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6 10, 2015
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    Soft Skills Hard-Wired for the Job Market

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Soft Skills Hard-Wired for the Job Market

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 [...]

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29 07, 2015

Is the real issue youth employment or youth unemployment?

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 [...]

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1 12, 2014

Today’s youth – aspiration in the face of hardship?

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 [...]

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19 11, 2014

Lessons from teaching – keep your eye on the ball

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 [...]

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29 07, 2014

Making progress in a scarce job market

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 [...]

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3 07, 2014

Friday on my mind: noble ideas

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 [...]

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23 06, 2014

What’s the general state of play – or pay – for our youth?

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 [...]

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29 04, 2014

Why rising youth unemployment demands our urgent attention

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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