{"id":2025,"date":"2024-09-23T11:20:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T01:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.221:8741\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2025-01-22T15:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T05:30:48","slug":"ebonee-beats-barriers-to-succeed-in-hospitality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/fr\/news\/ebonee-beats-barriers-to-succeed-in-hospitality\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebonee beats barriers to succeed in hospitality"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Barriers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ebonee struggled with mental health barriers and personal trauma experience. She had a limited education after leaving school in Year 8. However, she possessed some hospitality experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Approaching OCTEC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking to find meaningful employment, Ebonee came to <a href=\"https:\/\/transitiontowork.org.au\/\">OCTEC Transition to Work<\/a> (TtW) Parkes. Consultant, Telisha Phillips, began working with Ebonee to understand her barriers and strengths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She found Ebonee to be a friendly and engaging person, qualities that would suit serving customers. Telisha assisted Ebonee to improve her r\u00e9sum\u00e9, as well as providing personal coaching and encouragement.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#00b5ad;color:#00b5ad\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21c73e04f45ea747-768x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2027\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:487px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21c73e04f45ea747-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21c73e04f45ea747-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21c73e04f45ea747-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21c73e04f45ea747-1536x2048.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21c73e04f45ea747-1080x1440.webp 1080w, https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21c73e04f45ea747-1280x1707.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21c73e04f45ea747-980x1307.webp 980w, https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21c73e04f45ea747-480x640.webp 480w, https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21c73e04f45ea747-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#00b5ad;color:#00b5ad\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Securing the ideal job<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a service attendant vacancy came up at Parkes Services Club, Telisha encouraged Ebonee to apply. Through the tailored pre-employment support, she was successful in securing the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/fr\/services\/transition-to-work\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/services\/transition-to-work\/\">OCTEC<\/a> also provided assistance including access to relevant training courses, licensing, and the purchase of work wear.<br><br>Two months into her new role, Ebonee&#8217;s employer had nothing but compliments about her performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;font-size:clamp(15.747px, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.645), 24px);\"><blockquote><p><em>\u201cEbonee has been with us at the club for two months now, and she has exceeded all expectations. She is a great listener, a fast learner, and is willing to give anything a go. She is kind and courteous to patrons, which really upholds our beliefs and standards at the Club. It is a pleasure to have Ebonee as a part of our team, and it is a pleasure to work with OCTEC.\u201d<\/em><\/p><cite>General Manager, Parkes Services Club<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aged 15 to 24 and not in employment or education?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/transitiontowork.org.au\/contact\/\">Contact OCTEC Transition to Work (TtW) today!<\/a>&nbsp;Our team is ready to help you gain skills, explore job opportunities, and connect with educational programs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCTEC Transition to Work supported Ebonee, who overcame personal challenges to succeed in her new hospitality role. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2640,"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions\/2640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}