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Design online: a global game-changer
Sandra Wall had been a graphic designer for 21 years when her job was outsourced to Freelancer.com – an online labour marketplace.
Free wheelers: this is your future
Generalists take heed: the work world of the future is a marketplace for highly specialised talent and independent workers.
A lie always catches up with you in the end
When does resume embellishment become a sacking offence? Top Yahoo, Scott Thompson, has discovered that fictitious degrees catch up with you.
How to make your staff feel at home
Whether it’s called induction, integration or onboarding, introducing new staff to the ways of their business is something companies are no longer prepared to gamble on.
Parliament House staff bullied, inquiry told
Australia's Parliament House has a "toxic" culture in which staff are regularly bullied and cronyism is common, a Senate committee hearing in Canberra has heard.
Car parts maker cuts 44 manufacturing jobs
Embattled car parts maker CMI Industrial has slashed 44 jobs at two plants, in Footscray and Ballarat, as receivers restructure the business and look to sell it.
Arm up: a battle for reputation
It used to be that those with an overblown sense of entitlement would chest-up to a hotel reception and demand a room upgrade with a “Don’t you know who I am?” Today, they come armed with a threat to write a bad review on TripAdvisor.
Bad bosses’ secrets exposed
Aggrieved employees have two new websites on which to air their workplaces’ dirty secrets.
Stress reaching new levels
Unless understanding of stress-related issues translates into effective action in dealing with stressed staff, very little may change.
Mars and Venus in closer orbit
If chief executives and human resources leaders often misunderstand each other, it could be because they speak a different corporate language.
What your boss really thinks of you
Ever wondered what your boss would really like to say to you; or if other bosses are thinking, but not saying, the same things as you?
CEOs worry about keeping young talent
The most pressing problem vexing chief executives is how to keep young employees, a national organisation for senior-most managers says.
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review: Happy versus crappy
If you give your employees the chance to learn and grow, they’ll be pleased and productive – and so will your organisation.
Bernd Beetz creates buzz around Coty
The former president and CEO of Dior, Bernd Beetz, has taken the ailing beauty brand Coty from 32nd to the No. 12 spot in the global beauty company stakes – and made it the subject of a Harvard Business Review case study, writes Marion Hume.
