A lot of people imagine being a magazine editor is all glamour and freebies. Maybe if you work for Vogue or Madison, but not so much on Dynamic Business, sadly! Today, however, has been different. Because today, dear reader, I came back to the office to find a bottle of wine on my desk. This […]
For once, I’m not whingeing. In fact I’m delighted to find out about the appointment of COSBOA’s new CEO, the young politician Jaye Radisich, today. She promises to bring a fresh energy to tackle small business issues and, at such challenging times economically, it couldn’t be a better time to have a politician at the […]
I am a big fan of reality TV and I don’t care who knows it or thinks any less of me, intellectually speaking, as a result. I am a huge fan of The Biggest Loser. I love watching those overweight people giving it their best and slowly but surely, with a lot of hard work, […]
New research by CareerOne.com.au suggests that the conventional two-tier model of active vs. passive job hunters is now out of date. The research, contained in CareerOne’s report Hunting The (Hidden) Hunters – A New Approach To Activating Australia’s Latent Job Hunters, introduces the C1-7 model, a new seven-segment needs-based model. The research has implications for […]
Despite uncertainty about economic conditions, individuals surveyed from higher income households in Australia view 2009 as a good year for investing, according to the Visa Spending Patterns and Perspectives of High Income Households Survey. The majority of respondents appeared to be looking beyond the financial turmoil with 60 percent saying they were likely to set […]
Remote access and support experts LogMeIn, have expanded into Australia and New Zealand with the opening of a Sydney office, the company’s first in Asia Pacific. LogMeIn has seen significant adoption of its remote access solutions in the region and is investing to further support the company’s existing customers and drive new adoption among consumers, […]
Despite the tough economic conditions experienced by many SMEs across the country, Victorian businesses proved resilient in the last quarter of 2008. The state fought off the downward pressures to be one of the best performing states in the NAB SME Survey Australia – December 2008. The latest results show NAB’s business conditions index for […]
Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo will leave the company later this year to return to the United States, it was announced today. Telstra chairman Donald McGauchie said Trujillo and the Board agreed that now was a suitable time for a transition to a new CEO given Telstra’s transformation is well advanced and on track. The Board […]
Sometimes it’s inevitable—you have to deliver bad news in the workplace—but how you do it may make the world of difference. “When you have to deliver bad news to someone, it’s not what you say or what even what you do, but how you say it. The worse the news, the more important it is […]
Analysis of Symantec‘s February intelligence report highlights that although spam dropped by 1.3 percent, levels rose dramatically when spammers tried to cash in on Valentine’s Day and the financial crisis. “February saw the spammers pulling at both the heart and the purse strings with the emphasis on Valentine’s Day and the global recession,” said senior […]
