Careers & Education Channel

Overcoming Career Obstacles

Nothing is more disheartening than being faced with a career obstacle, especially when you are working hard in your career. Next time you are faced with a nasty career obstacle don't panic. Simply use the following steps.

Refine Your Career - Quiz

How long is it since you took the time to take a good look at your career and to refine your career goals. If it has been a while, then perhaps you should take our CareersCoach career quiz.

Green Computing

The shower might use about 200kwh (that’s 3kW, 10 minutes a day), whereas your electron-gobbling PC can use up to 350kwh (that’s 150w for 5-6 hours a day). Even if you leave it switched off, it can be using as much as 15w on standby, making a staggering 130kWh per year.

Paid Maternity Leave – The Stats

Currently Australia is one of only two developed countries that do not offer paid maternity leave. It’s a real shame that Australia is so lagging so far behind the rest of the world in legislating and financing paid maternity leave.

Jobx

JobX is the new Jobs portal on the block. Searchable across a broad range of parameters and loaded with thousands of job opportunities. Something new to try if looking for that ideal career move or if starting in the workplace for the first time. Stacked with features, guides and career / job information. Worth a try.

Teaching Jobs

Right now, there's more than one type of drought affecting Australia's future. A severe drop in the number of local teachers in Australian schools has been getting gradually worse over the past few years.

Space Hotel: The Future of Tourism

The phrase "dining with the stars" will take on a whole new meaning if an American hotel mogul succeeds where NASA has failed. The Las Vegas hotel tycoon is spending half a billion dollars to test and potentially build a hotel that floats in space, and which would also need a brand new space ship to ferry customers more than 100km above the Earth's oceans.

How To Manage Pregnancy & Your Career

More and more women are putting off having children because they want to further their careers, but they do fall pregnant, statistics show that discrimination is more likely. There are numerous ways to manage pregnancy andyour career - and it's a sad fact that one of the best methods is not to tell anyone - but there are other practical steps you can take.

Re-energize Your Goals

What are your goals this year? Do you plan on getting a promotion, or perhaps just working less and spending more time with your friends and family? Lisa O'Brien, the Director of CareersCoach, talks us through methods to re-energise and then realise your goals.

Create A CV or Resume That Will Win Interviews

Your resume is the single most important tool that you have in winning an interview. Your resume will act as a marketing tool by highlighting your skills, experience and education as it best relates to the position. Full story.

Careers Made Easy : Are You Ready For A Change?

One of the most common feelings people will encounter in their lives is dissatisfaction with their jobs. If only it was easier to find a job that was not only suited to you - but you would enjoy - thankfully, those worries are over thanks to the new wave of online job search engines. Click here for the full story.

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