Video transcript

Deborah Uwimbabazi - Customer Service Consultant, ANZ

My name is Deborah Uwimbabazi.

I was born in Congo.

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I came to Australia in 2016.

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Finding work here can be a bit stressful.

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You’re applying for different jobs and get knocked down, and they say, “No we don’t have anything.”

And at the end of the day you feel discouraged.

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You don’t know exactly what’s going to happen tomorrow.

Melanie Smith - Service Team Leader, ANZ

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We’ve got three employees who came through one of the programs called Given The Chance that we do in partnership with Brotherhood of St Laurence and Jobs Victoria.

Deborah was recruited through the Brotherhood for about a year.

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She was just really energetic and she interviewed really well.

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They told me that they are hiring so you can bring up your resumes for the bank.

I started hesitating because I was like I don’t have any experience, look at me I’ve been having interviews every day and it’s not promising.

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A lot of our recruits don’t have any banking background or they haven’t studied finance or anything like that, so she came having no banking experience.

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They just want you as you, who you are, just be honest, be yourself.

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Through dedicated coaching, through myself and other coaches, we were able to get her up to speed to where she needed to be.

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The first couple of months was really challenging.

I knew nothing about banking.

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Even though it was challenging I had really huge support.

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They supported me in every way and they make sure that I’m on the level with other consultants.

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They learn a bit about all of the systems and all of the processes and products that we have, and then they go off and do bigger and better things.

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We recently made her permanent through ANZ.

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Where I am today, they invested in me a lot.

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Things can turn around in just a minute.

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Believe in yourself, don’t hesitate to ask because that’s where you get those opportunities.

[Looking for work? We can help. Visit jobs.vic.gov.au for information and support.

[Jobs Victoria / Working for all Victorians]

[Victoria State Government - Speaker:  Authorised by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne]

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