No room for the captain in a commercial practice

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).

Financial planners paid 230% bonuses at peak of boom

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.

Mind Works Overtime In Psychological Contract

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.

States Of Excitement

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.

Feedback A Winning Tactic

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.

Courses Offer A Leg Up For Managers In The Front Line

Frontline management studies can boost the effectiveness of those already in the job. By Claire Halliday.

Spell Out Staff Tasks

A COMMON issue I find when talking to business owners is that they feel their staff aren't doing what's expected or accepting responsibility for their job.

Practice Behind The Theory

The CIA is in charge of counter-espionage outside the US. The organisation is not required to reveal its budget, organisational charts, key figures, employee numbers and salaries or even names and job descriptions. Its budget is $US28 billion ($A40 billion).

Still Fits The Bill

While Ken Moroney will seek another term as police chief, there will be no shortage of candidates for the job when he decides to go. Robert Wainwright and Stephen Gibbs study the field.

Teacher's Dismissal Case Fails

A TEACHER who claimed she was victimised and unfairly dismissed from a Catholic primary school at Unanderra has failed in an appeal to get her job back.

Mps Scramble For Even More Perks

JOB vacancies in the Carr Government are causing a stampede to find two new Cabinet ministers, a Speaker, a Leader of the House, a Government Whip and a couple of parliamentary secretaries.

The 24-hour Job Search

THE easiest way to get a job is to have a job already. Catch 22! Will someone currently in work be a better bet than someone unemployed? Not necessarily. Anyone desperate to get a job is likely to work particularly hard in order to keep it and establish themselves. Finding where to enter the system

New Job Foundation Set On Shaky Political Ground

Many questions remain unanswered over the Government's handling of Job Network. PITTWATER Road in Brookvale in the heart of the electorate of the Employment Services Minister, Tony Abbott is a perfect microcosm of the upheaval Canberra is creating with its controversial overhaul of the Job Net

It's Time To Lay Down The Laws In The Search For It

DEAR Job Doctor, I am 55 years old and female. I taught English for 20 years before retraining. I completed a Bachelor of Laws in 1988 and practised law for about eight years. While doing so I completed a Master of Laws part-time. I am enrolled in a PhD but am considering discontinuing in the near

Job Library Second To None

KNOWING what you want to do in life is one thing. Finding out how to do it is another. It's important that you know exactly what courses and training you need to do, and what the job prospects are in your particular field of interest. Help with such matters is available from the Career Info

Job Seekers Working The Web

MUCH to the chagrin of the big players, RNR International Marketing has won the tender to operate the job seeker Internet site for the Recruitment & Consulting Services Association (RCSA) - which represents more than 700 recruitment agencies around Australia. From a field of 38 contenders - i

How To Be A Boss In Your Own Home

We might want our private lives to run as smoothly as the office - but job descriptions, time scheduling and leadership sound so exhausting. GENEVIEVE FOX reports. Are you caught out every time there's a loo-roll crisis because you don't know where to find them? Do sharp objects fall on top of

Load Off Minds

TOYOTA has released a loading system designed to ease the backs of those whose job descriptions include filling and emptying light trucks. Known as the LycoLoader, it is a mechanically operated loading platform that doubles as the tray tailgate. The LycoLoader can be fitted to most tray-equipp

Companies On Move Towards Work Equality

Private enterprise is making good progress in stamping out discrimination against women and boosting their job prospects, but some industries continue to resist change, according to a three-year study by the federal Affirmative Action Agency. The agency, which surveys private companies employing