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• Reaching for The Brass Ring
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• Yesterday's Hero
• Seven Habits of Highly Successful Job Seekers
• The Not-So-Effective Cover Letter
• Interviewing Like a Pro in Five Easy Steps
• Art of the Interview
• The Behavioral Style Interview
• Now, Do You Have Any Questions?
• Self-Assessment
• Determining Your Skills
• Researching Jobs
• Finding a Job
• Curriculum Vitae
• Difficult Questions
• Executive Resumes
• Functional vs. Chronological
• Power Verbs
• 12 Steps to Resume Writing
• Standard Interview Questions
• Types of Interview

HR Articles

Job market

Unemployment stays at 5.1%
January 12 2006 - Seasonally adjusted, the number of people in employment rose by 2,100 to 10,033,000 in December.

Flexibility

Teleworking in Australia
September 20 2005 - A recent report indicates that almost a third of Australians have experience of telework.

Jobseekers need better support
October 25 2005 - A new report from the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Melbourne Citymission and Hanover Welfare Services concludes that Australia's most disadvantaged job seekers are being given a raw deal under the Federal Government's Personal Support Programme (PSP)

Retail careers are rarely intentional
July 18 2005 - Retail is rarely a first choice of career, with most people who work in retail having 'fallen into it'.

Newspaper Ads Down, Web Ads Down in June
July 7 2005 - Major Metropolitan newspaper job advertisements were down 1.9% in June and internet job advertisements fell by 2.5% according to an ANZ report.

Hidden Unemployment
March 10 2005 - Official unemployment figures continue to hide the real number of people who want to work in Australia, according to a number of agencies.

339 New Work for the Dole Projects
February 18 2005 - Minister for Workforce Participation, Peter Dutton has announced 339 new Work for the Dole projects across Australia offering 3967 places.

Development

Howard Government Skills Crisis Continues
January 27 2005 - An Australian Labor Party statement criticises the Howard Government's handling of the skills crisis.

• Stress in the 21st Century
• eHR and Web-based HR Systems
• The Community Practicing "Enlightened Power"
• Winners Make Their Own Good Luck
• 4 Steps to Cringe-Free Networking
• Work Leaders
• Jobs for the Boys: Men and their Work
• Earning a Crust
• American Sayings: Foreigners' Windows Into US Culture
• Employee Involvement
• Employee Involvement, Employee-Centred Management and Empowerment
• Mergers and Acquisitions - the HR Dimension
• Employee Relations in the Asia Pacific
• Knowledge Management
• Filling the Glass: The Skeptic's Guide to Positive Thinking in Business
• The adult learner - andragogy
• The value of lectures
• Induction - orienting new employees
• The role of the trainer
• Learning Organizations
• The entrepreneur - starting your own business
• Entrepreneurship: Do YOU Have What It Takes?
• Chicken Soup Author's 4 Steps to Massive Success Formula
• Why is HRM increasingly important?
• High Performance Management Systems
• The Harvard Map of HRM
• Stakeholder theory
• Society Must Demand Honesty in Business, Say Entrepreneurs

Employee Relations

IR pincer movement to catch the poor?
October 10 2005 - The Brotherhood of St Laurence today warned that Australia's poorest households were at risk of being caught in a pincer movement between the Federal Government's Industrial Relations changes and its Welfare to Work strategy

Deep divisions over workplace relations changes
September 25 2005 - Australia is deeply divided over changes to workplace relations legislation, according to the September 2005 Sensis® Consumer Report

ACTU - Balancing Work and Family
August 3 2005 - The ACTU says that the Howard Government’s own research report shows its individual contracts (AWAs) are hostile to work and family balance

Unions launch advertising campaign
June 19 2005 - The ACTU and Australian unions have launched an $8 million advertising campaign attacking the Howard Government's industrial relations changes.

Workplace relations poll
June 1 2005 - The ACTU has released a national survey showing that public opinion is against the Federal Government’s plans for radical changes to workplace relations.

Where do we want workplace relations to be in five years time?
February 27 2005 - What did the Minister actually say? Full text of Minister Kevin Andrews' speech.

Qantas overseas
January 18 2005 - Following a number of media articles about relocation of Qantas jobs overseas, the company confirmed that it was reviewing opportunities to source some jobs, products and services overseas.

General HR

Australia and New Zealand's Best Employers
September 10 2005 - Hewitt Associates, the global HR services firm, has revealed its 2005 Hewitt Best Employers in Australia and New Zealand results. The study is jointly managed by Hewitt Associates, The Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) and AFR BOSS magazine.

Women are more satisfied with their jobs
July 25 2005 - Recent research in Australia and New Zeakand by Human Synergistics, a specialist NZ leadership and culture company, shows that men tend to be more dissatisfied at work.

New South Wales - Legislation on employee surveillance
May 5 2005 - The Workplace Surveillance Bill was introduced in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. It will make it an offence for employers to engage in covert surveillance of emails and website access or the use of tracking devices without a court order.

Employers in fantasy land
April 27 2005 - 80% of Australian businesses believe they are seen as great employers offering positive and rewarding workplace environments. But 63% of job seekers say that employers are ‘not delivering’ on expectations.

Employee Expectations
April 5 2005 - Organisations are ill-prepared for Generation Y employees

Diversity

Work a major source of self-esteem for people with disabilities
May 17 - Welcoming Federal Government’s intention to encourage people with disabilities to join the workforce, the Australian Psychological Society warned that long-term support is needed to ensure this change does not become a repeat of deinstitutionalisation.

Rewards

ACTU attacks Federal Government plan to scrap annual minimum wage case
April 12 2005 - "This would be a backward step for working Australians. It would threaten the living standards of working families who are already struggling to keep their heads above water."

ACTU submits claim for $26.60 increase in national minimum wage
February 20 2005 - Unions feel this may be the last ever national wage case of its type.

Asia Pacific Region

New Zealand - Employment Confidence
April 7 2005 -The Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence Index (a quarterly sample of 1500 representative New Zealand Households) indicates decreased Employment Confidence.

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