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Disadvantaged Students Get Pathway to Government

Wendy Williams, Friday, 31st March 2017 -  Disadvantaged high school students are being given a taste of what it means to work in government through a new partnership that aims to ensure future job seekers from underprivileged areas are not left behind.
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Campaign Shows Jobs Change Lives

Wendy Williams, Monday, 27th March 2017 -  The ability for jobs to change lives, particular for young people, is the ethos behind a new campaign that will see a disability employment service donate $500 for every job placement secured to fund youth outreach services.
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Student Gets the Top Job at YMCA

Wendy Williams, Monday, 27th March 2017 -  Community not for profit YMCA NSW is getting a fresh face for the company with an 18-year-old student appointed to CEO – for a day.

Real Cost to Cover Informal Care of Family with Mental Illness

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 23rd March 2017 -  The cost of a “hidden mental health workforce” is more than the cost of all mental health services in Australia, according to new research.

Teachers Not Equipped for Multicultural Classrooms

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 22nd March 2017 -  The next generation of Australian teachers are not “culturally competent” or equipped to work in multicultural classrooms, according to a new Western Australian study.
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New Partnership Shows It’s ‘OK to Not Always Be OK at Work’

Wendy Williams, Monday, 20th March 2017 -  A “game-changing” new partnership has been formed in a bid to raise awareness of mental health and change workplace culture so “it’s OK to not always be OK”.
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Boomerang Employees on the Rise

Wendy Williams, Friday, 17th March 2017 -  A shortage of talent is fuelling the rise of “boomerang” employees, according to new research.
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Banning Headscarves is Bad for Business

Wendy Williams, Friday, 17th March 2017 -  Barring headscarves in the workplace would be bad for business, according to Diversity Council Australia speaking in the wake of a landmark ruling by the EU’s highest court allowing companies in Europe to ban staff from wearing visible religious sy

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Millennials in the Workplace: Not as Different as You Think

Nick Haslam, Friday, 10th March 2017 -  To clarify inter-generational differences we should compare 18-year-olds now with contemporary 48-year-olds when they were 18, writes University of Melbourne professor of psychology Nick Haslam, in this article which first appeared in The Conversatio
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Women Graduating in 2020 Could be First to Achieve Pay Parity

Wendy Williams, Friday, 10th March 2017 -  The class of 2020 could be the first generation to close the gender pay gap, according to new research.
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