Posts Tagged ‘workforce’
The Daleks are coming and many high skill jobs are not safe
Every time I shop at my local Woolworths, I join the self-service checkout queue to pay for my shopping. I don’t need or want any social interaction (‘How’s your day?’) when I shop. I am happy to scan and pack my own shopping. When I do this, I am indirectly undermining a cashier’s job at…
Read MoreNew Zealand’s economy leaves Australia in its wake
While Australia bemoans a massive Budget deficit and deep cuts to many areas of science, welfare and education, our cousins across the Tasman are finding things are much rosier. Courtesy of information from Statistics New Zealand and Deloitte Access Economics, here’s a summary of the current New Zealand economy: Economic growth prospects are suddenly looking…
Read MoreCareer Development: We’ve come a long way
When I was a student, Career Development was not a topic I ever heard discussed. My school had a careers advisor and that person would, so it seemed to me, review a student’s subject results and then recommend a likely job or profession. In 1980’s Hobart, my recollection of the options were something like, depending…
Read MoreContract, temporary, casual: The workforce of tomorrow?
In my preparation for chairing the ATC Contingent Workforce: The New Perm* conference next week in Sydney, I have been reviewing the most recent media reports and research on the non-permanent workforce and it’s been a fascinating exercise. As if on cue, ERE.net ran a story on 29 August by John Zappe, headlined Experts Predict:…
Read More