MyCareer
Opinion
Opinion
When it comes to spontaneous networking, nothing beats planning it
Discovering chance connections - or creating them - can have beneficial career spin-offs.
- by Jim Bright
Latest
Life experience a secret weapon for incoming aged care staff
The growing aged care sector is providing new opportunities for people transitioning out of other careers including hospitality and landscaping.
- by Anna Patty
Opinion
The lowdown
Organisations must stop shifting responsibility for harassment
Sexual harassment remains prevalent despite 40 years of anti-discrimination and sexual harassment laws in Australia and enormous expenditure on raising awareness of bias through training.
- by Lucy Taksa and Louise Thornthwaite
Opinion
Work therapy
‘Are you guys in lockdown again’ and other unwelcome retorts
They may be well intended, but banal comments to Victorians about the latest lockdown may not go down well.
- by Jonathan Rivett
The ultimate guide to working from home forever
Have you been working from home? Hearing rumblings that you’ll be expected to go back to in-person work? If the thought of returning to your physical workplace unsettles you, these 13 tips are for you.
- by Rachel Schnalzer and Los Angeles Times
Opinion
Opinion
Nosey parkers have form for this sort of thing
Going through the inquisitory process to get an extra pencil or two has become one of the more infuriating parts of modern working life.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Work therapy
The comma splice and other abhorrences
Finding sense today in grammar rules of the past.
- by Jonathan Rivett
New traineeships aim to address hair and beauty skills shortages
TAFE NSW and industry association Hair & Beauty Australia are working together to address skills shortages in the hairdressing industry by offering a new traineeship program.
- by Anna Patty
Opinion
MyCareer Education
Desire to inspire the next generation
Great teachers inspired this school principal to enter teaching instead of law.
- by Stephen Kennaugh
Opinion
Opinion
Bias and misdirection can cloud your path in life and work
Decisions about careers also come with risk, and are also prone to all kinds of irrational and biased thinking.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
MyCareer Education
‘Never stop learning’: There’s a vast pathway to vocational education teaching
From forensic chemistry to NASA to teaching maths and hospitality, Megan Renwick has done it all. She finds teaching in vocational education rewarding every day.
- by Megan Renwick