The trials of selection criteria – not for us!

The trials of selection criteria – not for us!

Once upon a time, when dinosaurs ruled the earth, we used to write government and NGO selection criteria. We charged the standard fee of $40.00 per criteria. We didn’t write many in Adelaide because of the price. They were a lot of work and while we had success, I had...
Government program creates a miserable 7300 jobs

Government program creates a miserable 7300 jobs

It’s hard not to be cynical when two million people were thrown out of work or furloughed when the lockdowns hit in 2020 and 2021. Now we find the federal government’s $4 billion employment program only funded a handful of jobs. The JobMaker scheme only managed to...
Careers and a virtuous life

Careers and a virtuous life

This story by Shane Rogers, the Queensland Head of AIG, appeared in the media a while ago. I kept it because it’s a great summary of passion, virtue, respect and pursuing a career. It’s the best piece of career advice I’ve found. “Almost...
Leave a message or send an email

Leave a message or send an email

My background is in recruitment, professional writing, PR and journalism, where professionalism was drummed in to me. We can’t always get to the phone, so when people call and don’t leave a message – some three or four times a day – we won’t call them...
Closed borders drives unemployment down

Closed borders drives unemployment down

Another blog for the boffins who are interested in why Australia’s unemployment is so low. In large part, it’s due to stopping immigration. Obviously, the historic size of the Australian government’s fiscal stimulus and the Reserve Bank’s...
Five timeless transferable skills

Five timeless transferable skills

Technology is replacing many dated aspects of day-to-day work with new opportunities and roles for expanding industries. That’s good news for some and bad for others. It means careers are changing and with them, career changers. Increasingly we are seeing the...