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Dear recruiters, I understand your job is a tough one. You have 2 clients, one paying you, the other trying to impress you to put them forward to your paying client. I know you spend your time [...]

Much has been written about this topic. Almost everyone seems to have fallen in love with the idea of working from home (WFH). Well, as an HR consultant, I’m saying WTF! Here are the main [...]

From July 1, as is the case every year, the minimum wage has been increased – this time by a modest 1.75%. Traditionally, Modern Award rates have also been increased by the same percentage on the [...]

I thought it might good to share some learnings based on a few Fair Work Commission (FWC) cases I’ve been involved in recently. I’ve helped people on both sides of the table – employees and [...]

I though it might good to share some learnings based on a few Fair Work Commission (FWC) cases I’ve been involved in recently. I’ve helped people on both sides of the table – [...]

People say there is no such thing as a free lunch. Well, at Wurth HR, we’ve stopped taking our clients out to lunch for obvious reasons. What we’re offering instead is a totally free [...]

I’ve been using this icebreaker in my TAE workshops for years. It’s simple to run and people respond really well to it. Break people into pairs – if you have an uneven number of [...]

Whenever I’m training people in presentation skills or the Certificate IV in training and assessment, I often make reference to something called 70/30. I made up the name myself but the [...]

There’s been a lot written recently about the above topic. It’s pretty confusing so let’s try to make some sense out of it. Firstly, the change is happening from 1st March this [...]

This article was originally published by JetCake. One of the trickiest parts of making the shift from full-time to freelance is learning how set your hourly rate. There are many factors to [...]