A Sparkling New Career for a Young Creative

Kat Cadegan began making jewellery at her kitchen table over a decade ago. Her business was expanding which meant the need for accelerated production, while keeping a consistently high standard of work. Kat hired Bronson Rabishaw (above) a recent graduate of a jewellery program for a short time. But with help from the Trust’s Career Internship Program—which provides up to a 50 per cent wage subsidy for emerging professionals over a set time period—Kat was able to extend the three-month period into a year-long internship, that is now a full-time permanent position.

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“The internship program made a tremendous impact on my business, with really tangible results,” Kat says. “It’s allowing my dreams to come true—and his.”