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So you just lost your job, what next? The first 3 things to do.

1.    Allow yourself to adjust and emotionally recover – seek friends, etc

When you first find out your role has been made redundant, you will go through a range of emotions. As irrational as they often are, the feelings form our reality and only time and communication will help you adjust to your new circumstances. Some […]

By |September 14th, 2015|Insights, Outplacements and Job Hunting|0 Comments

The top 5 complaints that redundant employees have of their employer after the event

I sat down with my team last week and discussed the 150 outplacement services that we have undertaken this year. The conversation turned to what the pattern of comments has been from the outplaced candidates on their experience with their employer in those final few weeks both before, during and after they received the bad […]

By |September 10th, 2015|Insights, Outplacements and Job Hunting|0 Comments

Setting your Career Goals for 2016

Do you know what you want to achieve in your life next year? Starting to think about this in January robs you of a month already. Worse still, you tend to set goals with haste, often not giving enough time to think it through. That’s why the next 4-6 weeks (prior to the end of […]

By |September 7th, 2015|Insights|0 Comments

Retrenching With Sensitivity

 How employers might be ruining their brands by not handling this powerfully.
“Winter is Coming”. Jon Snow is both pragmatic and pessimistic as he warns the world of what is in store in the very popular TV series Game of Thrones. Well, the chilly nights, fresh mornings and cool sunshine suggest that winter is definitely coming. […]

By |July 13th, 2015|Insights, Outplacements and Job Hunting|0 Comments

Filling the Pool Report uncovers gender equity crisis in WA

On Wednesday June 4 The Committee for Perth launched a report sharing startling findings from a two-year research project into the state of gender equality in Western Australia.

Based on over 170 interviews the report (Fitzsimmons, T.W., & Callan, V.J. (2015) Filling The Pool. Perth: The Committee for Perth) confirms that gender equity has reached a […]

By |June 8th, 2015|Gender Equity, Insights|0 Comments

Interview with James Lush on 720 ABC – 30 November 2013

720 ABC Radio Interview – Don’t leave it too late, prepare yourself for making changes and plans for 2014
Listen to Brian Briscoe and James Lush from 720 ABC discuss how and when to approach the new year for your personal, business, health and wealth goals.  It pays to be prepared!

By |December 6th, 2014|Media|0 Comments

ABC 720 Radio Interview 1 November 2014

Retirement is not about finishing work and having no more use for the body of knowledge a person has built up through their career.

Perhaps, employers, and staff would be better served by having a transition period, where people who are close to retiring, begin working less days a week, and/or have a buddy system where […]

By |November 1st, 2014|Media|0 Comments

Radio Interview 15 October 2014

ABC Radio Interview – Large companies playing with nature for staff retention
Heard about Apple and Facebook offering to pay for female staff members to freeze their eggs?

Brian Briscoe was asked for his opinion on air earlier this week.

By |October 16th, 2014|Media|0 Comments

ABC720 Radio Interview 14 September 2014 –

720 ABC Interview with James Lush “The 10th Day”- 14 September 2014
Hi folks, here’s a copy of the latest interview on ABC 720’s Saturday Breakfast Program.  James Lush and Brian Briscoe talk about working a 9 day fortnight and the thought that time is actually an incentive to employees. Its a good listen, enjoy.

By |October 16th, 2014|Media|0 Comments

Radio Interview with ABC Drive Program 8 October 2014

Standing out from the crowd
Brian Briscoe speaks with Barry Nicholls on ABC Drive Program about what to do if you are seeking a job and the main challenges people face when it comes to applying for jobs.

By |October 14th, 2014|Media|0 Comments