Life as a military spouse is a uniquely challenging situation. Your significant other can be regularly posted to new locations, and you may be left at home alone, or trailing along with every move. Either scenario is particularly difficult when you have children to care for, and combined, it can be near impossible to have a […]
You’ve just found your dream job and you know your skills and experience make you the best fit. But if your CV doesn’t reflect you as the perfect match, you’ll never make it to the interview stage to prove you’ve got the goods. Catriona Herron Watt learnt that the hard way. Leaving behind her career in […]
Working from home gives you the flexibility to choose when and where you work. It’s an enviable freedom that most nine to fivers can only dream of, and it certainly makes that elusive work-life balance more obtainable. But it’s not a holiday, or any less of a responsibility than working on location. In fact, it takes more […]
Your Instagram feeds are a constant reminder that someone somewhere is having a lot more fun than you right now. Those picture-perfect postcard moments can evoke inspiration and motivation to travel and see the world, or drive you to envy and despair while you’re stuck working a nine to five and paying bills. But is […]
You’ve daydreamed about spending your mornings at the beach instead of sitting in snail-paced traffic eating brekky bars and sipping on bad coffee. And you long for the day you can enjoy the afternoon sun on your back porch, not staring at solid beige walls and partitions. These are some sure signs that you’re ready to work from […]
Every day innocent people fall victim to bogus ‘get rich quick’ schemes and online job scams. Last year alone, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission received almost 2500 reports of financial loss from employment scams, amounting to nearly $1-million. That figure doesn’t include unreported cases, which are thought to be even more prevalent with victims […]
Working from home is no longer just for the lucky few. Major corporations across Australia and around the world are now opting for remote teams over traditional workplace arrangements. As a result, remote jobs are available in a huge range of industries, allowing more people than ever before to enjoy the ultimate work-life balance working […]
Working from home isn’t just a pathway to late nights, sleep-ins and pants-off Fridays. The increased flexibility of working from home, especially in remote jobs, can provide significant health benefits too. Here are just some of the key benefits of going remote. 1. More Time to Move Without the daily commute to and from the […]
Remote work has evolved from the traditional work-from-home job of a few decades ago. Remote work is the Future of Work and it’s here now. The new age of remote working paints a very different picture. More people than ever before are now taking their careers online. There are those running their own businesses or […]
Whether you work from home or in a traditional work setting, you probably track the number of hours you spend at work. But how many of them are actually spent working? The traditional work culture tends to commend the ‘first to arrive, last to leave’ approach, and boasting about the number of hours you’ve racked […]