Category Archives: Career choices

career, Career choices, Career Success, Employability, Interview, Leadership, Leadership Insights Series, Michael Josem, Personal Values, Webinar

Leadership Insights Series – Michael Josem, Senior Manager, Game Security Team, PokerStars.com

In the first of our ‘Leadership Insights Series’ Webinars for 2011, Gary Ryan will interview Michael Josem, a successful young professional who has created a highly successful career as a result of playing games!

Michael will share a series of turning points and decisions that enabled him to ‘out’ an online gaming fraud, which created a series of events that resulted in him being offered a job in the field of work associated with playing online poker, a passion of Michael’s that had developed while he was at university. One of these events resulted in Michael being interviewed on the USA 60 Minutes program for his role as an internet security expert in discovering the online fraud which result in over $20Million being returned to players.

With a strong sense of personal values Michael’s role involves ensuring that ‘fraud’ is kept out of the system and that online poker players all have a fair chance for success.

If you have wondered how jobs such as Michael’s are discovered, or how online poker can be driven by an organisation with a strong sense of fairness and integrity, then register for this 30 minute webinar, I’m sure you will find it intriguing.

Michael, in his late 20s will share his story and how his passion now has him setting sail to work from the Isle of Man.

Seats are limited for the exclusive webinar so please register now.

Seats are limited for the exclusive webinar so please register now.

Gary Ryan enables individuals, teams and organisations to matter.
Visit Gary at http://garyryans.com
career, Career choices, Career Success, Gareth Kent, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Insights Series

Leadership Insights Series – Gareth Kent

Gary Ryan interviews Gareth Kent, a 31 year old Director of PRP Geelong. Gareth shares insights from his fascinating journey and in particular how a day spent creating a detailed plan for his future in his early 20s created the impetus for his success. This is a ‘not to be missed’ interview.

More webinars can be accessed by joining the OTM Academy.

Information regarding the OTM Plan For Personal Success program is available here. A new OTM Plan For Personal Success Webinar Series is due for release and will commence in late January and continue into February. You can express your interest in this program here.

Gary Ryan enables individuals, teams and organisations to matter.
Visit Gary at http://garyryans.com
career, Career choices, Employability, High School, Post Secondary Education, Post Secondary Training, students, University

After Year 12, What’s next?

If you or someone you know has just completed Year 12 in Australia and would like to know which career paths are most likely to result in an available job, then you can’t go past the DEEWR New Jobs 2010 Report.

The report includes job projections to 2014/2015 for the following 19 industries, with the most growth expected in declining order:
1. Health Care and Social Assistance (3.3% per annum)
2. Mining (3.3% per annum)
3. Education and Training (2.7% per annum)
4. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (2.6% per annum)
5. Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services (2.4% per annum)
6. Construction (2.4% per annum)
7. Transport, Postal and Warehousing (2.3% per annum)
8. Accommodation and Food Services (2.0% per annum)
9. Information, Media and telecommunication (1.8% per annum)
10. Retail Trade (1.8% per annum)
11. Financial and Insurance Services (1.6% per annum)
12. Administrative and Support Services (1.6% per annum)
13. Arts and Recreation Services (1.5% per annum)
14. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (1.5% per annum)
15. Public Administration and safety (1.3% per annum)
16. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Service (1.3% per annum)
17. Other Services (0.5% per annum)
18. Wholesale Trade (0.5% per annum)
19 Manufacturing (-0.7% per annum)

This information can be vital in terms of the post secondary education/training choices that people make, so it is well worth keeping up to date with the report, which is available here.

It is also important to recognise that qualifications take time to be completed, so looking ahead at what the jobs landscape can be very helpful and important.

Gary Ryan enables individuals, teams and organisations to matter.
Visit Gary at http://garyryans.com