My Live FeedWork in the Fin Review
My favourite piece of reading at the moment is the Australian Fin Review, doesn't carry the tabloid articles the Courier Mail/Daily Telegraph churn out, have some insightful articles and keeps abreast of business and world news (although for world news it's got to be the economist). So imagine my surprise when reading through the fin last week and I saw an article that mentioned a project I worked on. "Students graduate to big-buck salaries" Australian Financial Review, Friday 19th November 2006. (Front Page, Page 49)
The article was written up about graduate salaries and how the shortage of skilled graduates coming out of australian universities are pushing up the starting salaries. A spokesperson for BHP Billiton mentioned that they were bringing international graduates into the Australian Graduate program for the first time ever. This was a large proportion of my work as National Partnerships Manager for AIESEC Australia.
Funny that two other people mentioned in the article Ben Reeves (AAGE) and Sharon Bell (PwC) were two other people I'd interacted with in the role. Small world, huh!
Anyway, it's the first mention of a project I've worked on which has been published in something better than the Gold Coast Bulletin. So I've kpet a copy. Eventually I may have a notebook full of my clippings (and hopefully most of them won't be about a disgraced corporate fall from grace, or something to that effect!!!).
Labels: AIESEC, Brett Gibson, Work, World Domination
November 28, 2006 4:36 PM
There is nothing wrong with the gold coast bulletin.... Yeah, that's a lie. The Fin and the economist are good, but the Financial Times is even better for a global view.
Anyway, I am still not convinced of the need to fill australian graduate programs with international graduates. Salaries may be up but getting a highly saught after graduate job is not exactly the easiest thing in the world. The jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit not neccessarily membership to an organisation. I see no shortage of meritorious people already here to fill these positions, quite the opposite, I see too many great young people in jobs far below themselves.
Anyway, I digress that was not even near the point of this post. Congrats Brett, it is clear that the work you have done for AIESEC has made a difference. Good work.
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November 28, 2006 4:56 PM
Cheers, but I'd disagree on the part of your post not related to me or the Gold Coast Bulletin. :) But only because it maybe wasn't clear - positions weren't exclusively for AIESEC members. They were recruited because there aren't enough Aussie mining grads (nor have there been for a number of years).
Also, I think highly sought after grad roles will continue to be just that - and I encourage anyone who wants to make that easier to do something in AIESEC (or something else). Just being a member of an organisation isn't what makes a difference - it's making an impact that matters. top