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 […]
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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 […]
Professional Dress Attire in the Office.
‘You never get a second chance to make a great first impression’ Dress better, work better? A number of recent studies suggest that dressing up for work in a suit or blazer could do wonders for an employee’s productivity, whether going into a negotiation, making a sales call or even participating in a […]
Where to find information about work rights when you arrive in Australia.
Australia is a beautiful place to live, work and travel. To work in Australia, you have to apply for and be granted a valid Australian visa with work rights. A number of different temporary or permanent skilled visas are available to apply for. Let’s talk about the 4 most common working visas in Australia: […]
How Important is Team Bonding?
How important is team bonding? We have all heard of the phrase; “There is no ‘I’ in TEAM” and instantly understand its meaning. So what does the word team mean to you? A team can be defined as “A group of people with a full set of complementary skills required to complete a task, job, […]
Customise your resume
3 Ways to Customise your Resume to the Position According to a scientific study, recruiters spend “6 seconds before they make the initial ‘fit or no fit’ decision” (The Ladders, 2012) on candidates. The study analysed recruiter’s decision making behaviour by using a scientific technique called eye tracking. Based on that result […]
Upskilling
Skills you can never have enough! Are you planning a career change? Or perhaps you want to just upskill yourself, upskilling your skill set will definitely help you “Stay on top of your game” As today’s market is so competitive upskilling has its benefits: Keeping up with industry demands, this may be anything from […]