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Nine things you should never keep at your desk

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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The workplaces where bullies flourish
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
Forget 'work-life balance'. Work is life, and that's how it should be
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
Why you shouldn't send your kid to one of the top schools
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

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
The friends who pursued their career passion after having kids
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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
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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
Flexible working becoming the norm
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
Why do so many jobs feel meaningless? Because they are
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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
Why everyone needs more than one income stream
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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

'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