Everyone hates this interview question. There is this taboo around talking dollars at interview, it normally gets left to right at the end of the interview to talk salary and everyone dreads the question. Most people try and dance around the question to avoid answering it, which in the end really gets you nowhere. If […]
Month: May 2015
Accepting a Counter Offer – why it’s a bad career move
Good employees are hard to find. Although unemployment is high, finding skilled, qualified and experienced people with the right employability skills is not easy. Which is why counter offers are so common at the moment. A counter offer is when an individual is made a “counter offer” by their current employer when they resign to […]
Job Application Etiquette
When applying for a job the application you submit is your first and only chance to make a positive impression. It will determine if you are shortlisted to the next stage of the recruitment process or if you’ll be notified that you have been unsuccessful. Regardless of if you have the skills and experience for […]
Redundancy – A time for privacy
Job cuts and redundancies tend to make media headlines in a regional community such as Ballarat and in some ways I can understand why. As a community we want to know about job losses and the potential impact to our region but publishing the names of the individuals affected by the job cuts at the […]