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Australia's Great Brain Gain

The biggest potential difference migrants can make to the economy is is by adding to the nation's productivity. This is the view expressed by Chris Richardson, Director of Acess Economics, in a...

Teacher Recruitment in 2006

Representatives from Essential Personnel presented an information session to Education students on Monday, November 7 at the Bundoora campus. Essential Personnel is an agency which manages casual...

Regional charms of accounting firms

In the country, accountants take a very hands on approach. they are part of the family. Molloy, Orr and Ronan, based in Ballarat offer extended hours given that the working day starts early in rural...

CA Achievers 2005

La Trobe University students have again been successful in selection as CA Achievers, which means that five first year accounting students (3 from the Shepparton and Bendigo campuses) will be working...

Graduates working overseas

Fifty-nine percent of APESMA members surveyed in May indicated an intention to work overseas in the next five yeras.Envronmental engineering graduates topped the list at 74% whereas electronic...

Start me up

Graduates entering the job market fot the first time need to ask themselves two big questions: what is their career plan, and what constitutes a good employer? Each orgainsation has its own unique...

Retention of staff

Trends that will develop: Fewer workers and reliance on a more diverse talent pool will challenge the structure of organisations Innovative ways will be needed to align business objectives with...

The workforce challenge

The task ahead. Managers need to: Understnd the demographic changes that will fundamentally change the labour market. Look at the education, skills and competencies required by business and create a...