Overcoming Career Obstacles

Nothing is more disheartening than being faced with a career obstacle, especially when you are working hard in your career. Next time you are faced with a nasty career obstacle don't panic. Simply use the following steps.

Refine Your Career - Quiz

How long is it since you took the time to take a good look at your career and to refine your career goals. If it has been a while, then perhaps you should take our CareersCoach career quiz.

Paid Maternity Leave – The Stats

Currently Australia is one of only two developed countries that do not offer paid maternity leave. It’s a real shame that Australia is so lagging so far behind the rest of the world in legislating and financing paid maternity leave.

Teaching Jobs

Right now, there's more than one type of drought affecting Australia's future. A severe drop in the number of local teachers in Australian schools has been getting gradually worse over the past few years.

How To Manage Pregnancy & Your Career

More and more women are putting off having children because they want to further their careers, but they do fall pregnant, statistics show that discrimination is more likely. There are numerous ways to manage pregnancy andyour career - and it's a sad fact that one of the best methods is not to tell anyone - but there are other practical steps you can take.

Sexual Harassment – How To Protect Yourself

According to recent research 28% of career girls and 7% of career guys have been subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace. Most victims are under 45 and new to the workplace. In most reported cases the perpetrators are men. However statistics show that that men are less likely report incidents.

Re-energize Your Goals

What are your goals this year? Do you plan on getting a promotion, or perhaps just working less and spending more time with your friends and family? Lisa O'Brien, the Director of CareersCoach, talks us through methods to re-energise and then realise your goals.

Social Networking for Small Business

Social networking is the latest craze.  It is the new way to connect and keep in touch with family, friends, work colleagues and business associates in our highly mobile world. And there are opportunities abound for the savvy small business. Full story.

Sleep Working

According to a new study, almost four in five employees across Australia admitted to having felt too tired to perform their basic duties and fatigue at work is a bigger issue than most would have given it credit for. Full Article.

Create A CV or Resume That Will Win Interviews

Your resume is the single most important tool that you have in winning an interview. Your resume will act as a marketing tool by highlighting your skills, experience and education as it best relates to the position. Full story.

Careers Made Easy : Are You Ready For A Change?

One of the most common feelings people will encounter in their lives is dissatisfaction with their jobs. If only it was easier to find a job that was not only suited to you - but you would enjoy - thankfully, those worries are over thanks to the new wave of online job search engines.

Women At Work

On a trip to Australia, a relationships expert has suggested that Australian women in the workplace need to understand that emotional behaviour can seen as 'weak' by male co-workers, so we asked women what they thought of the Doctor's comments.

Appropriate Dress in the Workplace

For people working in an office environment, what you wear communicates who you are before you even say a word. What to wear to work - it's often the cause of much indecision, but shouldn't have to cause stress, says Richard Moore.

Absenteeism

As James Anthony reports, absenteeism - the act of not being at work when others are expecting you - costs Australia $2 billion per annum in the private sector and a whopping $5 billion in the public sector every year due to lost productivity, and isn't likely to drop.