From 1 Jan 2006 employees in Victoria will be able to get access to their long service leave early. You can read about the details at Deacons Legal Update. Some of the changes are:- Most Victorian employees will now get 2 months long service leave after 10 years service, rather than 3 months long serviceContinue reading “Early access for Victorians”
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links for 2006-01-14
Computerworld | Developing the managerial mind An interesting commentary on the recent SHRM conference from and IT perpective. (tags: HRM SHRM Leadership) Pharma-Opportunities: Pharmaceutical Jobs Pharmacy Technician Science Jobs Medical Sales Job Listings A new job board for pharmaceutical jobs. (tags: recruiting jobs)
Vertical Search and India
Gautam posts on an interesting development in India around vertical search, could it be illegal in India? It seems Naukri has successfully defended got an interim injunction againstBixee for (updated 14 Jan 2006) scraping of their jobs by another site. I have been wondering when this would happen and it is probably one of theContinue reading “Vertical Search and India”
Nancy did it, I did it, did you?
Nancy White Egosurfed, I just did it, have you? Egosurf is yet another vanity tool that we can use to find our place in the online world. Do we all just have too much time on our hands or are we just very vain?
Is your resume mission critical?
Back in December CIO published a story on the importance of CIO résumé’s being not just good or very good but being remarkable. Here are the six key attributes from the story of a fantastic CIO resume:- 1. Speak the language of business 2. Underscore strategic abilities 3. Demonstrate your knowledge of and expertise inContinue reading “Is your resume mission critical?”
Trends for 2006
While we were all still digesting our Christmas dinners Wayson Wyatt Canada released their Top 10 trends for 2006. While many are specific to the Canadian market I can foresee them being relevant in other countries. In summary they were:- 1. The war for top talent will continue to intensify, as organizations struggle to attractContinue reading “Trends for 2006”
Australian job players
In response to my post on Seek their annual report and the state of the job board market in Australia, Bonita commented about a service called People Online. People Online “was formed as a boutique Australian job search agency established in Adelaide, South Australia in 2004. ” They say they provide a matching service betweenContinue reading “Australian job players”
3000+ posts
What do you do when you have over 3000 posts in your RSS reader to catch up on? Select “Mark as Read” for all of them! Did I miss anything important in the last two weeks?
Back on deck
After a fantasic two week break we are back in Melbourne looking forward to a fantastic 2006. The year holds lots in store on many fronts. Blogging will continue both here and on my internal corporate blog, look for follow up posts on several items from the tail end of last year. Some of theContinue reading “Back on deck”
A Christmas break
Tomorrow morning we are driving back to Sydney to spend Christmas and New Years with family and friends. I doubt I will be posting between now and 7th or 8th of January after we have returned and got our life in back in order. 2005 has been a great year, I thought of doing aContinue reading “A Christmas break”
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