Category: Employee Performance

Overhaul for vocational education and training

By Cecily Anna-Bennett Australia’s  vocational education and training system will undergo significant reforms in order to raise productivity...

Budget aims to lift skills, participation

By Kate Southam The Federal Budget has allocated $3 billion to boost workforce participation rates and skill levels...

Women key to workforce strategies

The Diversity Council of Australia claims women are the key to over coming worker shortages and underemployment. Nareen...

Bad managers adding to skills shortage

Poor management is threatening the retention of skilled staff, according to research by specialist finance recruitment firm Robert...

Top five sectors for jobs

By Kate Southam The child care sector, veterinary services, “integrated” logistics, the health sector and the finance sector...

Hockey calls for new IR debate

By Samantha Maiden     Unfair dismissal laws for small business and prescriptive rules on minimum hours of work...

Employers promoting women: EOWA

The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency has released its 2010 Census report on the number...

Employers still blind to female talent

By Kate Southam Australian companies are still dragging the chain when it comes to identifying suitable women to...

Annual feedback reviews 'outdated'

By Fran Metcalf As the annual task of performance reviews comes to a close for another year, workplace...

Top tips for conducting performance reviews

Effective leaders can relate to their staff while keeping an eye on the future. Here are our top...