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 andMelbourne’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 10 April 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, New South Wales
Chief Funster (New South Wales):
Tony Tron from Montreal, Canada
Outback Adventurer (Northern Territory):
Alisa Messeroff from New York, USA
Wildlife Caretaker (South Australia):
Cesar Termine from France
Park Ranger (Queensland):
Loic Ney from France
Lifestyle Photographer (Melbourne, Victoria):
Heber Hanby from Ireland
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.
