Posted on 09 September 2010. Tags: Career Management
New findings from a global study by Employer Brand International confirm that if you want the best people for your business, you need to focus on who they are, and what they want then trust a general recruitment drive to lure them in. And if you’re after women, you really need to target The findings […]
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Posted on 08 September 2010. Tags: Career Management, Networking
Sometimes the tips to get ahead can be nowhere near as formal as we expect. But this one, about socializing more with your boss and male coworkers is straightforward and easy to action. When you’re one of the few women at a job, it can be challenging to connect with them, especially when they’re in […]
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Posted on 08 September 2010. Tags: Ascend Development Days, Career Management, Management and Leadership
At a recent conference where I spoke with Ged Kearney, the new ACTU president here in Australia, Ged announced how terrified she is and has always been of speaking. This has not stopped her taking on such a major national role with major public profile. Ged went on to explain how, as a little girl […]
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Posted on 07 September 2010. Tags: Career Management
It doesn’t seem like long ago that employers were deploring social networking sites as time wasters, and adding Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to their blocked sites list faster then we could keep in touch then we could add our peers to our online networks. But recruitment firm Robert Half has discovered the employment benefits on […]
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Posted on 03 September 2010. Tags: Career Management, Health Happiness and Wellbeing
Working in the modern world is a stressful endeavour. The day begins with a shriek from our alarms clocks closely followed by the rush to get to work on time and then dealing with staff / colleagues / bosses and the every demanding work load and timelines. But for women these stresses are even more […]
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Posted on 01 September 2010. Tags: Career Management
Now before you give me a serve for posting a blog with this title, consider this: research from Center for Work-Life Policy published by business insider shows that among director level/professional women 15 percent sleep with their bosses and 37 percent get rewarded for it with a promotion or some form of career progression. The […]
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