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A shift in the Australian workforce: what you need to know about contingent workers

Hiring Contingent Workers – What You Should Consider According to the Macquarie Dictionary, ‘contingent’ refers to one thing that is dependent for its existence on another thing that is not yet certain. That it’s conditional. When we co...

How to address selection criteria for the job you want

The Professional Touch is Essential for Writing Good Selection Criteria Responses Imagine you have just built your dream home. You planned and planned when talking to the builder about the layout and the aspect, and now the bones of the house are exactly...

Where to Career Transition in Victoria in 2021

Career transition in Victoria to improve employment opportunities Photos and footage of Centrelink queues in March this year will be hard to forget – especially for the thousands of Australians compelled to apply for government fina...

How Parents Can Get Flexible Work in Australia

Many people want to know how to get more flexible work in Australia so they can spend more time with their family. If the start of the new decade has you reflecting on your life, and what matters most to you, you certainly aren’t alone. It’s major ...

Australian Government Job Apps and Websites

A list of all Australian Government Job apps and websites has been compiled for you to assist you search for vacant Public Sector or Government jobs in Australia: AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL PUBLIC SECTOR: Federal Government Jobs - APS Jobs apsjobs.gov.au ...

Unemployed and Need Cash? 5 Places to Look for Quick Paid Work

Finding ourselves unemployed and short on money is a terrifying experience. Yet applying for, and finding, a permanent job can take time. Time that some people just don't feel they have to stay financially afloat. Try not to despair. There are option...

5 Tips From a Career Counsellor to Help You Move Past The Post-Holiday Blues

Returning to work in the New Year can leave a lot of us with the post-holiday blues. Getting used to the routine of early starts, jostling for a seat on public transport and spending long days back at the office doesn’t seem nearly as much fun as our ho...

5 Top Reasons To Change Jobs in 2017

During the Christmas and Summer holidays many people inevitably ask themselves should they change jobs, particularly if they are having strong negative feelings about returning to work in the New Year after their break. Do these thoughts and feelings j...

A Teenager’s First Resume – What To Put In It?

So the school year is ending and competition for those holiday jobs is hotting up. Your teenager is old enough now to search for their own casual or part- time job. Wow, how did that happen, right? So what do you put into your teenager's first resume? ...

Psychometrics and The Axe Murderer!

"Now they are wanting to check I'm not an axe murderer, what should I do?". This was the first sentence in a call from one of our job search clients recently. As it turns out, what the client was really telling us was that they were at the final stages wi...