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Australian Reader’s Digest has released the results of their annual Trust Survey, which among other things, ranks 40 professions we have most faith in, ahead of those with credibility issues. In Australia we tend to place our faith in the people who save our lives, care for us, protect us, and give back to us. [...]
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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 accounting profession is attracting greater numbers of women, according to statistics released today by Australia’s peak accounting body, CPA Australia. CPA Australia CEO Alex Malley said the ratio of women to men in the accounting profession had moved towards parity over the past decade or so – a trend that was reflected in CPA [...]
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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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With baby boomers cutting back on their hours, marketing industries including PR, event management and journalism, will struggle to fill the void. “The alumni of 2009 and 2010 have large boots to fill as baby boomers start to step aside. As a result employers will be looking for graduates that ‘have it all’ and can [...]
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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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Some executives are climbing to the top of the corporate ladder only to find once they get there, they are unfulfilled. No longer content to spend their entire working lives chasing a bigger salary and the corner office, they are leaving the corporate world behind to take up roles in not for profit organisations. After [...]
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Gillian Larkins, Chief Financial Officer of Westpac Institutional Bank (pictured), features in the second instalment of the CFO Masters Series by specialist recruitment firm, Robert Half. In the video of her interview with Stuart Cameron, Gillian Larkins offers open and honest insights into what it takes to become a leading CFO. She also talks about [...]
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Specialist recruitment firm Robert Half has launched the CFO Masters Series; an online video series that features personal and professional insights from some of Australia’s leading Chief Financial Officers. The CFO Masters Series, featuring CFOs from Colonial First State bank, CSIRO, Procter & Gamble, Qantas, Westpac and more, gives viewers practical career advice and insights [...]
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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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