 I was really interested in teaching rural because I'm quite young still I think going out straight away would just be awesome to get experience. Being part of the Teach Rural Career Fair is an excellent opportunity to meet graduates who are nearing the end of their degree, whether they've been a third year or fourth year. We can talk to them about the opportunities that are available. What happens when they go rural remote and how they come back here, they get the opportunity to talk about promotional positions, how to do guaranteed placements, permanency, temporary contracts. There's a lot of smiling faces in there and a lot of people are very excited about starting their career. I'm very passionate about having graduates particularly understand that it'd be wonderful to work in the South East or Metro or Far North. Because kids everywhere deserve great teachers and just because the lifestyle on the Sunshine Coast is amazing that doesn't mean that the lifestyle in a rural town isn't just as amazing. You get to build such close and personal relationships with everyone that you get to meet. It's about career progression and how much accelerated that is. After three years I became head of curriculum and then after six years I've become a principal of a small school. My advice for applying for jobs as a teacher is go to these kinds of things, try and meet as many people as you can because the more people you know, your better chances of getting a job. Don't be a warflower. Come out and sell yourself. Get your name out there to every single stall that you want to go to and you will find that you get back far more from those places than you ever possibly imagine. I'm thinking about going to South West Alley Downs as well as Central Queensland. I'm more intrigued about the communities they have there. Yeah everybody was really helpful. I got lots of cards for people to email my resume. I came here on a bit of a spur of the moment. I knew that I wanted to do a rural placement and I thought I'd shop around and see who was out there needing music teachers and someone was, which was really exciting out in Gladstone. I would definitely recommend it to anyone whether you're interested in rural or not. Get amongst it, make the most of it. The seminars are great but make sure you definitely speak to everyone. Even if you're so set on going to one area, get North Queensland to me. Still look at all the other areas because I've been swayed, they all look great.