Article here in The Age Australians ‘working longest hours’ October 29, 2008 – 10:11AM Australians work some of the longest working hours in the developed world, a study has found. About one in five Australians, or two million people, work more than 50 hours a week, the University of Sydney study shows. The study tracked [...]

I’m thrilled to announce that three nominations for a Toast of the Resume Industry award (TORI) announced earlier in the year, resulted in a second place for Best Career Re-entry Resume and a third place in the Best Technical Resume category. This now means that I have won TORI awards for eight consecutive years–the first [...]

Press Release: LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER RECOGNISED WITH INAUGURAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Gayle Howard, Founder and Managing Director of Top Margin Career Marketing Group of Services, was recognised for her contributions to the careers industry with a Master Career Professional Lifetime Achievement Award from Career Directors International (CDI). Recognition of this calibre denotes Mrs Howard’s commitment [...]

This article is referenced in my video chat with you today. Quotation from the article: Tactics your CEOs are considering and how to help CEOs tell Gartner they cannot write off assets fast enough — debts that won’t recover, investors who won’t play ball, projects that are not performing, employees. They want to clean financial [...]

Todays Age newspaper takes a fascinating look at whether employers should allow employees to use Facebook in the office. The analysis of the figures is fascinating – as quoted from the article: Some of the major findings were: :: Blockers: 20 per cent of Australian businesses block employee access to the sites. :: Age: Use of social networking sites is [...]

In the Canberra Times today, researchers have shown ties between today’s managers and behaviours found in the animal world.  The research is based on hundreds of interviews with managers and employees in hospitals, but lead researcher Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, from the Institute of Health Innovation, said the findings were true for all industries. He says it [...]