#Career Path
How mentoring can help you combat industry brain drain and future-proof your business
Have you tried to hire a senior employee lately and have found the talent pool extremely limited? Trying to find senior staff in my industry – interior and architectural design – can be incredibly difficult. The reason for this stems from the GFC. When it hit, many firms in the design community put the brakes […]
Understanding why employees move on
As a recruiter, I am surprised by the number of employers who are caught unawares when one of their staff quits to pursue a new job. There are many reasons why people change jobs but usually it’s because they feel they exhausted all opportunities in their current role, desire more money and/or want a new career path. […]
Should you pursue a career or work jobs?
I’ve been lucky to experience a job and a career in my lifetime. What is the difference between the two and which makes the most sense for you? A chance to trial what works and what doesn’t A job is usually denoted by doing a task over and over again in exchange for money. It […]
$250,000 program to upskill unhappy employees
Australian registered training organisation Upskilled has launched a $250,000 initiative to provide individuals with career help. Upskilled developed the offer after noting survey results showing that more than half of working Australians are unhappy in their careers.
Plan your career path
Happy with your career? Well, 2.2 million working Australians aren’t. In fact, more than half of Australian workers fell into their career path and 64 percent are keeping an eye out for new career opportunities, according to a survey commissioned by Chandler Macleod’s CMyPeople, an online competency assessment system. “Not only does Australia have an […]