Month: March 2015

Creating change to address Youth Unemployment

Creating change to address Youth Unemployment

How refreshing it was to read Ricky Muir’s (Senator for Victoria) Walk a mile in unemployed shoes (The Courier March 3rd 2015 an edited version of the foreword of the Youth Unemployment Monitor), where Ricky shared his unemployment experiences and talked about his non-traditional entry to politics. Ricky hasn’t been to University; his career has […]

Stepping up, Backing yourself and Resilience – A lesson in leadership from Christine Nixon

Stepping up, Backing yourself and Resilience – A lesson in leadership from Christine Nixon

Last week I had the pleasure of hearing Christine Nixon speak at a dinner hosted by the Ballarat Business Centre. The event was a sell out and many in the room were eager to hear from Christine about her career and leadership journey in an older, male dominated environment. Christine has been a prominent public […]

Where’s Wally – Can a recruiter find you?

Where’s Wally – Can a recruiter find you?

If you are open to considering a new career or job offer in 2015 you need to make sure you can be easily found by recruiters. Social media is changing the way people look for and find new job opportunities and the days of having to trawl through the employment section of the local newspaper, […]