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Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Top recruiter slams young workers over their unrealistic salary expectations
A top job recruiter has dished out some blunt advice for young Aussie graduates complaining about their lower-than-expected salaries. Tammie Christofis Ballis, a career coach at Realistic Careers has noticed a rise in university leavers disillusioned with their job offers. She has heard salary grumbles from those on a $65,000-$100,000 pay packet in their first job straight out of uni. Ms Ballis acknowledged that the current jobs market is tough but believes graduates need to be cut down to size. 'I get a lot of uni grads that are whinging that their wages are really low,' she said in a recent video shared on TikTok. 'And, if that's you, I want you to understand that you're at the beginning of your career. You haven't got any experience or anything to offer. 'You are on those low wages because you are getting trained for your profession.' The recruiter offered graduates a different perspective. 'I know it's tough, but you're on the way,' Ms Ballis said. 'You've (got) a job – so many other grads can't get jobs at the moment. 'So you've got your foot in the door, you can start now by learning as much as you can and then going to the next job to get a better pay ... so don't beat yourself up.' However, some viewers didn't agree with her blunt advice and said it's fair for them to complain after slogging their way through uni. 'They have every single right to do so because it's the truth,' one man said 'Twenty-five years ago, as a grad, my wage was high enough to service a home loan and during uni I was able to save enough for a deposit with my part-time job. 'That is not achievable today.' Another added: 'But they still need to pay housing food utilities? And wages can't cover the cost of living, that's why they're upset about being underpaid. 'They can't work to survive, let alone live.' A woman wrote: 'I understand what you're saying but honestly the degree is meant to be the training component. 'It's a kick in the guts you do 4 years then it's another 2 years on top of that until you're 5 years in deep.' Ms Ballis said not all industries were the same, but feared students had come to expect a 'rich lifestyle' after tertiary education. 'It's not for all industries. Kids get sucked into marketing and the cultural norm of having a high-paying rich life from going to Uni when in reality it's not like that (and) never was.' Ms Ballis previously told Daily Mail Australia 'when there's a financial crisis there are recruitment freezes.' 'And anyone who leaves, they won't replace and we are seeing this at the moment.' The he cost of living crisis has made people look for higher-paid positions and second and third jobs to get by, making the employment market even more cut-throat. 'The more entry-level the job, the higher the applications,' she said. 'We normally see about 100 people wanting a job but now it is up to 500 people.'
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Recruiter's message to university graduates ‘whinging' about salaries
A well-known recruiter has offered some blunt advice to young Aussies who are feeling disillusioned with the job offers they are receiving straight out of university. Tammie Christofis Ballis, specialist recruiter and career coach at Realistic Careers, has gained a following online by providing practical advice to young professionals. In a recent video to TikTok, Ms Ballis revealed she has noticed a rise in people complaining about the salaries they are being offered after obtaining a university degree. 'I get a lot of uni grads that are whinging that their wages are really low,' she said. 'And, if that's you, I want you to understand that you're at the beginning of your career. You haven't got any experience or anything to offer. 'You are on those low wages because you are getting trained for your profession.' The Sydney-based recruiter said, while she understands it is tough, getting a job in this market is an achievement in itself, as there are many graduates who are struggling to even get a foot in the door. Speaking to Ms Ballis said she has heard graduates complaining about salaries anywhere from $65,000 up to $100,000. She believes many graduates are simply 'not prepared' when they enter the workforce as there is a 'misconception' that they will be earning a massive salary purely for completing a university degree. 'But that is not the case,' Ms Ballis said. 'They are literally starting from the bottom as they have no work experience. They don't understand that employers pay for expertise and experience and graduates don't have that yet.' The recruiter's video instantly struck a nerve with some people, with many rushing to the comment section to defend their salary views. One commenter claimed all graduates want is the same amount their parents and Baby Boomers were given, 'real wages, not p*ss poor excuses like this'. Another claimed that the degree is meant to be 'the training component', adding it is a 'kick in the guts' to get into the workforce and realise you still need more experience to secure the salary you want. 