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Tech professional? Cybersecurity specialist? Multiple offers? Our top tips to make the right career decision in a bullish market.
With spend in Australian cybersecurity expected to surpass a whopping $5.1b in 2021, the natural flow-on effect from an increase in enterprise requirements in the sector is a need for more staff. Since launching Synchro Partners earlier this year, there’s no doubt...
What’s next for the teachers who took the brunt of lockdowns?
The Covid-19 years have focussed attention in schools on the value of teaching professionals working together collaboratively towards the best possible student learning outcomes. For school leaders, the attention has been on building the social capital needed in...
The Great Resignation is Coming (and an invitation to you)
Australian businesses, brace yourselves. According to all the data coming out of the USA (a trend very likely to be followed here in the first half of next year), almost half the workforce are gearing up for the sort of change we have never witnessed before… the...
I’m also Covid collateral.
Remember 2019? It was late that year when I took the Melbourne-based role of General Manager for Slade Group and the Interchange Bench. I’d come fresh off an extended break, including giving myself the time to do the Camino De Santiago Trail, to find some ‘me time’...
Fear of success: Why it happens and how to overcome it.
In a recent episode of my podcast, The Job HuntingTM Podcast (ep.100), I discussed success, but with a twist. I see the following behaviour happening all the time with my clients: when job hunters go from getting zero responses to suddenly getting calls from...
5 ways to navigate through the current Tech talent shortage
‘Talent shortage’ and ‘skills gap’ are terms that have been thrown about – at times, in my opinion, haphazardly – in the Australian technology sector since I first started recruiting in the space over a decade ago. But never before have these terms rung so true as in...
R U Really OK?
Imagine this: You witness one of your colleagues, a solid performer in their area of expertise, become so overwhelmed with their workload, that they break down during a team meeting (on camera, because we are meeting virtually), when asked, “How’s your week looking?”...
The Psychology Behind Why Every Day In Lockdown Feels Like ‘Groundhog Day’
They say variety is the spice of life, and for those trying to thrive in lockdown, the age-old adage couldn’t be more important. No matter how mentally strong and resilient you usually are, it’s tough to shake a sinking feeling when you’re facing health-mandated...
Have you updated your LinkedIn profile since you set it up?
Or since you got your new job? In the last 12 months? If not, you may be missing out on leveraging from LinkedIn, big time! In Episode 91 of The Job Hunting Podcast, I share my journey and evolution using LinkedIn and how I updated my profile and activity over...
Thriving on Chaos – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
As we’re more than half way through 2021 and those of us in Australia enter a new financial year amidst lockdown, the covid chaos of the past 18 months remains a challenge. Like many, I recently moved to a home office after selling my business premises. It took...
NAIDOC 2021: On ancient cultures, and modern workplaces
By Professor Deen Sanders OAM Through his eyes… Professor Deen Sanders OAM is a Worimi Man and Lead Partner at Deloitte. He shares his thoughts for NAIDOC week 2021. As an Aboriginal person, it is my deeply held belief that every person benefits from living in better...
NAIDOC 2021: From standing alone to standing together
By John Paul Janke I’ve always had a special connection to NAIDOC Week; it holds such special memories for me. In the 1970s, I remember gatherings and street marches in Cairns with my family and when we moved to Canberra in the late 1970s – attending many community...