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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...

What is leadership?

Thirty years ago, leadership implied outcomes, management by objectives, fifteen years ago it was about quality management, how to manage intellectual property. Now references are to "imaginative...

Listen, learn and do it!

Businesses must inspire staff: Business leaders will inspire innovation through the way they treat staff every day. The more staff feel supported the more inclined they will be to think of and try...

Developing leaders

Contracted employees perform tasks rathr than work for the enterprise. This can lead to a fundamental breakdown of employee loyalty and a pervasive alienation and cynicism. Junior managers and new...

Industrila relations: Me inc's challenge.

Up tp 1.9 million self-employed Australians are facing changes that will: end contractor's existing minimum pay protections Outlaw restrictions on the numbers of labour-hire contractors companies...

Deloitte works for women

Deloitte is offering an increase in flexible working arrangements for staff, resulting in an increase in the number of employees returning from parental leave (up from 67% in 2004 to 81% in 2005)....

Recruiting talented staff

Employees who choose to stay with a company will tell you its all about cultural fit. Lack of career opportunity was the main reason cited for staff leaving. the market position and reputation of the...