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...
It’s 2022, and more women are in the workforce than ever before. According to the Australian Bureau of Stats (ABS), women made up nearly half of the workforce in 2020, compared to around 30% in 1966. Women have made so much progress in the workforce, however there is...
The Iceberg PR Salary & Culture Guide data was collected anonymously over a three-month period to gather insight as to how people feel about their salaries, promotion opportunities and recognition, and the value placed on non-monetary benefits such as working from...
Gone are the days where the white-collar employee is in the office five days a week, attends every meeting in person, and spends more time in traffic than sitting at their desk. Shorter work weeks, working from home, and more workplace flexibility has been discussed for years…
Over the last two years, the lack of international arrivals, paired with strong market growth, has helped to create a talent drought in digital, PR, marketing and advertising. IAB Australia’s CEO Gai Le Roy hasn’t seen such high “demand for talent” during her two...
We’re two years into remote work, but that doesn’t mean we’ve perfected it. Our productivity is up, but culture can slip when we’re not together. Learning what works and what doesn’t is a curve we’re still on. Culture doesn’t vanish with remote work – it’s just...
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: there isn’t a shortage of workers. There is a shortage of patience for employers, however. As John Buchanan, a business professor at the University of Sydney says, employers “report skill shortages because they advertise at...