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...

You may have seen the details recently about a casual dinner for HR people to get together and have a good time. I always get nervous wondering whether it will be a bit awkward. Will people talk? Will they have a good time? Will it be worthwhile? I need not worry. I forget that HR people love to let loose amongst their own and share stories and experiences. In case...

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...

Often working in HR we see the very best and the very worst of things. We see people being rewarded for excellent achievement and also experience tremendous setbacks, stress and burnout. At the moment, you can’t escape from the tragedy that is happening around in the world. You will have been across the floods in Queensland and now other parts of Australia, but...