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Leah Gibbs

Apr 27, 2012 Human Resources

Returning mums offered on-site childcare

by Leah Gibbs

A Melbourne company has proven just how far it is willing to go when it comes to retaining returning parents in their workforce – it built its own $5m on-site childcare centre.

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Apr 26, 2012 Work from Home

The Six Types of Teleworkers — Where Do You Fit In?

by Leah Gibbs

It used to be simple. You either had an office job or you didn’t have an office job.

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Apr 24, 2012 Work Life Balance

Long hours tipping the scales of employees’ personal health

by Leah Gibbs

Your personal health and work life balance can sometimes be banished to the bottom of your to-do list when it comes to work deals and deadlines. If this sounds like you, take solace: you’re not alone.

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Apr 23, 2012 Uncategorized

15 Weird and Unusual (But Cool) Office Gadgets

by Leah Gibbs

How can you not love the Cable Monkey? This is a guest post by James Adams. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. Pens. Staplers. Felt-tip markers. Pencil sharpeners. Pencils. Bacon-Flavoured envelopes. All normal items you might find in your office. Wait, what was that last one? [...]

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Apr 20, 2012 In the Media

Older, wiser and back in the market

by Leah Gibbs

Mature-age workers are finding ways and means to revive their careers

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Apr 19, 2012 Time Management

5 Simple Tools That Unleash Meaningful Work

by Leah Gibbs

I recently watched a TED talk by Jason Fried of 37 Signals entitled Why Work Doesn’t Get Done at Work. The message was right on: The office has become a place of endless distraction; so much so that people seek anywhere but there to get their real work done. What happens is the real work [...]

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Apr 17, 2012 Work from Home

Some simple rules for working from home

by Leah Gibbs

Working from home when you normally work in an office can change of pace for a day or two. Some offices can be filled with distractions such as co-workers with questions, background noise, and random fires needing your extinguishing attention.

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Apr 16, 2012 Balanced Life

Get a Life! 7 Ways to Have a Social Life When Home is Your Office

by Leah Gibbs

There’s no doubt about it. Working from home can be a pretty sweet setup, with an array of privileges and perks. So sweet, in fact, that it would take an act of God or near-death emergency to claw some of us from our comfy confines and our daily “uniform” of bunny slippers and lounging pajamas. [...]

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Apr 13, 2012 Opinion

10 Head-scratching Job Titles

by Leah Gibbs

“Director of Fun”. That was the title I was looking at on a resume for a marketing director position. As I read through the applicant’s accomplishments and responsibilities, I could see that it was clearly a marketing-type position. It stuck out, just not in a good way.

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Apr 12, 2012 Job Search

Jobs that Let You Serve Others and Still Make a Living

by Leah Gibbs

Though service jobs will buy you neither Gucci nor Louis nor Fendi nor Prada, some might argue that a career dedicated to serving others pays way more than any high-powered investment job could.

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Apr 11, 2012 Job Search

How to write an effective job advertisement

by Leah Gibbs

Writing a job ad is just like writing any advertisement. You need to know your target audience, address them in the language they understand and offer them what they want.

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