During ABC Radio National’s summer season, I chanced to hear a Hindsight documentary that I’d somehow missed when it was first broadcast in 2008. What a marvellous find it turned out to be!
The program is about Florence Violet McKenzie (nee Wallace), Australia’s first female electrical engineer and a driving force in establishing the Women’s Royal [...]
When a large-ish company declares bankruptcy or multiple retrenchments, the news reports often include a quote from a union representative about wanting to ensure that employees receive their entitlements.
This means the employees should be paid any salary and allowances owed to them, and they should have access to fully paid-up superannuation accounts. These payments are [...]
According to a series of studies by Carol Kuhlthau and her colleagues, searching for information on a particular topic can involve an emotional journey.
Given an essay topic, for example, you start with optimism, confident that some useful information will emerge from your initial search. As you acquire facts about the topic you start to feel [...]
In times of economic prosperity employers tend to focus on finding the right employees and enticing them to stay with a combination of benefits and working conditions.
These days we face a skills shortage, an uncertain economic environment and a general reluctance to take risks. The HR priority for employers, argues Matt Moore in a recent [...]
The 2009 IA Summit organisers are calling for proposals. See the updated “Forthcoming” page on this blog for links and details about other conferences, workshops etc that may be of interest.
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