SME Association of Australia - Welcome to the SME Association of Australia LMIP | Labour Market Information Portal Top 20 Career Blogs for 2015 | Australian Careers Hub For people who are interested in developing their career and fast tracking their professional development there are lots of blogs out there offering advice and tips. There’s no need to figure things out the hard way anymore. By reading blogs you can benefit from the experience of others and save yourself the pain of learning lessons the hard way. The list below is 20 of Australia’s best career and professional development bloggers. Australian Institute Of Management The Australian Institute of Management has been helping people learn to become managers for 75 years. A recent post that we loved – Standing Out On LinkedIn Lifehacker Australia Lifehacker is one of the biggest productivity and work sites. A recent post we loved – Life Lessons From Garfield Bullseye Recruiting Bullseye Recruiting is a recruitment firm run by Will Thomson. A recent post we loved – The Power Of Saying No Womens Network Australia A recent post we loved – Be…..Do….Have Beyond Law Australian Business Womens Network Seek
The Changing Nature of Organizations, Work, and Workplace Home > The Changing Nature of Organizations, Work, and Workplace by Judith Heerwagen, Ph.D., J.H. Heerwagen & AssociatesKevin Kelly and Kevin Kampschroer, U.S. General Services Administration Last updated: 12-15-2010 Introduction Imagine you went to sleep and woke up to a work day in 1960. In today's world, the structure, content, and process of work have changed. more cognitively complex more team-based and collaborative more dependent on social skills more dependent on technological competence more time pressured more mobile and less dependent on geography. In today's world, you will also be working for an organization that is likely to be very different due to competitive pressures and technological breakthroughs. This Resource Page explores the changing nature of organizations and work, the drivers behind the changes, and the consequences for workers and the workplace. Description A. Changes in Organizational Focus: What does it Mean to be Lean? Key organizational changes include: B. C. D.
theconversation Looking back on the changes in office design over the past 30 years, it is easy to see why some employees feel as if they have been subjects in a giant ongoing experiment. For decades the office has moved from private, to open plan and more recently, no desk at all. These changes have been driven almost simultaneously by the push to reduce real estate cost and to also increase collaboration among employees. While savings in real estate costs appear to have been achieved, the negative effects of the open plan office on employees have now been well documented. A large body of research shows these offices are noiser; employees have difficulties concentrating and are unable to hold private conversations. The promise of increased collaboration in open plan appears to have very little evidence to support the idea. Given all this evidence, it is perhaps unsurprising that a recent study by Oxford Economics found the impact of open-plan office design is far greater than executives realise.
National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) Qualifications frameworks describe the qualifications of an education and training system and how they interlink. National qualifications frameworks describe what learners should know, understand and be able to do on the basis of a given qualification. These frameworks also show how learners can move from one qualification, or qualification level, to another within a system. Over 150 countries are now developing, or have developed, a national qualifications framework. The Irish NFQ, established in 2003, is a framework through which all learning achievements may be measured and related to each other in a coherent way. Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) has responsibility to develop, promote and maintain the Irish NFQ. To learn more about the Irish NFQ select NFQ – Interactive below. Qualifications Frameworks in Europe and beyond The EHEA now includes the concept of a qualifications framework with an emphasis on learning outcomes.
In Japan, working yourself to death it's so common there's even a word for it There's no end to stories and listicles and books telling you how to work more productively so you can spend more time with your family or doing the things you love. In Japan, there's not even a term for "work-life balance." What there is, though, is a word for "death by overwork." It's "karoshi," and it's considered such an inevitable result of Japan's notoriously gruelling work culture that it's hardly even discussed. But every year here, hundreds, maybe thousands, of Japanese people literally work themselves to death. Kiyotaka Serizawa was one of them. A year ago in July, the 34-year-old killed himself after working crazy hours - 90 hours a week during the last weeks of his life - at a company that does maintenance at apartment buildings. "His colleagues told me that they were amazed how much he worked," his father, Kiyoshi Serizawa, said in an interview in their family home. It began in the 1970s, when wages were relatively low and employees wanted to maximise their earnings.
