Seek forced to conduct first redundancy program
Scrapping the loan scheme for vocational training is costing job search site Seek $8 million and forcing it into its first ever redundancy program, its chief executive has revealed.
Lucy Battersby has covered trends, technology and telecommunications since joining The Age in 2008.
Scrapping the loan scheme for vocational training is costing job search site Seek $8 million and forcing it into its first ever redundancy program, its chief executive has revealed.
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