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Macquarie University’s Women, Management and Work Conference, on 29-30 July 2010, will be a place to canvas solutions to increasing the number of women elected to parliament, appointed to boards and senior management positions and achieving salary equity. Leading women speakers will be discussing equal opportunity in the workplace and strategies to achieve higher levels [...]
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The WITEM (Women in IT Executive Mentoring) program was created because female representation within the Australian IT industry continues to decline. The aim of the program is to accelerate the development of leadership skills of women within the IT industry and IT profession. Mentors are CEOs, CIOs and CTOs from amongst Australia’s leading government departments, [...]
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The word ‘love’ is not a word most of us associate with ‘work’, as work is about function, purpose and necessity, while love is a blissful emotion associated with immense happiness. But like the personal relationships we have in our lives, our relationship with our job can often present the same challenges and play the [...]
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As those who struggled in 2009 emerge from the doom and gloom of the global financial crisis, the Christmas period proved to be the perfect solution to shake off the negativity of the past 12 months. Traditionally a time for relaxation and rejuvenation, the holiday season provided recession-weary workers the chance to unwind, recover and [...]
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In what could be a further sign of Australia’s economic recovery, the number of employees applying for jobs in other organisations has jumped dramatically during the past six months. It’s been a tough year for recruitment agencies. Those who were barely hanging on before the economic downturn, were forced to close their doors at the [...]
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In job interviews: Do you talk too much, too little or say just the right amount to land you the job? Do you say the right things to the most appropriate people or shoot yourself in the foot? What you say and who you share it with during the job interview process can work for [...]
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Women Media Networks (WMN) is a new not-for-profit media organization that is creating a regional network to empower women and help them realize their full potential. WMN will launch in the Asia-Pacific region with a breakfast event on Tuesday 3rd November 2009 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Hong Kong. The event, held in conjunction [...]
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Six Figures, the Executive Job site for $100K+ jobs and talent jobs across all industries and professions, has launched a new website design and expanded the offering to include Executive Jobs, News and Services. Due to growing demand by high salary earners for more specific career and industry related content, Six Figures is meeting demand [...]
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The market is changing, many companies are reassessing headcount and as a result we’ve seen mass redundancies in recent months. With redundancy comes opportunity, many professionals will secure new work and will need to learn once again how to shine as the ‘new recruit’. James Nicholson, Managing Director of Robert Walters Australia offers some advice [...]
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Respect can never be underestimated as it is a value many of us hold dear; respect for our information, privacy, views, time, and so on. Yet one area that I increasingly hear about is a dearth of respect in and around both recruitment and redundancy. Respect as defined by Wikipedia: ‘Respect is esteem for, or [...]
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