The Fair Work Commission recently announced a 1.75% increase to minimum wages, making the new national minimum wage $753.80 per week or $19.84 per hour. In response to the impacts of the pandemic, unlike previous years, the increase is being rolled out in stages. Award changes have been grouped into the three stages below. For […]
Define Your Career Direction
Do you ever feel stuck in your role? Not sure how to progress and take that next step? Do you look at others around you with a similar set of skills and experience and wonder why they seem to land their dream job while you get overlooked? Is it just simply luck? Every day I […]
Admin – Critical to the Success of any Business
I’m just the receptionist. I just do the accounts. I’m just the admin assistant here. These are statements I hear often. I hear them when interviewing admin candidates. I hear them when I am on site with a client coaching and developing their team. A job in admin (and when I refer to admin I […]
The Online Interview – How to Nail It!
Zoom, Skype and Microsoft Teams are all words that we have become so much more familiar with over recent months. Online interviews certainly existed pre COVID-19 however they have definitely become the norm in our current environment. This brings with it a new set of challenges when preparing for and attending an online interview. If […]
Business Day In 2020
This years annual Business Day Out held by Commerce Ballarat looked a little different. Instead, due to COVID-19, it was Business Day In; in front of your computer, via Zoom, from the comfort of your workplace or wherever you wanted to base yourself for the day. It was a great initiative from the Commerce Ballarat […]
Volunteering – A Great Way to Improve Your Career
Who wouldn’t want to get involved in Volunteering when research shows volunteers live happier and healthier lives? I am a huge advocate of volunteering. For me the value of volunteering shouldn’t just be about what you get out of doing it and statistics show that most volunteers don’t do it for themselves. I believe first […]
Inclusion – Achieving great things together!
I am no expert on inclusion, I haven’t studied it, or analysed the psychology behind it. But I have experienced it. I have experienced the raw emotion and deep fulfilment that comes from it. I have seen it demonstrated so effortlessly in the younger generation. A generation where they have no awareness that they are […]
It’s Time To Revisit Your Workforce Plan Now….It’s More Important Than Ever!
What does the future look like for your business? Adapt, Adjust, Pivot and Innovate are words I keep hearing over and over again. It’s the advice coming from the business guru’s – the experts on what we should be doing to survive COVID-19. They are the words I keep hearing from the business owners I […]
Working in HR during COVID-19…. the good, the bad and the ongoing legislation changes!
Working in HR is diverse and each day is different, throw Coronavirus into the mix and the role of HR is even more challenging! The variety in HR is vast and I have found this variety has only increased during this pandemic. From keeping up to date with legislation changes, Leadership support to Wellbeing support, […]
7 Tips for Recruiting During a Pandemic
You might think that it is less than ideal to be trying to recruit at the moment. We are all juggling doing business and navigating our way around our new norm; working remotely, social distancing, employees being stood down, why would you want to add recruiting to your to-do list. There are however, many positives […]