If you regularly read our articles, you may recall that I went on a rant recently about the things that I see happen at careers…
Read More The potential downside of careers expos – perspectives from careers advisors>
“The #WhyWeDoResearch campaign was conceived and launched via Twitter by Claire Gibbs, Senior Clinical Research Nurse (@ClaireGibbsUK) and Abby Greaves, Research Administrator, (@JPUHResearch) at the…
Read More #WhyWeDoResearch campaign – by Cheryl Prescott and Claire Gibbs>
Data from the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia’s Registration Data Tables from September 2012 and December 2014 show a sharp increase in the number of…
As usual, the federal government’s health budget has been a mixed bag for the industry. Professional bodies representing practitioners including podiatrists, pharmacists, occupational therapists, medical…
Read More The health industry’s reaction to the 2015 Federal Budget>
I have just returned from a series of 4 careers expos in the New South Wales towns of Young, Forbes, Dubbo and Bathurst. Although this…
Read More My rant following the most recent round of careers expos….>
Universities Australia have announced that the National Workplace Integrated Learning Strategy will make university graduates more “job ready.” Work Integrated Learning (WIL) is well established…
With the national campaign promoting rural medical careers underway, rural GP couple Dr Melanie Considine and Dr Gerry Considine have said that if they can…
Read More If we can Go Rural, you can too! Dr Gerry Considine & Dr Melanie Considine>
Once again the federal government’s industry employment projections data show that the Health Care and Social Assistance sector will be the leading provider of new…
It’s no accident that the majority of the 32,000 psychologists registered in Australia (Australian Practitioner Health Regulation Agency, 2014) work in some form of private…
Read More Private Practice Psychology: So Many Benefits – by Rebecca Ray>
The health industry is incredibly rewarding yet can be a mentally draining area to work in. Take it from Natasha Jennings of the Alfred Hospital’s…
Read More Upskilling online made possible by Monash University>
Shelley Straw qualified as an Eye & Ear Nurse in 1982, and worked in the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital for close to 25…
Read More Rolling out multiple ear clinics – by Shelley Straw>
Shelley Straw qualified as an Eye & Ear Nurse in 1982, and worked in the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital for close to 25…
Read More Setting up ear clinics from scratch – by Shelley Straw>
Prospective university students around the country can let out a collective sigh of relief……. for now…. The Federal Government has been unable to pass its…
Read More University deregulation won’t go ahead any time soon>
2014 has been an exceptional year for Samantha Kourtis, a Canberra pharmacist who has taken out two major awards. She has been recognised not only…
Read More Canberra pharmacist Samantha Kourtis wins two major awards in 2014>
Internships With stories of companies taking advantage of young interns for the “free labour” ability to “do all the jobs that paid staff don’t want…
Read More Are internships and volunteering worth it for your career?>
The plaster was flying thick and fast when 50 Indigenous high school students came to Canberra for a hands-on health session at ANU on December…
In Australia, indigenous health professionals are under-represented compared with the percentage of indigenous people in the population. Therefore it is important that non-indigenous health professionals…
Read More Developing cultural awareness for working with ATSI people>
The Psychologically Healthy Workplace Program (PHWP) is an evidence-based initiative developed by The Australian Psychological Society (APS). The program aims to promote psychological health and…
Read More It pays to become a psychologically healthy workplace.>
We asked pharmacist and PhD candidate Kenny Lee what it was like to speak at the recent TEDxPerth event….. “Each year at TEDxPerth, local and…
The Australian Financial Review has published an article “The Degrees of Unemployment: universities’ jobless” which includes a tool to search graduate salary and jobs data…
