Category Archives: Career Planning

Why are Diploma Qualifications Important to Employers?

To employers, diploma qualifications are important to show determination and initiative. An employer wants to see that you have taken the time to improve your knowledge and your skillset. Your qualification will be looked upon favourably by employers...


How to Future-Proof Your Career in an Age of Automation

Like it or not, we are living in a time that requires future-proofing yourself for the age of automation. Robots and artificial intelligence are both impacting the Australian workforce like never before. From drones to driverless cars, we’re...


Complete Guide to a Successful Career Transition

Is this the time to make a successful career transition? The events of 2020 have impacted workforces worldwide, unlike any single event since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Sectors like hospitality, tourism, and retail have borne the...


The Advantage Bespoke Online Courses will give You

In the world of online diplomas, all is not as it appears. Registered Training Organisations must operate within the standards of the Australian Quality Framework; however course content can vary significantly across providers. Many RTOs and online training...


Why Having a Business Diploma has Never Been More Important

Many people are wising up to the need to have a qualification like a Business Diploma as one of the best ways to learn valuable generalised business skills that can easily and successfully be applied in a specific...


How to Get Promoted in a Large Company

The key to unlocking internal promotions Many agree that small business is the backbone of our economy, and that’s certainly true to a point. After all, 1.4 million of the 2.3 million Australian small business employ less than...


A Guide to Career Development: How to Excel at Every Career Stage

Over the lifetime of your career, you will enter different career development stages. Getting clear on your career goals from the beginning and landing your first industry role is vital. What’s important is to remember that this focus...


Tips for a Successful Career Pivot to Working from Home

The days of a ‘job for life’ are long gone and the career pivot has become a new life skill for many. Almost a third of all workers change careers or jobs every twelve months. Most workers will...


5 Tips for Creating a Career Action and Development Plan

Planning your career goals and pathways is a useful exercise to do and even more valuable in times of change and uncertainty. An Action and Development Plan is an essential resource to guide your career progression and help...


How to Know Which Diploma is Right for You: A Complete Guide to Choosing the Right Course

Choosing a Diploma or educational path can be an important milestone in your life. You want to go the extra mile to guarantee you are making the best decision for you and the goals that you have set...


How to Set and Achieve Career, Life and Daily Goals

The rush that comes from achieving your goals is one of life’s greatest pleasures. For many people, the idea of setting goals, let alone achieving them, can feel uncomfortable and lead to goal-setting resistance. However, the path towards...


How to Progress in your Career if you have Already Hit the Ceiling

At some point in everyone’s career, you will be faced with the feeling of being overlooked or undervalued as you butt your head up against a glass ceiling. Nowadays, even the stats can seem against you. It’s no...


Career Advancement Tips for this Decade – How to Get Where you Want to Be

As a new decade begins, it is important to stay on top of important changes occurring across the global workforce. From technological advancements to the important development of soft skills, there are strategic ways to advance your career....


How your Life Skills and Experience can Help you Achieve a Diploma Qualification

There is no one-size-fits-all way to obtain your diploma, and there is no single type of person that is perfectly fit for seeking further education. Anyone, with a variety of different skills and experiences, can access higher education...


How to Earn and Ask for an End of Year Bonus

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, people’s minds and thoughts are beginning to turn to Christmas trees, presents, spending time with family, and maybe even a little holiday. For others, before the break begins, many start...


What does the New National Return to Work Strategy mean for You?

More than 500,000 Australians suffer from injuries or diseases related to employment every year, costing the economy almost $62 billion. The Australian Government recognises the huge economic and human cost of the problem and has recently released the...


How to be a Successful Leader

Leaders of the modern world in 2020 and beyond are required to be more aware and involved with their company, their employees, and their processes than ever before. To be a successful leader, you must ensure you provide...


A Guide to Returning to Work

There are many reasons why people return to work after spending time away. You may have had a new baby join your family, needed to care for a family member, taken time out to attend to your health,...


How to Stay Job Ready if you get Injured at Work

Getting injured at work can be an upsetting and stressful experience for yourself, your family and your colleagues. It can often mean extended periods of leave, time at home, and a potential loss of income or mobility. After...


What are the Core Workplace Skills you need?

Soft skills like communication, leadership, and conflict resolution, are all critical in an office environment. However, they are not the only important skills a candidate will need to succeed. Having the following practical and technical skills will be...


Best Ways to Work Remotely for Work and Study

Are you keen to understand how to work remotely? Work and study environments are not the same conventional structure they used to be in the past. Businesses are now hiring people who are looking for flexible workspaces. These...


How to Get a Promotion to Support Rising Living Costs

The average Australian will agree that living costs are continuing to rise. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) found that in 2018, the cost of living rose by over 2%, which is the highest recorded growth for almost...


How to Have it All with Flexible Study

We are all familiar with the saying, ‘you can’t get a job without experience, and you can’t get experience without a job’. Then, once you’ve got a ‘foot in the door’, the next thing to consider is the...


Make You and Your Job Redundancy Proof

Currently, 711,500 Australians are in the process of looking for work.That’s the highest number of jobless Australians since August 2018. Nearly twice that number are ‘underemployed’ or looking for more work. Even though the Reserve Bank considers a...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...