Felicity became interested in HR around the time she was studying at university. She saw a diploma as the perfect practical-based qualification to getting a job. Currently studying a Diploma of Human Resources Management (BSB50615), Felicity is looking for a direct path to employment.

 A study from the University of Sydney’s workplace research centre says “The average working week in Australia among full time employees is 44 hours. And one in five Australians work more than 50 hours a week,”

Having suitable experience to get your first job can be tricky. It’s your first job so what experience can you list on your resume?! And references? What are they? It turns out work experience isn’t the only thing employers are looking for, especially for entry-level jobs. After all those doing the hiring were once out there trying to get their first job too.

We will help you to create an entry level resume, in other words, a resume for the first job with no experience. Yes, is possible to create the perfect resume without experience.

1. If you can show you are responsible or considerate of others - your skills are in high demand!

Even better, using this strategy your experience and skills will be laid out in an easy to follow format for the person reading your resume and doing the hiring. Make sure you have your contact details on your resume on every page – in the header or footer is fine.

Also, it might be time to ditch the cute/not so cute pokemonman890@hotmail.com email address. The time for a grown up email address is now: johnsmith@gmail.com.

It should come as no surprise that more and more recruiters are using LinkedIn to search for potential candidates. Firstly it's free rather than having to pay to post on a job board. Recruiters can also search for candidates who are using LinkedIn to find a job, using keyword searches that relate to the skills they need.

Here are some personal brand tips that will help you!

You’d have to be a Diglet - under a rock, that is - to have completely missed what the whole world is currently consumed by. A franchise that started as a game on Nintendo’s Game Boy and as a TV series in the mid-1990s, the latest entry in the Pokémon franchise has caught on even more aggressively than the cards did in primary school. Pokémon Go, a game app released last week on mobile platforms, has shot to the top of the app charts, is flooding Facebook, and become everyone’s new obsession. You don’t have to go far to hear the familiar theme music piping out of someone’s phone on the street or see groups of people of all ages out at night walking around trying to nab themselves some Pokémon.

By Jay Paul - MCI Institute Mentor

Congratulations, you've got a job interview! That is, you found the job, you wrote the cover letter, you addressed the criteria, you made sure your resume was best practice, in a word doc and in a generic layout and font, you have the right experience in a similar business and you managed to get lucky enough to get an interview invite.

We are extremely happy and excited to announce that we have undergone a transformation...as you might have noticed we have rebranded!

Choosing to leave high school in year 10, Bobi knew what he wanted to do would mean learning practical skills elsewhere. Enrolled in a Diploma of Project Management (BSB51415), Bobi's hoping to be equipped to open his own construction business.

Dusko has undertaken a Diploma of Project Management (BSB51415) to compliment his university degree. Because of online education's flexibility, he's able to work, study at uni, and study with MCI Institute at the same time.

We sat down with Kenny a while back to talk to him about his experience as an MCI student. We didn't expect to capture an inspirational story of self-improvement that had education at its centre.