The ‘Barnaby effect’ or How to manage an office romance A week before the Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby Joyce, hit the headlines for having an affair with an employee, one of my HR clients asked me how to manage an...
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3 Career Lessons from Donald Trump Who would think you could get career lessons from Donald Trump? But he has been elected President despite being considered the least qualified candidate. Even his supporters agree with this. So, what career lessons can…
When I started working in HR, if a job applicant had moved jobs every few years, they were considered to be someone who had an issue. A job for life was the normal career path and no one would question if you…
Can’t find a job? Time to gather your Tribe. It is a common story. You have been applying for job after job. You get the local paper, you have registered on every online job board and uploaded your resume to…
Why didn’t my internal application get me that job? Have you ever put in an internal application for a job only to be passed over for an external applicant? It is a common complaint from clients who can’t understand why they didn’t…
Don’t let the silly season ruin your career HR Managers tend to freak out a little bit around Christmas. So many risky situations, so short time to deal with them. They don’t call it the silly season for nothing. HR is…
