A few weeks ago NathanaelB from purecaffeine contacted me regarding his frustration of the Australian Public Service (APS) recruitment process. He was so frustrated he decided to write a blog post just to give some tips to applicants.
Better, Faster: streamlining recruitment in the APS cites the APS State of the Service Employee Survey 2005/2006 saying:
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In this week's BRW (15-21May 2008), there is an article called The Hunt For A New Work Order (behind paywall). This article discussed how employers are reinventing the workplace to attract and retain the best talent; particularly Generation Y and the ageing Baby Boomers. I actually thought that this piece was quite interesting given that [...]
Hello world. It has been a long time since I have written anything; I have been a bit busy with work, study and family. Hopefully I can get into a better habit.
Over the last few weeks I have been reading a book called Retiring the Generation Gap: How Employees Young and Old Can Find Common [...]
This post extends my previous post Assholes in the Workplace.
Dr Babara Griffin, from the University of Western Sydney, has recently studied the impact of bad manners in the workplace. Dr Griffin used data from Hewitt Associates' Best Employer Survey of more than 54,000 employees from 179 organisations across Australia and New Zealand. From this [...]
In his recent post Michael Specht writes about the results of a survey conducted by SmartCompany regarding what employers think of Gen Y. Almost 70% of employers said:
poor spelling and grammar and a failure to understand what constitutes appropriate corporate behaviour are the biggest bugbears... communication skills of Gen Y staff disappointed [...]
