In the wake of the global financial crisis there is plenty of poor financial planning advice and industry calamity to write about, but Stuart Washington betrays a Captain Peacock era understanding of modern corporate commerciality ("Are you being served?", July 18-19).

AT THE height of the boom, executive financial planners within Westpac were told they could earn commissions of $350,000 on top of their base salary of $150,000 - or a 233 per cent bonus - from selling investment products.

WE all have in our heads some idea of what we are supposed to do in our working day, regardless of what we find in our work contracts or job descriptions.

BECOMING a camp counsellor is one way to enjoy a break from school or university, and pick up some valuable job and leadership skills in the process.

A RECENT survey by Australian job website SEEK of more than 7100 workers found that 56 per cent of the employees surveyed were dissatisfied with their jobs.