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With one in four first year students changing courses or leaving university, it pays to spend time comparing courses carefully. The following are just few points that might be helpful when [...]

Is being comfortable at work really that bad? Are you comfortable at work but feel pressured to move beyond your “comfort zone,” with its associated negative connotations, in order to meet [...]

Has your teenager enrolled in a short course or considered taking one? With a multitude of providers and courses to choose from offering flexible learning formats, short courses are now more [...]

Short courses are for everyone. With so many courses and a multitude of providers on the market promoting flexible learning formats, we are spoilt for choice. My newsfeed is saturated with [...]

This article was featured in the Melbourne Herald Sun newspaper on 10 November, 2018 and in the Adelaide Advertiser newspaper on 3 November.     A career break is becoming more common [...]

This article was quoted in the national media (news corporation) in December 2017 It was also published in full by the Victorian Independent Schools Association on their parent’s website in [...]

    Some recent personal experiences have led me to wonder whether we all need reminding about being careful what we say about our work in public spaces. Much has been written about [...]

This article was published by the Victorian Independent Schools Association, September 2017.  An adapted version of this article for teachers and educators was published by the Australian Centre [...]

Extracts from this article and quotes from its author were published in the Careers Lift-out on Saturday 1 April in the following news corporation papers: The Melbourne Herald Sun, The Sydney [...]

  In Australia today, there are hundreds of professional associations and industry bodies representing the myriad occupations being undertaken around the country. In this article, the terms [...]

This blog was published by the Victorian Independent Schools Association on their parents website in 2016. It was updated in June 2018. It is that time of year again. University Open Day season [...]

 I know several people who have undergone career change, often mid life, with varying degrees of satisfaction. This, combined with my own experience, prompted me to reflect on the importance [...]

A five M approach. Much has been written about the benefits of mentoring programs for mentors and mentees and also for the host organization. Yet many programs fail to flourish. How do you run a [...]

This blog was published by the Australian Centre for Career Education in the August 2016 CEAV e-journal and by the Victorian Independent School’s Association on their Parent’s website [...]