally couldn't get by or contribute enough at home with the $12 or so I was earning, so worked mostly as a labourer in a heap of trades for a couple of years. It wasn't a bad thing, I learnt a lot. My mum wanted me to go back to school but I knew we simply couldn't afford it at the time due to the debt my dad left us in. We spent time in shelters and it was pretty ugly for a while.
When I was 18 I moved to Airlie Beach in QLD to help my uncle out with a landscape contract, a week into arriving the contract fell through and I got stuck there. I got a job working a bar there after having a beer with the owner completely randomly after I was chatting about my situation with a guy I presumed was just a local. He asked if I could pour a beer, I said yeah and he told me to get behind the bar and pour him one and that's how I started (mind you I'd already had 6 or so, so I was a tad rusty). I then got a job as a porter for a cruise company and was also working as a nightfiller at Big W. I was working 20hrs a day at one point.
Eventually I moved back to Sydney at 19 and got a decent gig as a warehouse and nightfill manager. I then went on to manage another warehouse.
After a few years I decided to really aim for a career and finally do something for myself at 23\. I felt I was just wasting time. I always wanted a job that I can make a difference and help people, as well as a better chance for advancement.
I went for an interview as an employment consultant for a job provider to get some experience and got the job with no experience. From a month after I started, I've been in the top 3 for results as an individual in NSW. Getting to help people that genuinely need it makes going to work so much easier.
My company thought Ive been going so well that they offered to pay for me to complete my Cert IV in Employment Services which would give me the year 12 equivalent I required to undertake my dream job of working in the police force. Unfortunately the company I work for recently went to tender with the Government for a new contract and missed out. Therefore, I'll be unemployed as of June 30 along with thousands of others. I'm hopefully going to be able to complete my course but time will tell as the company appears to be heading for liquidation. I've been lucky enough to be head hunted, so hopefully I can stay in the industry until I join the police force.
I've been thrown a few curve balls in the last 24 years, but I just look at them as speed humps. My mum is now financially stable after all the crap she went through, and at the end of the day family is the most important thing in life, not wealth. I might be a few years behind where I'd like to be, but I know I'll get there one day.
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When I was 18 I moved to Airlie Beach in QLD to help my uncle out with a landscape contract, a week into arriving the contract fell through and I got stuck there. I got a job working a bar there after having a beer with the owner completely randomly after I was chatting about my situation with a guy I presumed was just a local. He asked if I could pour a beer, I said yeah and he told me to get behind the bar and pour him one and that's how I started (mind you I'd already had 6 or so, so I was a tad rusty). I then got a job as a porter for a cruise company and was also working as a nightfiller at Big W. I was working 20hrs a day at one point.
Eventually I moved back to Sydney at 19 and got a decent gig as a warehouse and nightfill manager. I then went on to manage another warehouse.
After a few years I decided to really aim for a career and finally do something for myself at 23\. I felt I was just wasting time. I always wanted a job that I can make a difference and help people, as well as a better chance for advancement.
I went for an interview as an employment consultant for a job provider to get some experience and got the job with no experience. From a month after I started, I've been in the top 3 for results as an individual in NSW. Getting to help people that genuinely need it makes going to work so much easier.
My company thought Ive been going so well that they offered to pay for me to complete my Cert IV in Employment Services which would give me the year 12 equivalent I required to undertake my dream job of working in the police force. Unfortunately the company I work for recently went to tender with the Government for a new contract and missed out. Therefore, I'll be unemployed as of June 30 along with thousands of others. I'm hopefully going to be able to complete my course but time will tell as the company appears to be heading for liquidation. I've been lucky enough to be head hunted, so hopefully I can stay in the industry until I join the police force.
I've been thrown a few curve balls in the last 24 years, but I just look at them as speed humps. My mum is now financially stable after all the crap she went through, and at the end of the day family is the most important thing in life, not wealth. I might be a few years behind where I'd like to be, but I know I'll get there one day.
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