Sorry! You’re over qualified for the position …
by Peter Luscombe Hearing such a statement would make you feel astonished, yes? The first time I was told this at the end of an interview virtually left me speechless. I [...]
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10, 2015
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10, 2015
Soft Skills Hard-Wired to Maintain an Edge in Your Job
by Peter Luscombe Soft skills are essential for career success according to Caroline Smith - Why Soft Skills Matter - Making Sure Your Hard Skills Shine : Soft skills are increasingly becoming the [...]
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10, 2015
Soft Skills Hard-Wired for the Job Market
by Peter Luscombe Despite how educated and qualified our youth may be they currently struggle to attain employment. Latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show the unemployment rate for 15 [...]
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09, 2015
You’re Fired!
by Peter Luscombe Hearing those words would make many a heart sink. Fired, sacked, made redundant, let go, discharged, retrenched – no matter it is put - isn't what we want to hear [...]
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09, 2015
Putting a Positive Spin On
by Peter Luscombe The mind is everything. What you think you become. Buddha Many negative or adverse workplace situations can be spun around to the positive, if you have an [...]
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08, 2015
Resiliency means? Reside In Yourself?
by Peter Luscombe No matter how you define success, you will need to be resilient, empowered, authentic, and limber to get there. ― Joanie Connell, ‘Flying Without a Helicopter: How [...]
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07, 2015
Is the real issue youth employment or youth unemployment?
by Peter Luscombe Source:Flickr Think for a moment about the two sides of the same coin. Youth employment equates to being skilled and capable for a job with the assumption [...]
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07, 2015
Work Habits – make them work for you
by Peter Luscombe The Work Habit series has encompassed: The need to examine work habits The nature of habits both in life and at work The efficacy of making change [...]
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07, 2015
Work Habits – Meeting deadly deadlines [Part 2]
This is the second in a two-part article by Career Actually contributor Peter Luscombe. Read Part 1 here. Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Japanese [...]
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07, 2015
Work Habits – Negativity negates you
by Peter Luscombe Having dealt with in this series the need to review work habits, and ways and means to make change, let’s now focus on negativity. A less-than-positive attitude [...]
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