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The other day my burgeoning grey hairs sent me on a much overdue trip to the hairdresser for some TLC.  As usual, I engaged in a bit of chit chat with my hairdresser, a lady in her mid-twenties.  We were chatting about part-time work for teenagers as my very motivated 13 year old is already […]

So you now have your first employee or employees – congratulations! But now what? – A point to note – within the first 12 months new hires are a high risk for resignation as this is when they have limited loyalty to your business and if it is not working for them they will walk. […]

The old cliché ‘it’s not what you know but who you know’ rang true for me this past week. A candidate that had performed in a contract role in the past for us (and had done an exceptional job) contacted me to say she had applied for a role that she was really interested in […]

With my father-in-law, it started slowly but there were signs. He would get to the top of the stairs and forget why he was there. He would need the day’s plans explained to him three times in quick succession. He started to forget my name and he couldn’t remember how many sherries he’d had at […]

I know exactly how you feel. You have loved your business ‘baby’ since it was just a twinkle in your eye, through to conception and then to a sometimes painful birth; but now you need help to raise it to be the best it can be. But how and when? You have been everything and […]

Guest blog from Dr Dimity Podger, Director, Barasa Consulting Group I was asked recently by a small business owner, “How do you get the right people on the bus?” A Mission critical question. As you would know, it’s not only about finding people with the right skills and experience for the specific role and team, […]

Did you know that to be considered as an ‘older worker’ in Australia you only have to be older than 50? Now that’s pretty young (admittedly that’s coming from a 40 something!) but ask someone in their 50’s, who is looking for a job, whether they are finding it difficult to be considered for roles […]

When I look back on my career, I feel very lucky for the fabulous experiences that I have had, especially twelve years at a professional services firm. In this role, I worked late, partied hard, travelled and worked all over the world and learnt an incredible amount BUT I was single, young and carefree. I was […]

Recently, we have been struggling to attract candidates for job opportunities that would ordinarily be grabbed with both hands by eager applicants. The task at hand would typically be evaluating the resumes of a multitude of candidates, politely declining a good number of them and then making the difficult decision on which worthy candidates we […]

If you knew what I am about to share with you, before you started your business, you would probably never have started one in Australia. It is a legal minefield, fraught with significant risk of breaching several laws and fines of potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars. I promise, I’m not exaggerating. Then there are […]