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Career failures and how to learn from them
Failure in a career is rarely given much credit for the learning experience it can provide.
- by Jim Bright
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Bad language: Can employers force employees to speak English?
Are employers out of line if they require you to only speak English to your work colleagues?
- by Jonathan Rivett
A career door to develop everything from drugs and cosmetics to paint
Pharmaceutical scientists: The people who ensure your medications, cosmetics, and even your paints, are up to scratch
- by Sue White
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The COVID legacy: How some broke free from a career path they may have resented
If ever there was a good excuse to make a big change in career it was the pandemic. We are not the same as we once were, and we look at work differently.
- by Jim Bright
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Spoiler alert: Dealing with a colleague who always gives away the ending
Is exclusion the best strategy for dealing with a colleague who constantly gives away TV and movie plots before you’ve seen them?
- by Jonathan Rivett
Resilience and problem-solving: What it takes to keep Australia’s shelves stocked
The supply chain teams working behind the scenes to get goods on our shelves are more important to businesses than ever.
- by Sue White
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Like most forecasts career predictions are often wrong
Despite the overwhelming and repeated evidence that suggests that we are not good at predictions, we cling to them as far as our careers are concerned.
- by Jim Bright
‘Beyond just marketing’: The Comms way to the top
Nowadays, a career in communications can take you all the way up the corporate ladder.
- by Sue White
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I’m qualified – why am I being passed over for interviews?
Victorian public service jobs are harder to get for a reason.
- by Jonathan Rivett
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Forget the glory days: Today, offices are just expensive real-estate
Appeals to get people back into offices are based on zen thinking about intangible work magic that seemingly only occurs under ceiling tiles and fluorescent lights.
- by Jim Bright
You don’t need to travel the world in a maritime career
There are plenty of maritime jobs that involve going home at the end of the day.
- by Sue White