The Economy and your Career – Should you be worried? What you can do to stay ahead:

This year Australian markets have seen growth and taken beatings. Through it all, many industries continue to flourish. Let’s look at the current economy in light of your career strategy. The economy and your career The Australian Stock...


The Advantages of Studying Business Administration

This blog highlights why people with a business administration qualification are in such high demand. If you’re looking to become more employable and further your career, business administration may just be the right course for you. What is...


These Skills Will Help You Get Ahead at Work

Success in your career requires a solid education and training of the specific role as well as a foundation of interpersonal skills. These are commonly referred to as ‘soft skills’, although there is nothing soft about how impactful...


Decision Fatigue – Simple Changes to Decrease Stress

Every day we are forced to make hundreds of decisions from food, to clothes, how to balance our time and workplace negotiations. It often seems like we have to spend so much time deciding what to do… that...


Improve Productivity in your Business or Study with these Automations

Balancing all the repetitive tasks handed to us each day in the modern world can be challenging and frustrating. Between work, study, and everyday life, it’s not unusual to need help improving daily productivity. Several clever programs exist...


Tips for Creating a Positive Workplace Environment

Creating a positive workplace environment is important in that it helps you maintain a good working vibe, love, and harmony among employees. With the high expectations that prevailing business trends have placed on business owners and admins, you...


How Important are Computer Technical/Digital Skills in Different Industries?

In the current age of technology, it is reasonable for employers to expect a high level of digital skill from the people they employ. Technical skills in most industries are incredibly important and crucial to productive work. Competent...


Study Success Guide: How to Study when you have no Time

If you want to study but lack of time is holding you back, this study success guide is here for you. The good news is that study time doesn’t have to involve locking yourself away in a room...


10 Job Interview Do’s and Dont’s

You’ve hit send and just like that, your CV and cover letter have been sent off into a virtual land to meet with hundreds of other CVs and cover letters. But something amazing has happened – your CV...


SMARTER Goals will Change your Life

SMART goals are a familiar concept, but have you heard of SMARTA or SMARTER goals? Let’s look at how applying this structure to your goal setting can make a difference to your journey and your destination. When setting...


How to Create the Best Work Study Environment for your Phase of Life

Just as with learning processes, everyone studies differently. Creating the best work study environment for you is crucial. Factors that create the perfect study space, include lighting, sound, and smells. What works best for you may vary depending...


Top 11 Negotiating Strategies for Contracts in Purchasing

Before signing any business contract or agreement, you will most likely need to negotiate. That is – sit down and discuss the details of the contract. Your job in purchasing will put you in the negotiating hot seat...


How to Form Positive Supplier Relationships

Happy Suppliers leads to Happy Customers In the purchasing industry, suppliers are one of the most important parts of supply chain management. Without them, businesses can miss out on vital inventory, leaving customers disappointed and losing sales. Therefore,...


Profession Pathways to a Career in Quality Auditing

We live in a time when profession pathways are the career norm rather than the exception. In any profession, there are times when the day-to-day can become mundane. That’s often the time you’ll begin to search for new...


The Ins and Outs of Studying a Diploma

Whether you are looking to continue your study or you are returning to education after some time off, there are lots of things you may want to know about studying a diploma. These include: How long will you...


Is your career on track? EOFY Career Stocktake Tips

With the end of the financial year upon us, it’s a great time to take stock of the past six to twelve months. Compiling receipts and preparing tax returns might be the focus for some. For others, it’s...


How to Start your Own Business as a Tradie

When you are starting your own business as a tradie, there are lots of things to consider, from funding to competition and plenty more. When every detail, no matter how small, is not considered, we see small businesses...


9 Key Questions to Ask that Engage and Empower Employees

The nine questions to initiate engagement that all managers need to know. Be an engaging coach, not a boring boss Every good manager wants tips to engage and empower employees. Managers of all kinds are redefining their traditional...


Online vs. Face-to-face Learning: Which One Suits You?

Choosing where and how to learn can be a daunting task, so it’s important to understand what online and on-campus learning has to offer. Below are the essential features every student should familiarise themselves with before deciding to...


Mastering your Performance Review

For proactive staff and managers, the start of the new financial year heralds a new ‘Review Season’ where managers and supervisors sit down with employees for a one-on-one session to discuss their performance over the previous twelve months....


Over 45? Studying is still the Number One Option for Advancing your Career

Are you over the age of 45 and considering a return to study? More than 10% of Australians aged 15 to 64 are undertaking tertiary study. Compare that to just 2% of people with a qualification in the...


Righting a Wrong Project

‘Is there any way to ‘right’ a ‘wrong’ project?’ That’s a question often asked by project management students and professionals alike. Many people have had experience of managing a project that seems doomed to fail from the outset....


7 Top Tips You Need to Know about Choosing the Right Course

For many, trying to figure out the right course to choose is one of the most challenging parts of further education. What if you make the wrong decision? What if you don’t like the content? What if it...


9 Reasons your Career Needs a Diploma

When you are considering if a diploma is relevant to your career, it will ultimately depend on if you think having a diploma will help you achieve your goals faster. There are countless benefits to obtaining further education,...


Global Talent Shortages and the Evolving Role of the HRM Professional

Why now is the perfect time to refresh your career with a Diploma of Human Resources Management (BSB50618) Businesses around the world have been experiencing a profound market shift in talent shortages and talent management for several years....


Why 25-35 is the Best Age to Change Careers

Choosing to change careers can be a daunting and stressful decision in your professional life. If you have put in the time, effort and money into building your current career, understandably, the decision to change tact is a...


Certificate vs Diploma vs Degree: Which Qualification Level is Right for Me?

The level of further study you choose to undertake is an important life decision and not one to take lightly. With so many options, from a certificate, diploma or degree, it is important to weigh up the benefits...


How to Get a Job in Supply Chain Management

Making a career change to get a job in supply chain management might be easier than you think. You’ll find a profession with variety, challenge and guaranteed progression. Here’s how to get started. First, Pick an Industry In...


Is Company Culture Important for Small Businesses?

Company culture is arguably one of the most important keys to small business success and can be the difference between a productive, successful business or a failed one. Let’s explore why paying attention to company culture is important...


Not a Natural Leader but want to be a Manager? Here’s How:

Most people are not born as natural leaders, but the great news is that the leadership skills required to be a manager are easily learnt. On the flipside, you might be a natural leader, but chances are you...