I feel like I am learning a lot about gender at work at the moment. I mentioned after International Women’s Day that I wasn’t entirely comfortable with the message that we were sending to young women that: you might think you’re equal – but mate you’re not, you earn less; you earn less per hour; you earn less over your lifetime; you do a heap of...

A few friends of mine have recently been made redundant and the company has handled it extremely poorly. One dragged them into a room at 5pm on a Friday and told them the reason they were hired was no longer relevant and that they should consider this their 4 weeks notice. No letters or anything. They were shocked and confused as to whether they were fired or made...

Now that we’ve all hopefully had a bit of a rest over the Christmas/New Year break, a lot of people have begun asking about when the next HR Club Sydney networking evening will be, and as we haven’t had one in a while I thought it would be a good way to start the New Year. This year I’ve come to realise that there are a lot of events out there at the moment,...

Waaay back when I first joined twitter, I made friends with a guy who worked in HR in Boston, MA. Lovely guy to connect with and also hassle about when he’s coming back to Australia! Chris Ferdinandi writes at RenegadeHR.net, tweets at @ChrisFerdinandi and has written a few ebooks you may be interested in. “Culture Convo” is one for those...

The other day I read a blog post called “When your credibility takes a hit” on Women of HR, which was written by Jennifer Miller. It was hugely refreshing to read and a timely reminder that we aren’t all perfect. Jennifer talks about being in a position where she blew it professionally; how humbling the experience was and also how instructive it can be as...