SUCCEEDING in the new world of work requires constant market monitoring. And whether you’re an employer, employee, a generation Xer or a baby boomer, the ability to change focus and direction is a priority.
THE question: ‘Whose shoes do I fill’ has popped up every time I have taken over a new role.When I founded my business in 1989, I wondered if I should fill the shoes of my father, who ran a very successful business for many years.
THE lack of training and employment opportunities for workers over 45 years of age may not be front-page news in the mainstream media of late, but that’s not to say the issue has gone away.
TRAINING was once primarily an activity involving newcomers to a workplace, but in today’s competitive world, developing the skills of workers at all levels has become an increasingly prominent goal for many in business.
A PROGRAM aimed at helping people enter, or re-enter, the workforce was launched this week, targeting those not traditionally found in the ‘unemployed’ basket.
Different industry sectors pose a variety of problems for recruiters – a shortage of graduates or Australian-trained workers, difficulty attracting people to remote work sites, or finding positions that require high degrees of specialisation.
A RECENT national salary survey undertaken by the Australian Institute of Management has revealed what salary increases individuals can expect and what jobs and industries should attract the highest increases in the coming year.
AT WA Business News’ recent Success and Leadership breakfast, Premier Geoff Gallop announced his intention to focus on more training for traditional fields of police, teachers, and nurses.
CAPE Bouvard Investments’ $23 million Brighton Hotel development is one of two major entertainment projects in Mandurah awaiting a decision in the liquor licensing court.
Regulars at one of Perth’s best-known cafes are up in arms about the charge imposed on water, with some threatening to withdraw their patronage, as Julie-anne Sprague discovered.
FRANKLAND Estate winemakers Judy Cullam and Barry Smith are passionate about riesling. So deep runs their enthusiasm that each year they award the Frankland Estate Riesling Scholarship to a member of the hospitality or retail wine
WHILE the WA Government is expanding its outsourcing agenda through new public-private partnerships, Perth’s academics believe the pendulum is shifting.
WHEN it comes to the question of whether to outsource a business’s fleet management practice, the same basic principles apply as with any outsourcing decision.
PLATINUM Asset Management is a conspicuous success story among managers of international equity funds.In fact, it is the only main-stream investment manager to have achieved positive returns from international equities over the past 12 months.
THE All Ordinaries is no longer a meaningful benchmark for the Australian share market and should be consigned to history, according to fund manager State Street Global Advisers (SSGA), Australia’s largest index manager.
THE end to the financial year is a prime time to take stock of the Australian share market – the star performers, the under-performers, and the likely hangover into 2003.
AN accountant in Clinton, Mississippi, is caught fiddling the books and investors in Australia get hit directly in the wallet. That’s the global village for you.
THE distinctions between non-bank lenders and the large banking institutions are becoming increasingly blurred as the two sectors of the financial services reform their operations and encroach on each other’s turf.
HOME Building Society has radically altered its business direction during the past year from that of home lender and property developer to financial planner.
POLICE & Nurses Credit Society chief executive officer Fred Huis has a whiteboard in his office with $1,000,000,000 written on it.The figure represents a major milestone for WA’s biggest credit union and the realisation of a goal.
EBA option for shopkeepersMORE than 5,000 small retailers around Perth could soon be getting information on a new enterprise bargaining agreement to cover their industry.
A RESTAURANT transfer application received by the Department of Racing, Gaming and Liquor appears to confirm speculation that a tavern could open opposite The Subiaco Hotel.
