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When Europeans first settled in Australia 42% of their life was devoted to work and only 23% devoted to leisure activities. By 1988 the mix was nearly reversed with 23% work and 38 % leisure....

Maintain Enthusiasm

Research shows that a manager's behaviour can have a profound effect in contributing to this problem. Changing a manager's attitude and behaviour towards his staff should fix this problem....

High-Tech Laggards

Australia is falling behind in what academics from the University of Queensland say are basic requirements of a thriving science and technology base. This will eventually limit future economic...

Graduate Destination Survey

Graduate employment opportunities have grown over recent years according to Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) Graduate Destination Survey statistics. Within four months of completing their studies,...

Different Ambition

Most professional women want training, coaching, flexibility and mentoring. In fact coming to terms with what women want as opposed to what their male managers want is a huge problem for most male...

HR Innovation

The above mentioned is the view expressed from Deloitte's national partner Alec Bashinsky. He has saved the company over $1.2 million under the new staff recruitment program alone. He believes that...

Doing it their way

BRW's search for Australia's most promising entrepreneurs proved to be an easy task for the males, however, when trying to locate a female who was 25 and earning in excess of $1million a year proved...

The New Wave

A recent survey produced some interesting figures in that 10% of people under the age of 28 have started their own business and 51% are considering that it is a genuine career option. Many...

Skills shortages mean jobs for graduates

The greatest areas of growth are in Sales, Marketing and Retail (17%) along with Engineering and Mining (15%). Multimedia remain static and there was minimal growth in the management consulting area....

Quality and Quantity of Work

What does this mean? Jeffrey Salzman, chief executive of Sirota Intelligence, said findings showed most workers did not want just to "get by" in their jobs. "Most people come to work enthusiastic...