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...
It can take three months to feel settled at a job. Before then, most of us just act like we know what we’re doing (and like we haven’t forgotten a coworker’s name). #KarenOrCarol There’s a reason that HR implements a three-month probation period — it takes time to get...
It should be no surprise to readers this week, when they see my latest LinkedIn poll’s results (and huge numbers), that most people don’t want to be monitored via web cameras at home. 4,417 people voted about whether employers should request webcams be left on for the...
A full-time worker in Australia gets 10 paid sick days off per year. And not just for a cough. On days when our mental health takes a dive, we don’t need to show up in the office. But those days are also for the flu, colds, stomach bugs and anything else that might...
Recently, I posted a Linkedin poll asking who respondents would turn to at work if their mental health was suffering because of their job. The majority (35%) said they would speak with their Manager. 31% would tell a coworker. 11% would go to HR. Alarmingly, 23% said...
The gender pay gap isn’t going anywhere but up. Last year’s Global Gender Gap Report told us “gender parity will not be attained for 99.5 years.” Unless medicine makes some quick leaps and bounds, that means most of us alive today won’t see it happen. Instead, we’re...
A year and a half into the pandemic, we’re well aware our collective mental health has taken a dip. For many women, it’s been a plunge. For parity in the workplace and beyond, it’s well established that equal distribution of care-taking duties is necessary. On a...