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Lately I wake up at 3.30am and rather than toss and turn I get up and start working. Sometimes I’ll indulge in a cup of coffee while watching Al Jazeera News on ABC 2 or early American breakfast TV on the commercial channels. I’ve decided to just go with it …
New research shows recruiters will spend as little as six seconds looking over a résumé to see if the candidate is a fit for the job on offer. Using eye-tracking technology, 30 recruiters were observed over a 10-week period producing heat maps to represent what they were looking at. Dark …
In the first season of the TV series Game of Thrones heroic Jon Snow, bastard son of Lord Stark, is bitterly disappointed when given the job of “Steward” at the fortress called The Wall. He had expected to become a Ranger and go on patrol to protect the realm from White Walkers …
I met an ex-British army officer who had commanded 100 troops in Iraq during 2003. He said a big part of his role was caring. That might mean arranging elder care for a soldier’s mum or getting Christmas present to children. The army during live conflict is a pretty macho …
I am talking top Annie Gaffney on ABC Radio Sunshine Coast this morning about reports employers are using job ads to warn smokers off from applying to work with them. Now, telling a certain type of job hunter they cannot apply for your job is definitely discriminatory but it will …
Employers with highly engaged people could expect sales and profits six times higher than competitors with average employee engagement. Highly engaged staff will also produce results across customer satisfaction, attraction of key talent, productivity, customer loyalty, turnover and profit that is 20 times higher than in companies with “average” engagement. …
