Year after year an increasing amount of working holiday visa holders are coming to Australia to live the dream down under! I hate to break the news but realistically the dream does not become a reality until you can secure employment. Sydney is an expensive place to live with accommodation at an all-time […]
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Breaking Bias: How to work with your subconscious to reduce the impact of bias when seeking to hire someone It may be painful to admit, but we are all horribly biased. The reason being they serve us great mental shortcuts saving our brain time, effort and energy, and making it easier for us (more…)
Common interview mistakes & how to avoid them!
Common interview mistakes & how to avoid them! Congratulations, you’ve impressed with your application and landed a job interview. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a first-timer or a seasoned professional, when it comes to job interviews it’s surprisingly easy to trip yourself up. Interviews are often the first chance you get to […]
The neuroscience of change : A practical overview that leaders can apply to improve their leadership. Constant change is ubiquitous across public and private sectors, as is ‘Change fatigue’and the ongoing challenge of ‘trying to do more with less’. And its not going to slow down any time soon! Consequently, resilience to change and change leadership skills (more…)
Got a difficult boss? This may be why.
This week our guest blogger Corrinne Armour talks about difficult bosses Most of my messages are directed towards the leader. Today I am talking to you about the leader you report to – your boss. Do you have a tricky relationship with your boss? While you both come to work to do a good job, […]
How you are perceived as a leader – How to improve those perceptions. The people who work with you and your clients, are assessing you all the time. Everything is important: The dimensions of your face, and how you use it signal your reliability, your trustworthiness, your competence, and the likelihood that you will (more…)
International Womens Day.
International Women’s Day theme is Be Bold for Change. ‘Be Bold for Change’ is a call to both organisations and individuals to help forge a better, more gender inclusive working world. It challenges all of us to become leaders, no matter our gender, to progress gender inclusiveness in our own sphere of […]
Leadership
This week our guest blogger Corrinne Armour talks about Coaching and Leadership Skills. If you finished last year tired, stressed and with a long ‘to-do’ list still outstanding, it might be time to add coaching capabilities to your leadership toolkit. (The people you lead will benefit too!) Here are five things that you may not […]
How to make a successful partnership with a recruiter.
How to make a successful partnership with a recruiter. Nowadays, many permanent or contract roles are handled by recruitment agencies like ours. I am happy to say that recruitment agencies play a strong part in the employment market. Therefore, as I discussed in one my previous blogs, registering with a couple of recruitment agencies needs […]
How to prepare an interview
For any job you want, remember that generally employers want their staff in place yesterday. They want someone who can do the job now. You have one opportunity, to understand the client’s expectations and to pitch yourself for the role. We all know there are uncertainties as to what questions your prospective employer may ask […]