Tag: management

“Our 'sporting nation' image is under threat,” says Medibank Private's Julie Andrews. Image: Istock. By Angela Dorizas Australian workers are risking their health through prolonged sitting, according to a landmark…

By Angela Dorizas The global financial crisis will lead to a shift in Generation Y’s behaviour at work, but it will not prevent further job-hopping, warns a leading expert on young employees….

They’ve been labeled as self-assured, disloyal and non-committal workers, but leading demographers believe that Generation Y may be the answer to the problems caused by the public sector’s ageing workforce….

“You’re not actually being more efficient or effective. You’re just burning yourself out,” warns psychologist Meredith Fuller. Image: iStock By Angela Dorizas Taking the axe to jobs can cause turmoil…

Univesity of Southampton professor of politics and governance, Gerry Stoker. By Rob O’Brien   Local governments will have to modify their management style in the face of the financial crisis…

The cost of recruiting public service employees are set to rise by up to $370 million per year, according to a leading e-recruitment software company. A survey of e-recruitment traffic…

Skills requirments in local government over the next five to ten years will be determined by an ageing population, the global financial crisis and new ways of doing business, according to the Local…

By Rob O'Brien   The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has waded into the row over the salaries of council CEOs claiming that councils were required to pay competitive salaries…

Agencies across the Australian Public Service (APS) are spending heavily on advertising in a bid to attract the right personnel. The advertising has improved in quality and extensively promotes great…

The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has taken aim at the Federal Government for axing more than one hundred jobs across the Australia Taxation Office (ATO) at a time…