In Australia, the winter months are typically a flurry of activity for jobseekers and recruiters. June 30, the end of the financial year, signals new beginnings. Employers, having put off making hiring decisions until now are typically cashed up and motivated to seek new talent. And, as a handy coincidence, workers are getting itchy feet [...]

Let’s not sugar coat it. Changing careers is not for the fainthearted. You are always competing against people who have strong, progressive experience in your desired job or industry, and often, your competitors will have an established network of influencers at the ready to verify reputations and credentials, and recall praiseworthy career moments. Compounding the [...]

ccording to Albert Einstein, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. Consider John. John has been unemployed for about four months now. He’s had two interviews that came to nothing and has no plan or strategy for moving forward. He keeps sending the same resume [...]

“It’s my age, that’s what it is”, Joan lamented. “I need to come to terms with the fact that I’m just of ‘that age’. No-one wants a person of my age in the workplace!” Joan is wrong. Sure, if she wants to be an actress in a teen comedy, yes that’s probably true. If she [...]

The New Year’s fireworks have heralded a new beginning. For many, it’s the continuation of a long and frustrating job search that carries over from the previous year. For some, decisions have been made to take action and throw off the constraints of a job that now holds little appeal or that failed to live [...]

Every so often, a new batch of job seekers are born. Wet behind the ears and new to the game, their eyes are wide with anticipation, hope and a thirst for knowledge. They need some resources and of course I’ll oblige. Some of these resources cost money, some don’t. Sometimes the things that do cost, [...]