Jobs for NSW - Invest in New South Wales Jobs for NSW is a private sector-led and NSW Government-backed initiative which aims to make the NSW economy as competitive as possible and therefore help create new jobs across the state. The initiative will help deliver on the NSW Government's election commitment to create 150,000 new jobs in the four years to March 2019. Launched in August 2015 at Stone & Chalk, Jobs for NSW is led by a board that includes some of the best business and entrepreneurial brains in Australia. The board is chaired by David Thodey, former CEO of Telstra and Chair of the CSIRO Board. The board oversees the Jobs for NSW fund which was created to meet the NSW Government's commitment to provide $190 million over four years to attract and grow businesses. Jobs for NSW represents an innovative new approach to tap the insights and knowledge of leading private sector minds to help drive government policy to grow the economy and create jobs. Supporting growth Assessment framework A staged approach More information
Strangers Wrote Their Biggest Regrets…They All Used The Same Three-Letter Word. Often times when people are asked about regrets the response is a rehearsed, “I don’t have any regrets.” In reality, we all have and carry feelings of things we should have done or said but simply did not. How many times have we taken the safety route for fear of failure or thinking we were not good enough, only to realize the easiest decision ends up being the hardest one to live with. A chalkboard was placed on a street in New York City asking strangers to write their biggest regret. This viral video by Strayer University is a lesson for everyone. Next, the 5 regrets of dying. Source: A Plus
Regional NSW - Business & Industry in New South Wales Regional New South Wales is the largest and most diverse regional economy in Australia. It is home to about 2.9 million people, representing 41% of the NSW population and contributes around $138 billion (almost one third) to Gross State Product. Spanning 790,355 square kilometres, it covers most of NSW's geographically diverse and spectacular landscapes. Capitalising on its rich natural resources, the agriculture and mining sectors are significant drivers of regional growth. NSW Trade & Investment works with businesses and communities in regional NSW to help them attract new investment, grow their economies and create local jobs. Recognising the important contribution of Regional NSW to the State's economy, the NSW Government has developed an 'Economic Development Strategy for Regional NSW' to deliver a dynamic and globally competitive regional economy and to drive long term economic growth. 1 Economic Development Strategy for Regional NSW 1
UCU report: ‘academics work two days a week unpaid’ The average academic is working unpaid for the equivalent of two days every week, says a new study on the growth of “unreasonable, unsafe and excessive” workloads. Academic staff work an average of 50.9 hours per week, according to the latest University and College workload survey, Workload is an Education Issue. The study is based on responses from about 12,100 university staff, most of whom work full time. This means that academics work on average 13.4 hours – almost two days – more than the normal 37.5 hour working week, and work in excess of the 48 hour maximum recommended by the European Working Time Directive. Senior academic staff work even longer hours on average, says the report, which was published at the UCU’s congress, held in Liverpool from 1 to 3 June. Professors work 56.1 hours on average and principal research fellows 55.7 hours, although there is also a culture of long hours, often unpaid, among many early career academics, says the report. jack.grove@tesglobal.com
Ideas for Australia: Degrees are more necessary than ever before, but the rewards aren't as great The Conversation has asked 20 academics to examine the big ideas facing Australia for the 2016 federal election and beyond. The 20-piece series will examine, among others, the state of democracy, health, education, environment, equality, freedom of speech, federation and economic reform. Having a degree has become a basic prerequisite for most careers. Those without a degree are more likely to be disadvantaged in career and economic terms. You could think of this as somewhat like mobile phone ownership. Yet widespread participation in higher education has implications for individuals. We can see this clearly in shifts in graduate starting salaries. In 1977, when a minority of people completed high school, let alone went to university, graduates of engineering, education, computer science, social work, veterinary science and agricultural science all had starting salaries above male average weekly earnings (MAWE) – the long-term benchmark for salary levels in Australia.