Is sex appeal as important as brains in the workplace?

eroticcapital

Dr Catherine Hakim from the London School of Economics, caused quite a stir recently when she presented a new theory of Erotic Capital in the European Sociological Review. According to Hakim, who is an outspoken critic of feminist theory, the six elements of erotic capital: beauty, sexual attractiveness, social skills, liveliness, presentation, and sexuality, have [...]

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Fall Back in Love with Your Job

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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Employers will not hire mature workers

Hi There, I always enjoy the AWO magazine and feel it offers intelligent articles for intelligent women,and I thank you.On reading the articles on jobs and vacancies I wanted to make this comment… The government in its wisdom has raised the retirement age, I am retired already so it does not affect me. However, I [...]

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How to work the office Christmas party to get ahead

While the office Christmas party is the time of the year when companies keep their promise of making work fun, the mix of Baby Boomers, Gen X and Y can create a formula for disaster for young up-and-comers, says a leading authority on Gen Y. For the young and ambitious, the office Christmas party provides [...]

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Australians leading the way in a return to Global Financial Optimism

As we emerge from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) relatively unscathed, Australians are looking differently at life and leading the way in a return to Global Financial Optimism (GFO). An international study commissioned by American Express, has shed some light on this trend and identifies the rise of the ‘Potentialists’, a resilient group who are [...]

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Australia’s Women Friendly Workplaces 2009

Australia’s outstanding organisations for supporting women at work have been shortlisted in the lead-up to the 2009 Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) Annual Business Achievement Awards (BAAs). The EOWA’s Business Achievement Awards recognises those organisations that provide excellent workplace initiatives and conditions, as well as individual leaders who are setting the [...]

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Adjusting to a New Boss

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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Where to from here for Today’s Working Mother

On Budget night women’s groups applauded the Rudd Government’s decision to introduce a paid parental leave scheme. It was an historic victory thirty years in the making and yet, the announcement barely registered with an electorate more concerned about the government’s decision to increase the retirement age to 67 years in order to pay for [...]

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Bullying and Sexual Harrassment in the Workplace

According to the latest CareerOne.com.au survey, Australians being bullied and sexually harassed in the workplace are not reporting the incidents because they fear ruining their career. Of the 788 respondents surveyed, 62 per cent had been bullied and 29 per cent had been sexually harassed. Most of the respondents who had been bullied (59 per [...]

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Give your career a boost with personal branding

Where does your Personal Brand begin and your Employer’s Brand end? “Some traditionalist bosses see the Brand You notion as institutionalized disloyalty. In my opinion, nothing could be further from the truth. Brand You is about people profoundly committed to personal growth — and it goes without saying [I think] that people committed to growth [...]

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