'But they still need to pay housing food utilities? And wages can't cover the cost of living, that's why they're upset about being underpaid. They can't work to survive, let alone live,' another claimed. One added: 'They definitively lied to us when they were getting us to enrol.' However, there were those who agreed with Ms Ballis' assessment, sharing their own experiences of when they first entered the workforce. 'My entry level job was $58k and now I've gone up by $20k in two years, I used to be so sad about it but your right! And it has gone up with my experience,' one person wrote. Another said: 'What baffles me is I hear people whinging over $75k being 'low' and like while it's low in your profession, $37 an hour is not low in the real world.' Alongside the rising cost of living, Ms Ballis believes seeing other graduates complaining on social media and misconceptions around university degrees are contributing to young people being disappointed with their compensation. 'I also believe they're being sold a dream at university that isn't true. The tutors and lecturers aren't preparing them for the real world in the workforce,' she said. 'University isn't the key to a successful, high paying and easy life. You have to put the work in even if you have a degree.' Ms Ballis believes younger people should get experience in the workforce before deciding whether they want to go to university. 'Going to university first often means they have a rude awakening in the job market and many don't end up using their degrees anyway,' she said. The recruiter noted that some industries are harder than others for graduates to break into at the moment. Those with business and commerce degrees may be finding it more difficult, with Ms Ballis saying there are many businesses that are opting to hire experienced staff over graduates as they don't have the money or capacity to train younger employees right now. In her opinion, there has also been a shift in the way younger generations approach work, claiming they are more focused on work-life balance and don't want to put in the extra hours to learn. 'The ones who go above and beyond will go far,' Ms Ballis said.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Work warning over ‘dodgy' resume detail as Aussies caught in blatant lies
Aussie job seekers are being warned against putting fake references on their resumes as they can be 'quickly' found out and "blacklisted or red flagged'. A huge number of Aussie workers have admitted to lying on their resumes, and there can be major consequences if they are caught out. Realistic Careers career coach Tammie Ballis said recruiters could '100 per cent' tell when job seekers had put forward fake reference checks. During one of her recent live Q&A sessions on TikTok, she told job seekers that recruiters used online reference checking systems like Xref and Referoo. She said this allowed recruiters to 'very quickly work out if it was fake'. RELATED Major 'roadblock' to Australia ushering in a four-day work week revealed: 'Always difficult' Cafe owner hits back at customer's wild public holiday surcharge threat: 'Scum of the earth' ATO money moves to maximise 2025 tax return: 'Act now' 'This is what happens with technology and being online. It opens up the door to fraud,' Ballis said. 'So, just taking a reference over the phone or whether it's online as verbatim is very silly and very negligent and naive. You need to be doing follow-ups and be doing background checks.' Ballis told Yahoo Finance she'd seen job seekers fill out their own references, pretending to be their boss. 'You can tell because of the IP address,' she said. 'A lot of the time, you can work out whether it's a home address because you can see there's no industrial area there, and they said they worked on site. How is this person filling out a reference at 3 o'clock in the morning? 'They don't understand that we can verify information. So if someone's declared that they are who they say they are, we go and ring payroll, we do LinkedIn checks, online checks. 'If they can't prove the reference check is the person, a lot of the time they've lied.' A recent survey of 1,003 Aussies by Tapt found 33 per cent of Aussies had lied during the job search process. The most common lie was about why they had left their previous employer, their employment dates and previous duties. About 2.2 per cent admitted to giving fake references. A separate survey of 1,001 Aussies by StandOut Resume found 42 per cent had lied in a job application or interview, with 19 per cent of people lying more than once. The resume advice site claimed it could pay to lie, with job applicants who fudged the truth earning $15,000 more on average than those who told the truth. Ballis said she got questions from job seekers all the time asking if they could 'embellish' their resume. 'You can do whatever you like but if you're going to lie, you have to be prepared to be questioned," she said. "If they can tell that you've lied, you get blacklisted or red-flagged.' Ballis said people needed to be careful if they were trying to be "dodgy" on their reference checks and said it could show poor integrity.
