Tag Archive: Work

May
03
2011

The Secret

"Do what you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life" - Confucius

With my full time day job, writing my Great Australian novel (if you can call three pages a novel!) and the Easter celebrations I have neglected these blog posts. My bad! Anyway, yesterday I was involved in a topic of discussion that I feel so strongly about that I couldn’t wait to share with you …

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Dec
04
2010

Generationalisation Y

Photo by DonkeyHotey

I’m not just a stereotype, I’m an individual too! …

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Oct
13
2010

Missing Sunshine

Photo by Jerry

A lesson on taking a teaspoon of cement and hardening the fuck up. …

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Aug
14
2010

The Carnage

Photo by Orin Zebest

Yesterday I witnessed some of my work friends get fired. They were on contract. Temp staff. Like me. And they were dispensable. Some had been there five months. Others only three. They knew that they were on a temp assignment only. That the contract was not a permanent position. They also knew that there were …

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Aug
07
2010

First Impressions

Photo courtesy of Torbakhopper

I didn’t fall into recruitment like many other people I’ve encountered. Many of my counterparts have come from traditional sales backgrounds. I actually made a decision to move into the industry after working in the consumer finance industry. After an exhaustive 4 years of managing a team of people directly, I wanted the opportunity to …

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