Adventure
seeking Australians hoping to win one of Tourism Australia's 'Best Jobs
in the World' have less than a month to apply and submit their 30
second video and convince judges why they deserve A$100,000 to land one
of six dream jobs.
The 'Best Jobs in the World'
competition is already proving a big hit with Australians. Australia
currently ranks fifth in terms of worldwide applications for the six
positions with more than 30,000 Australians having so far expressed interest in the six 'best jobs'.
The most popular job amongst Australians is NSW's Chief Funster, closely followed by Queensland's Park Ranger and South Australia's Wildlife Caretaker. Western Australia's Taste Master, Northern Territory's Outback Adventurer and Melbourne's Lifestyle Photographer are not far behind.
Tourism
Australia Managing Director Andrew McEvoy said the response so far from
Australians to the competition had been huge, but urged interested
applicants to continue to apply and to get their video filmed and
submitted before the critical April 10 deadline to avoid missing out.
"We've
already seen some fantastic applications from Australians and, based on
the huge interest we've already received, there's plenty more to come.
We know that many people are taking their time working on their video so
no doubt there'll be a last minute rush.
"Just remember
though, if you want to win it, you've got to be in it. The closing date
is fast approaching and I'd strongly advise people to submit their video
application as soon as possible rather than waiting until the last
day," he said.
Examples of some of the videos submitted for each of the six jobs so far:
Taste Master (Western Australia):
Katie Brown from Grafton (NSW), Australia https://moderation.bestjobs.australia.com/Video.aspx?videoid=2227195598001
Chief Funster (New South Wales):
Tony Tron from Montreal, Canada
https://moderation.bestjobs.australia.com/Video.aspx?videoid=2222188577001
Outback Adventurer (Northern Territory):
Alisa Messeroff from New York, USA
https://moderation.bestjobs.australia.com/Video.aspx?videoid=2224797549001
Wildlife Caretaker (South Australia):
Cesar Termine from France
https://moderation.bestjobs.australia.com/Video.aspx?videoid=2226682418001
Park Ranger (Queensland):
Loic Ney from France
https://moderation.bestjobs.australia.com/Video.aspx?videoid=2237927400001
Lifestyle Photographer (Melbourne, Victoria)
Heber Hanby from Ireland
https://moderation.bestjobs.australia.com/Video.aspx?videoid=2224038123001
Applications
for videos close on 10 April 2013 at 9pm (AEST). After reviewing all of
the entries 150 people will initially be shortlisted. The 25 best
applications for each of the six jobs will be asked to provide
supporting job references, before a shortlist of 18 candidates (three
for each job) will be invited to take part in a final selection process
in Australia in June. The six winners will be officially announced on 21
June 2013.
Applicants should create an entertaining video
explaining in English why they're the best person for the job they're
applying for. Applications can be submitted at
www.australia.com/bestjobs or through www.facebook.com/AustralianWorkingHoliday .
Applicants
will be asked to select the job they wish to apply for and complete a
simple entry form. Once the application is completed they will receive
an e-mail asking them to upload a 30 second video explaining why they
should get the job.
More than 400,000 expressions of
interest have been submitted by more than 220,000 individuals from 196
countries since the global youth campaign was launched on 4 March.
The
'Best Jobs in the World' campaign is supported by Destination NSW,
Tourism Northern Territory, Tourism Victoria, Tourism Western Australia,
Tourism and Events Queensland and South Australian Tourism Commission.
In addition a number of key commercial partners are supporting the
campaign, including Virgin Australia, STA Travel, Citibank, DELL, IKEA,
Sony Music and Monster.com.
For further information contact:
Leo Seaton, Tourism Australia, lseaton@tourism.australia.com or on 0447 463197.
Twitter: www.twitter.com/TourismAus
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