Nursing assistants are a critical link in the health care chain. You can be the face that brightens a patient's day, a helping hand for basic tasks, and, for some patients, the key to maintaining dignity. Nursing assistants, also called nurse aides, ty...

If you're looking to make the transition from final exams to full-time employee, an internship with a solid company could be the perfect stepping-stone. In fact, internships are fast becoming an integral part of the college experience. According to a 2006...

Many people, for many reasons, may not have had the opportunity to achieve a college education and, whether for employment advancement or just for personal satisfaction, are seeking to attain a degree. They may claim being accredited, but deeper digging m...

Brains like mush, eager to please and boy they sure want to have fun! Last year the Government commissioned research on how employable Graduates were. The answer was: not very. But why? The reason was simple - most had no exposure to professional wo...

What’s your view of younger workers? Our research shows most employers think they are disloyal, demanding, impatient job hoppers (and that’s ignoring the expletives). Positive (?) comments include Great if you can keep them. Why so negative abou...

Most business people believe there is a talent crisis. Why? Because every professional conference in Human Resources or Retention or Recruiting, starts with a version of: * Talent is scarce because the population is aging * You must spend b...

In February, an interview with Toby Marshall was published in Shortlist on the Talent Scarcity Myth. This is an industry magazine, and it drew a lot of Comments as for many in the industry, the belief in scarcity is like a mantra (not surprising given all...

It’s amazing. Graduate from university and you are paid $50,000 or more, have a big training budget and lots of expensive management attention. 12 months earlier and all you could do was flip burgers. How does this miracle happen? It’s the sa...

The Grad Most Wanted was in her 5th and final year at Uni and in April it was time to look for graduate roles. The Piranha Recruiting Frenzy really took off with huge give-aways, big functions and lots of marketing spend as the big firms competed for the ...

Sue was the one everybody wanted. Definitely someone ‘most likely to succeed’. Talented, smart, great academic results, ambitious, mature, organised, sociable and she loves her touch rugby team. Just an all round great kid who will have a great car...

Well, what we all want from jobs, but they actually expect it and walk without it. Accused by Boomers with being demanding and fragile, it’s more that they value feedback and input. It’s not that they are slackers or easily distracted as much as th...

The world of business is so different from fifty years ago. One big change is WHEN our smartest young people enter the workforce - they are MUCH older. But how we bring graduates into the corporate world doesn’t recognise or allow for these changes -...

Distance learning in education services prepares students for various careers in the field of education. Some of the educational services are elementary and secondary school teacher, college and university faculty, instructional coordinator, vocational ed...

12 Self Evident Propositions Yes, there are minor exceptions to each Proposition Yes, each could be expressed more tactfully and qualified with more words (as we have in my books and media articles) But words just remove the spotlight from the si...

Right way of assessing ability, aptitude and personality Psychometric assessment has now become an important part of the hiring process in companies. It is also regarded as an important component in increasi...