Auscorp website and toxic bosses

Auscorp website and toxic bosses

We’ve all had toxic bosses but advice to report an Attila the Hun boss to HR int he story below somewhat problematic, but needed for forms sake. A far more potent combination is seeing a lawyer and combining that advice (legal action) with a news story. The most...
Bots from Lanzhou and Singapore

Bots from Lanzhou and Singapore

If you’re a small business, the chances are you will have been hit by online Bots. They may be generated from Lanzhou and Singapore, which Google says are bots registering on Google Analytics. The recent spikes in traffic are probably inauthentic, non-human...
Why didn’t I hear back from the recruiter?

Why didn’t I hear back from the recruiter?

Give a moment’s silence for recruiters and employers who have to read this stuff in resumes and cover letters. I’m no friend of recruiters but these seems unusually harsh treatment. The examples are from the UK recruiters. Cover Letter “Why should...
Uni boss quits after shocker WFH comment

Uni boss quits after shocker WFH comment

Working from home rights cause the ignorant head of HR at the new merging university in Adelaide to fall on sword. One wonders how many other dragons lurk in HR? Slay them all. Below is from the Daily Mail. A university deputy vice-chancellor has resigned after facing...
Q&A on cover letters

Q&A on cover letters

Keep writing those cover letters and make ’em sing! The Sydney Morning Herald publishes letters from people who have workplace or job hunting questions. A workplace expert answers them. I have included my comments at the bottom in italics. Q. I have been...
AI Bubble keeps inflating as some eye the exits

AI Bubble keeps inflating as some eye the exits

Welcome to the AI Bubble and beware… Two of the most recent investment bubbles were the dot-com bubble in the United States (1996-2000) and the housing bubbles that emerged around 2006 in different countries. Both ended in recession – the former relatively mild,...