Are you experienced and qualified, but getting nowhere with your job search? It might be time for a résumé makeover! Recent research from online job matching firm The Ladders found that recruiters only spend 6 seconds on average reading individual résumés. While other reports suggest that recruiters spend a little longer – up to 30 seconds – [...]

My friend, Patricia, has a problem. She is articulate, intelligent, immaculately dressed and groomed and holds a senior management position in a large organisation in which she has built a successful, high profile, career since the early 1990s. She represents the organisation overseas and interstate, is frequently called upon to fill in for her directors [...]

According to the Australian Government's Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2008-09, the global financial crisis has not only entered a new and dangerous phase, but we are currently experiencing the most significant upheaval in global financial markets since the Great Depression. Meanwhile, in its publication Business Outlook, December 2008, leading economic forecaster Access Economics [...]

After struggling with many work/life balance issues themselves, Jayne and Valerie established the NewNorma Project to examine how work/life balance can become a reality for any woman running her own business. Through the NewNorma Project, Jayne and Valerie delved into many variables concerning female business owners' experience of work/life balance. Their research involved seeking the [...]

Compared with Norway, where the Government has mandated that listed company boards have a composition of at least 40 per cent women, the number of female directors on ASX 200 company boards is less than impressive, at just 8.3 per cent. And in what is hopefully not an indicator of future trends, the figure has [...]

63% of participants in our recent Wealth Plan survey indicated that they have a financial plan. The most popular wealth strategies included business (74%), savings (52%) and investment property (48%). Despite participants' reliance on business as their overall primary wealth strategy, 88% indicated that a lack of financial and/or business education was a barrier to [...]

My thoughts reflect the recently-released results of a global survey of women conducted by international management consulting firm, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The BCG's survey was the largest global survey of its type, with over 12,000 respondents in 22 countries responding to a battery of 120 questions - and 10,000 pages compiled of verbatim [...]

The EMDG Scheme is a key Australian Government financial assistance program which supports exporters of a wide range of industry sectors and products, including the export of intellectual property and know-how. For further information about your eligibility, or assistance in completing your application, visit www.austrade.gov.au. R&D Tax Concession is a broad-based, market driven tax concession [...]

It cites a 2006 ABS survey, which found that mature workers were also the least likely group to take days off due to their own illness or as a carer. In the two week period prior to the survey nearly half the number of mature workers had days off, compared to workers aged 25-34. ABS [...]

Consider your pricing method, discounts and allowances, price elasticity and break-even analyses at various prices. Most crucially, keep that cash flowing! There is absolutely no point in having large amounts of YOUR money held by slow paying debtors, or in stockpiling inventory that isn't moving. There are many strategies you can implement to give your [...]