Useful Articles
Employees: The Great Resignation
Have you heard about the ‘Great Resignation’? As an employee you may be part of this global trend without knowing it. If you’ve spent serious time during COVID-19 re-evaluating your life, your career [...]
Why tailored resumes are best dressed
You’ve put blood, sweat and tears into developing a cracker resume. Now you can fire it out for multiple positions to score an interview, right? Wrong. A generic resume is a fantastic foundation, but [...]
Networking: Worth the time and effort?
Connections can be worth their weight in gold in business, and for your career. We’ve all heard the saying “It’s not what you know. It’s who you know.” But what’s the best way to establish connections [...]
Guide to government security clearances
When thinking about career opportunities in the public service it’s important to get your head wrapped around security clearances. You no doubt have loads of questions about the subject, especially if [...]
Three skills to polish on your resume
Before you press the ‘send’ button to send your resume for a position you really want, take a moment to review it for three skills that SEEK says are important to employers. If you’ve already featured [...]
Employers: Inappropriate interview questions
You’re preparing to interview candidates and want to dig deep to hire the best. You might want to ask personal questions that will make or break your decision on who to hire. Here’s the thing. As an e [...]
22 top interview questions: Update
You’re heading to a job interview because you want to be selected for the job, right? Well, some time ago, the recruitment experts at face2face pulled together the top 22 questions candidates are freq [...]
Love your job but hate your boss?
The latest Australia Talks, one of the nation’s biggest social surveys, uncovered that 1 out of 10 of us don’t like our boss. We might adore our work but struggle with our ‘boss relationship’. The iss [...]
Does your LinkedIn profile shine?
It’s an opportunity to make a great first impression. We’re talking about your LinkedIn profile. But does your profile have what it takes to make you stand out? Is it stale? Out-of-date? Lacking polis [...]
Explore the world of squiggly careers
As recruiters we’ve seen chops and changes in the directions career paths take over the years. It used to be that, as an employee, you started on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder. As you gained [...]
How to handle a micromanaging boss
Every day you rock into work knowing your micromanaging boss will stand over your shoulder, watch your every move and question everything you do. It’s affecting your happiness. You know you’re profess [...]
Stand-out skills every admin pro needs
In many ways administrative professionals make the work world go round. They’re pivotal in supporting teams and keeping organisations on track. Every major organisation relies on administrative profes [...]
Employers: Delivering bad recruitment news
Recruiting is an important and expensive endeavour for any organisation, whether public, private or not-for-profit. You therefore need to get it right, and that includes the conversations you’ll need [...]
Job offer: Do you automatically accept?
You aced the interview and get the call. You’ve been offered the role. Do you accept in on the spot? While you might feel obliged to do so, you don’t have to accept the offer right away (or, indeed, a [...]
Scored an interview? Steps for staying calm
It’s normal to get a bad case of the jitters when it comes to being interviewed, especially if the interview is for a position you really, really want. So how do you achieve a state of calm before you [...]
The thinking behind an important interview q
Icebreaker questions are used in interviews to, well, break the ice. Many, however, think they’re only designed to help interviewees settle and help interviewers get in the groove. Often there’s more [...]
Top tips for keeping your top talent
Suzanne is a top employee. She’s motivated, proactive and efficient. She’s also a great team player who loves working for your organisation. So, what do you do when Suzanne approaches you for a well-d [...]
Handling moonlighting or a side hustle
Whether you call it ‘moonlighting’ or a ‘side hustle’, taking on a second job has its pros and cons. While the gig economy is growing and many are eager to gain greater economic stability and freedom [...]
Employers: Top ways to motivate employees
As managers it’s essential to motivate staff, but what’s the best way? Motivating employees can be challenging when the going gets tough with heavy workloads, shifting priorities, changing environment [...]
How to flag issues in the workplace
Workplaces have employees and/or contractors with diverse personality types, wants, needs, concerns and drivers. It’s inevitable that issues will arise from time to time. If you’re facing an issue in [...]
How to ask for more responsibility at work
You’re keen to advance your skills, seize opportunities and show you’re a self-starter who takes career development seriously. If you just sit back and wait to be given new responsibilities, however, [...]
Cyber security: Not just for IT experts
The Australian Government’s Information Technology (IT) sector is buzzing. The sector will experience massive growth in the next decade and that means jobs, jobs, jobs. But are all those jobs just for [...]
How to climb the career ladder
Career progression is important to many. Reasons vary. You might want to be stimulated through greater responsibility. You may want to make a big impact on the world. Or perhaps you want to earn more [...]
Employers: Reasons to care about culture add
It’s time to bid farewell to cultural fit. This argument is presented in a Lead with indeed article by author LaFawn Davis, Group Vice President of Environmental, Social and Governance at Indeed. Wait [...]
Eight skills employers look for
Although some of us have returned to the office, some of us are still working from home. No matter where you’re performing your duties, you’ll know that COVID-19 has impacted on the nature of the work [...]