A Sense of Humour is a Sense of Proportion

This is probably my favourite life mantra. It’s so simple yet so powerfully significant and applicable to one’s personal and importantly,  (now more than ever) professional life. The ability to choose a happier disposition, finding the humour in even the most trying of circumstances and the classic “Every cloud has a…. “ Well, you get

Employment Update (Australia)

October 2020 – Working in the recruitment and staffing industry, I’m regularly asked about employment trends and market information, so here’s my blog to answer that question for the here and now.  My opinions are based on my day-to-day recruitment activities which includes regular meetings with senior executives to discuss their staffing plans and budgets,

Six of the top lessons I learnt about life from my Grandad

Next month would have been my Grandad’s 95th Birthday. It is safe to say he was an incredible man. I knew him for 32 years and I was fortunate enough to spend most days with him for the last few months before he passed. Our chats were endless (even if some of them were over

career coach advice for the class of 2020

Career Coach Advice for the Class of 2020

Leaving formal education is hard enough under ‘normal’ economic circumstances let alone through a pandemic and without a career coach to guide you. Graduating means leaving so much of what you’ve known for the past few years behind.  It means moving away from the bubble you’ve been living in. It means going it alone for