Careers
Nine things you should never keep at your desk
A cluttered, messy desk can negatively impact your ability to do your job and keep you from feeling organised and productive.
- by Charyn Pfeuffer
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Opinion
Opinion
The workplaces where bullies flourish
Bullying is a scourge of many workplaces but they often have particular features, many of which can be found in politics.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
Opinion
Forget 'work-life balance'. Work is life, and that's how it should be
We must avoid thinking of work as an intrusion on life. It's the eight hours a day set aside for work that makes everything else in life possible.
- by Harold Mitchell
Opinion
Opinion
Why you shouldn't send your kid to one of the top schools
Sending your kid to a weaker school and making sure he or she is at the top of the class can produce an achievement boost for years to come. Why that happens also holds a lesson for managers.
- by Leonid Bershidsky
Queanbeyan cabinet maker Taylor Perrin carving the way for other women
She hopes other young girls will follow her into the trade.
- by Megan Doherty
Parenting
The friends who pursued their career passion after having kids
Combining work with the needs of a young family while making room for your true passion might sound like an impossible mix, but these three friends have done it.
- by Clare Patience
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Blind chef achieves his career goal and helps others with disabilities
Ian Edwards thought his career as a chef was over after he lost his sight three years ago.
- by Anna Patty
Analysis
Analysis
Flexible working becoming the norm
Is the traditional nine-to-five still the norm, or a relic of the 20th century?
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
Jobs
Why do so many jobs feel meaningless? Because they are
There's a proliferation of jobs that serve very little if any economic function. Maybe we've been thinking about the modern business world in completely the wrong way.
- by Mark Buchanan
Sharing economy
Why everyone needs more than one income stream
As the institution of a regular nine-to-five job is diminishing, so is the ability to derive one income from one job until retirement.
- by Emily Chantiri
'Delusional belief': how we think about our careers could be completely wrong
Experts say we are suffering from a belief in the "career myth".
- by Mark Abadi