The Churchill Education Experience

What Dropping My Phone into a Public Toilet Taught Me About Change

How an unfortunate phone drop can change everthing ... 

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NAIDOC & YOU: What’s your Traditional Place Name?

Celebrating NAIDOC week at Churchill Education, and how to find out your traditional place name.

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Evan Szawejko: Rapid Career Advancement with RPL

Former Senior Constable with Queensland Police Service, Evan Szawejko tells the story of the ‘daunting’ process of leaving police, six months of daily job applications and finally being accepted for an auditing and compliance role in the private sector. Evan discusses his rapid career advancement in his new role and wishing he’d known about Recognition of Prior Learning Sooner.

Brett Baddock: Breaking Free of Career Stereotyping

Detective Inspector and Project Director with WA Police Force, Brett Baddock, discusses his career from cadet to detective, and the rewarding challenge of moving into project management. He also talks about career stereotyping and the satisfaction of achieving an advanced diploma through recognition of prior learning.  

Recognising Transferrable Skills Opens Industry Doors

Principal mining investigations officer, Royal Australian Air Force reservist and former Queensland police officer Tracey Pelling, recently turned her extensive career experience into a range of top qualifications through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). In the following story Tracey takes us through her incredible career, her RPL experience, the importance of recognising transferrable skills, asking for what you want and backing yourself.

 

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Top 3 Work Trends & Qualifications for 2021

If 2020 taught us anything, it was that radical, global change is possible. In a few short months the workforce was turned on its head. And we were all forced to change the way we worked and how we ran our businesses. Agility certainly came up trumps as the superpower of last year. So what will 2021 require of us?

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5 Trail Running Lessons for Career Growth

Over the last couple of weeks, I have been listening to some interesting podcast conversations. In interviewing people about their lives, inevitably the conversations have turned to the twists and turns of people’s careers, and the opportunities for the future.

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5 Life Lessons From Our PTSD Psych

Five years ago, Randall began seeing Dr Andrew Khoo, a psychiatrist with a depth of experience in treating patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. We hoped he would be able to help Randall out of a very dark place.

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Luke Allan: The Sky's the Limit with RPL for RAAF

Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) Corporal, Luke Allan recently achieved a Diploma of Project Management and a Diploma of Government through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) after 17 years of service. In the following story Luke discusses planning for the future, shifting priorities, and how his diplomas opened his mind to future career options.

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Stop Gap Jobs

Stop gap jobs are the unsung career heroes. When it comes to navigating transition points in your working life, this is what we have learned.

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