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Work Life Balance

Feb 1, 2011 Uncategorized

3 Hot Tips to Finding Your Dream Job

While a career contributes to your time on the planet in many ways, most people agree that it shouldn’t be the sum total of your life. If you work a regular full-time job, you get 128 hours per week to sleep, eat, be a romantic partner and parent, or participate in sports and entertainment. There [...]

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Jan 19, 2011 Work Life Balance

Top 10 Tips for Work Life Balance in 2011

by Leah Gibbs

Worn out from the year that was? Emma Grey of WorkLifeBliss gives us her top 10 tips for work-life balance in 2011.

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Aug 4, 2010 Work Life Balance

In Pursuit of Life in Work

by Leah Gibbs

We are all looking for the perfect balance between work and life. Given the economic scenario and the number of jobs being lost daily, most of us feel the need to work harder and longer than ever. Just as managing your career means allocating your time wisely amongst different projects, managing your personal life also [...]

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Jul 28, 2010 Flexibility

Flexible Employment – Article for the Australian Career Practitioner Magazine

by Leah Gibbs

The nature of the workforce is changing – quietly but determinedly, employees are making their jobs work for them, and employers are sitting up and taking note. With the ageing of the population and changing labour market conditions, adopting a flexible approach to work helps businesses attract a diverse workforce including mature age workers, those [...]

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Apr 27, 2010 Work Life Balance

A Simple Truth about Work-Life Balance

by David Brewster

It all started well for Russell. Like a growing number of busy 21st century managers, he wanted more balance. He counted himself lucky when he and his wife worked out they could afford him to cut back to four days a week. His own manager, although hesitant, opted to support him rather than risk losing [...]

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Apr 13, 2010 Work Life Balance

Seeing Flexibility From A Different Angle: Why Employers Shouldn’t Assume

by Leah Gibbs

Imagine you employ people who work in an office and that one day one of your employees came to you and said that they had been doing some thinking about their life, and they had come to two conclusions; one, that they enjoyed their job and wanted to keep doing it, and to progress in [...]

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Apr 7, 2010 Work from Home

What Works best On the Home front For You?

by Leah Gibbs

Many people wanting a better work-life balance tend to focus on two key options when weighing up job choices – working from home and self employment. Each have obvious flexibility gains compared to traditional types of employment but anyone considering making a major change to their working life must be sure they know exactly what [...]

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Nov 30, 2009 Work Life Balance

11 Chilled Work/Life Balance Bloggers

by Editor

Balancing your work and life is a mean feat for just about anyone. The bloggers listed in this article write about their methods, and tips to keeping your life in balance, and do a damn good job of it too!

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Nov 25, 2009 Home Office