A recent article in the Harvard Business review by Marlo Lyons was called “5 reasons people get laid off” – I was a bit shocked because people are only retrenched when their position becomes redundant. Yesterday the news told us that, in Australia, 20,000 people have lost their job since November 2023. So, the concern […]
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Do you choose one based on who you have used before or who your HR colleagues have used and recommend? Do you choose on price? Location? Do you know what to look for? Read on for a few tips about choosing a good outplacement provider. You will want to look for an experienced outplacement provider
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In its September 2023 snapshot on the cost of living, SACOSS reported the annual rate of Australian inflation to be 5.4%. In Adelaide the CPI rise was higher at 5.9% for the year – the largest annual rise of all capital cities. This is the fourth quarter in a row that the annual rate of
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Career change at 40 – how long does it take a mature worker, retrenched from your organisation, to find another job – and is it the job they really wanted? Why are some people “luckier” than others and seem to fall on their feet (while others can take 2 years or more to find other
Job cuts are still happening – thousands of people lose their jobs in SA every year, hundreds of them may have been retrenched from the big banks. The Australian Financial Review recently reported (9.10.23) “Major Banks speed past 2000 job cuts in 2023.” I’ve noticed that while redundancies are still happening – not so many
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HR Managers – do you ever wonder if it’s worth paying for an outplacement consultant to support your people? Maybe you are considering having to make many redundancies because your organisation is going through hard times – can you bear the costs of an individual outplacement service for each person? Many organisations pay for just one
Do career transition consultants really know what makes an effective resume – one that gets you noticed for all the right reasons and not the wrong reasons? Do they sometimes forget to provide expert advice and support when working with job seekers and retrenched workers who are writing their resume? I took 8 resume experts
