Career
Everything you need to know to take your career in the right direction: how to find the right job for your interests, interview tips, salary negotiation tactics and more.
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Ignore This Outdated Career Advice (and What to Do Instead)
When it comes to landing — and holding onto — a job these days, much of the conventional wisdom you learned growing up has been rendered irrelevant. Forget the advice that you have to keep your personal and professional lives totally separate; what’s the protocol for following your boss back on Instagram?
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Tough Questions You Should Always Ask a Hiring Manager
You’ve reached the end of a job interview, or maybe you’ve just been offered a new role. You’re feeling confident. Then, your potential future manager asks if you have any questions for them. How can you tactfully secure critical information about your future boss, directly from your future boss?
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When You Should Use LinkedIn’s Resume Builder, and When You Shouldn’t
There’s never a bad time to apply for a new job, but updating your resume can begin to feel like a big task (especially if you’re already overworked). If you’ve got a LinkedIn profile though, you can use what you’ve already written to build and customise a strategic resume, as well as speed up your…
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Work It Out: What It’s Really Like to Be a TV Writer in Australia
Home and Away script producer Holly Lyons shares what it takes to be a writer for one of Australia’s most successful TV shows.