Jasmine - Work experience is important In her work experience with NOVA Transition at Liverpool, Jasmin enjoyed administration tasks the best, such as scanning, typing and using the computer. So when it came to narrowing down her job choices, admin was her first choice. She had also completed work experience in hospitality, childcare and retail.Now she works full-time two days’ per week in the office of a doctor’s surgery, and couldn’t be happier. She enjoys the…

Jerome - Five years in the job: it's all good! It wasn’t hard to identify administration as the right career choice for Jerome. Although he’d also done work experience in retail, administration and hospitality, administrative tasks were what he enjoyed most.After graduating from St Marys NOVA Transition in late 2011, Jerome started an administration traineeship at Doors Plus. Five years later, he’s still there, working weekdays from 9am to 1pm. He and his employer couldn’t be happier.Early on, Jerome’s main task was…

Jenna - Work placement leads to employment After just two months in NOVA’s Blacktown Transition program, Jenna’s employment goals were to work in a library or administration. So, towards the end of the program, NOVA’s Work Placement Team started looking for work experience in this area on her behalf. For three years now, Jenna has been employed with Blacktown Women’s Health Centre as Office Administration Assistant.Her administration skills have been developing through a traineeship such that she now…

Hayden - Growing in more ways than one Hayden learnt about NOVA Employment on the radio, so decided to go along to a Pathways to Employment event in Bankstown to see what they could do for him. He enrolled with Bankstown NOVA Transition, and the rest is history! The 19-year-old from Potts Hill now works near home as an administration assistant for the Quest Realty Group.His manager, Dean Stojanovski, says Hayden’s quality of work is equivalent to that of…

Jordan - NOVA prepares him for the world of work Jordan was so ready for work at the beginning of his second year at NOVA Transition that he was placed into a full-time office-administration position in May. NOVA ensures that young people with disability get all the time they need to become work ready. We don’t hold you back and we don’t rush you. Job coaches get to know trainees well enough to help you decide when…

Riley - A valued staff member ‘I just felt amazed that they would accept me,’ said Riley about being offered a job at Snap Printing. Clearly, Riley was more valuable than he had imagined: in fact, his boss, Peter, had created a position so that he could stay on at the business after completing work experience there.‘Riley is very good at routine, and once he knows the routine he sticks to it pretty well. For example, every…