numbercruncher
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Theyve grossly underestimated everything so far ..... Id double that figure atleast ..
Up to 51 million jobs worldwide could disappear by the end of this year
Yes, sorry I should have specified. While I go back studying I am at home so its $115 without rent.
For those studying that are out of home the government pay rent assistance and double the youth allowance and it works out about the same living off $100-115 a week after rent if rent is $130-$150. Lots of students do manage to do it, though its not a very glamourous life, and one many will have to face this year with many of the casual retail and hospitality jobs that students normally work being laid off.
Check this out - the mind boggles.....no wonder world leaders are panicking.
Trust me, even with rent assistance its not enough to live off. Sure rent for 130 a week, leaves you with 130, but then you need to pay for food and utilities. My centrelink covers all my weekly bills and thats it.
If you had to rely on it to also pay for textbooks, learning resources etc etc you couldnt do it, and thats assuming you will never go out and spend a cent on alcohol or entertainment of any form.
Perhaps you should move out of home and try...
Yep, us upcoming grads love news like that...
Trust me, even with rent assistance its not enough to live off. Sure rent for 130 a week, leaves you with 130, but then you need to pay for food and utilities. My centrelink covers all my weekly bills and thats it.
If you had to rely on it to also pay for textbooks, learning resources etc etc you couldnt do it, and thats assuming you will never go out and spend a cent on alcohol or entertainment of any form.
Perhaps you should move out of home and try...
Yep, us upcoming grads love news like that...
Salvation is coming your way.
The Messiah KRudd will WANT YOU to join his soon to be created Volunteer Corps.
You can pick up roadside garbage to help pay for your fees.
That should bring a smile to your dial.
**** that. I already donate 10% of my disposable income to charity and do other volunteer work.
I plan on leaving Aus so i dont have to repay my HECS, so i dont even look on that as a debt. If the older generation can burden us with debt i dont see why i cant do the same
Is the volunteer work obligatory (ie. mutual obligation) or do you just do it off your own bat?
Well of course it goes on the resume, but thats not why i do it. I do it to help out and to learn new things
Yep, us upcoming grads love news like that...
Think of something you're passionate about and start a business in it, that way you'll always be motivated, better than the competition who only do it for a job, you cant get the sack and you can controll all your expenses and keep all the income for yourself.
Have already done that with the travel forum, but thats not likely to make money.
Im passionate about stocks and finance, hence why i need a job to be able to build up sufficient capital
http://www.theage.com.au/national/400-stood-down-at-car-parts-factory-20090216-899p.html400 stood down at car parts factory.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25066071-5005961,00.htmlMORE than 300 jobs will be lost when the world's largest nickel producer, Russia's Norilsk Nickel, suspends its two nickel operations in Western Australia.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25071807-5005961,00.htmlCALIFORNIA, which is on the brink of running out of cash, will notify 20,000 state workers today that their jobs may be eliminated, a spokesman for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said.
Next?
Building products and sugar maker CSR Ltd has axed 539 jobs and cut its full year profit guidance by up to 20 per cent owing to a faster than expected deterioration in Australian and New Zealand building markets and a drop in aluminium prices.
Overall it is expected that approximately 300 further positions will be made redundant, some during F09 and others as systems and process change permit
This couldn't possibly happen here, could it?
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25071807-5005961,00.html
Then again.... we ARE in "uncharted" waters.
CALIFORNIA, which is on the brink of running out of cash, will notify 20,000 state workers today that their jobs may be eliminated, a spokesman for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said.
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