Category: Hiring Advice

Picking a personality to fit

By David Marriott      With such a tight labour market, employers cannot be too picky when it comes to...

The management blues

By Debra Bela You get the VIP car park and the six-figure salary, but life can still suck...

Women make better managers, study says

By Kate Southam New research describes Australia’s senior female executives as more strategic, innovative and more prepared to...

Aggrieved employees hot to trot

Workers left unfulfilled by employers failing to deliver don’t wait – they quit. Wanted: average employee to work...

Handling intrusive job interview questions

By Kate Southam I’ve been shocked by some of the questions potential employers are asking during job interviews....

Intrusive questions again

By Kate Southam People are writing to me again on the topic of "illegal" questions at job interviews....

Protection Against Scams

What is a scam? Occasionally, websites are targeted by people who post illegal ads to extract personal or...

Act fast on funny business in the...

By Rhiannon Elston Taking note of strange incidents or unusual behaviour in the workplace could save a lot...

Nibbling from floor up delivers real change

By David Brewster and Gary Calwell Efforts to improve the modern workplace tend to come in large packages....

Beware resume racism

By Kate Southam Leigh has stumbled across a little discussed problem in Australia – resume racism or at...