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 [...]
By Carole Brown| 2017-02-17T12:48:28+11:00 October 6th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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 [...]
By Carole Brown| 2017-02-17T12:48:34+11:00 July 29th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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 [...]
By Carole Brown| 2014-12-01T14:54:25+11:00 December 1st, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
by CareerActually contributor, Peter Luscombe Earlier this year, I addressed the topic of youth unemployment. The series of posts particularly considered the hardships faced by the youth of today in [...]
By Carole Brown| 2014-11-19T11:23:02+11:00 November 19th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
In this fourth of the Lessons from Teaching series, CareerActually contributor Peter Luscombe highlights the importance of perspective-taking in countering workplace anxiety. Without doubt, more and more in the work force feel [...]
By Carole Brown| 2014-07-29T13:33:40+10:00 July 29th, 2014|Uncategorized|1 Comment
In previous posts I have written about where the jobs are and how to find and use good labour market information to help you with career planning and job search. The [...]
By Carole Brown| 2014-07-03T08:08:50+10:00 July 3rd, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
This week, courtesy of the wonder of live internet streaming, I proudly watched my niece Emily graduate with first class honours from the University of Edinburgh. What a moving ceremony it [...]
By Carole Brown| 2014-06-23T18:49:44+10:00 June 23rd, 2014|Uncategorized|1 Comment
By Guest Blogger, Peter Luscombe In the past I’ve spoken about the difficulties faced by our school-leavers and unemployed youth. In our current climate getting a job is difficult; especially [...]
By Carole Brown| 2014-04-29T11:25:32+10:00 April 29th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
By guest blogger, Peter Luscombe Reading this headline in The Conversation this morning created a chord of concern. I’m certain the same is true for many. To read such statistics as [...]
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