It’s July! Most of us are enduring cold Melbourne mornings whilst the other half are splashing EURO summer all over their Instagram stories. Alas, it’s EOFY = pay review time!!! So, what happens when you don’t get the pay raise you wanted? Do you stay or leave?...
The 2023 PR & Culture Salary Survey Guide is now live (download here)! We surveyed 100+ Australian (agency and in-house) based Public Relations talents over a six-week period, to find out current salaries, workplace perks and overall attitudes within the PR...
In our personal and professional lives, we will all meet & develop relationships with people that we don't necessarily like or trust. And, learning to work with or coexist with a work colleague can be extremely difficult and even impact our mental health,...
It’s 5 o’clock on a Friday and everyone in the office is heading to the local pub for “Beer O’Clock”. Personally, I’ve been sober for almost 15 months to get healthy (physically and mentally) and sometimes, this time of the week can cause some anxiety. Not because I...
Saturday, 30th March 2023, was a historic day for gender equality in Australia! In short, the Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023, bill was passed to close the gender pay gap in the Australian workforce. So, what? If you’re a...
This IWD, the key focus was on Equity. Equity and equality are often used interchangeably, but they have different meanings regarding workplace diversity and inclusion. So, what’s the difference? Equality refers to treating everyone the same regardless of their...
Tired of being rejected after interviews? Interview Fatigue is REAL! I'm constantly hearing stories from talents of feeling tired, exhausted and completely over-applying for jobs! The market is incredibly tough right now. Covid is "over" so most companies are back to...
When you hear the term compassionate leadership, what comes to mind? Kindness, understanding, sympathy, empathy? Merriam-Webster defines compassion as "sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it.” Compassion can be felt in...
Recently, 3.6 million people watched a USA influencer cut up her $1,500 Balenciaga bag in protest of the brand’s latest misdeeds. If you’re unfamiliar with the latest scandal, Spanish luxury fashion brand Balenciaga released digital ads that showed young children holding plush bears in bondage…
Ahh 2022, the year of the Optus & Medibank data breach, flexible/ hybrid work culture becoming the new norm, salaries going up-up-up and Elon Musk buying a new billion-dollar toy! We wanted to check in with our superstar digital talents that are currently working...
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused many of us to pause, reevaluate and think about what we REALLY for our future. We have noticed a shift & many employees that suffer from burnout from the five-day working week have adopted a digital nomad lifestyle, moved across...
Last week, I felt that I needed some answers from the public. Over a short period of time, several of my senior-level female talents declined job offers that I had put to them & decided to stay in their current jobs due to counter offers from their current...