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Latest HR stats
A recent study has found that as a result of the economic downturn, overall expenditure on training by business is expected to reduce by 4.1 per cent in the current financial year. However, the survey also showed a trend for up-skilling the existing workforce (65.7 per cent) in favour of recruiting new workers (28.5 per cent) to meet skill needs.
Source: ”Skilling Business in Tough Times”, The Australian Industry Group/Deloitte Survey as published by HR Daily.
Quote of the month
"Make sure you have someone in your life from whom you can get reflective feedback."
Warren Bennis
Organisational Consultant and Author
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A word from the MD, Peter Tobin
Over the years, Worklife has tried to bring you information relevant to you and your organisations in relation to the engagement, retention, career planning and development of your team members. However, the focus is usually on team members once they are in an organisation. But how does one form their opinions, gain their independence and their confidence? Are there underpinning common factors in highly successful people?
Welcome to another edition of Worklife News Alert. In this issue, we depart from our usual format to bring you information about a company whose focus is Gen Y – uSucceed In Life. Founded by Peter Stephenson, this business researches the profiles of successful people to delineate commonalities in their development years as teens. Read on to find out more about the business and the research.
As always, I hope you enjoy this issue of Worklife News Alert. Also, don’t forget to tell us what you think - why not email us with your comments and suggestions (click here to contact us now).
New business opportunity: uSucceed in life
WHO REALLY UNDERSTANDS GEN Y?
Founded by researcher and author Peter Stephenson, uSucceed In Life ("uSucceed") is a website for young people, typically in their late teens through their 20s, who want to get ahead and succeed in life. Developed as a short course taken online, it leads the individual through the comprehensive and fascinating results of research which are relevant, helps them address the success factors which are critical in their own case, and provides the user with the necessary guidelines and personal action planning templates to convert plans into actions.
It also equips parents and close friends who want to assist young people in these endeavours, and do the best possible job at this for them.
In founding this business, Peter studied the biographies of one hundred successful world famous people from Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and elsewhere, who have achieved great success in life, working in the fields of business, government, entertainment, sports and other occupations. His research particularly focused on what these people were doing during the period from their late teens through their twenties, in order to assess whether or not there were patterns underpinning their later success in life.
There are very clear success patterns, and quite a few surprises! Read more at: www.usucceedinlife.com/career-advice
The site also enables Worklife-Certified Career Coaches to offer and engage in value-added services for their younger clients, also offering innovative differentiation from other career coaches, by incorporating Peter’s processes into their own career coaching.
To read more about uSucceed, go to their website at www.usucceedinlife.com.
To read Peter Stephenson’s bio, go to www.usucceedinlife.com/career-counselor.
To read more about this exciting opportunity between Worklife and uSucceed, click here.
 What's new on the web?
Check out www.cdaa.com.au.
While not “new” on the web per se, the Career Development Association of Australia’s (CDAA) website is a fountain of information for those new to the career development industry.
“The CDAA is a national organisation of practitioners who work in the career development industry either for themselves or others, providing a range of career services for people entering the workforce, managing their work and life roles, or changing careers.”
From this website, you can search for a career practitioner in your area, read recent research papers, learn about conferences and events that may be of interest to you or even become a member.
For more information on the CDAA, or to join, click here.
What's happening at Worklife this month?
Here is a look at what is happening this month:
Career Coach Certification Program (CCCP)
Melbourne (Nov 23 – 24): Confirmed to go ahead!
We are accepting registrations for our final CCCP workshops for 2009 in Melbourne. CCCP is your opportunity to enhance your existing career coaching skills and develop new skills, using Worklife’s Career Development Process, in this inspiring two-day workshop.
Our 2009 registration price of $1,500 (plus GST) includes:
- A set of Worklife’s Card Sort Discovery Tools;
- A Worklife Coaching Toolkit – our gift to you (valued at $295 AUD);
- All learning materials;
- Certificate of completion;
- Ongoing support from Worklife; and
- Refreshments and meals during the workshop.
To find out more about CCCP in Melbourne, click here
To register for CCCP in Melbourne, click here
2010 Calendar
Worklife is also announcing the 2010 calendar for CCCP. With 2010 workshops in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland our registration fee of $1,850 (plus GST) includes:
- A set of Worklife’s Card Sort Discovery Tools;
- All learning materials;
- Certificate of completion;
- Ongoing support from Worklife; and
- Refreshments and meals during the workshop.
To view the 2010 calendar, click here.
To register for CCCP in 2010, click here.
Card Sort Refresher Workshop (CSR)
From the beginning of 2010, Worklife is proud to present a brand new workshop to Worklife Certified Career Coaches – Card Sort Refresher. This one-day workshop refreshes participant understanding of Worklife’s Card Sort Discovery Tools and provides updated and new resources. In 2006/07, Worklife redesigned the Card Sort Discovery tools with new content, facilitator’s guides, newer more professional and contemporary presentation, as well as to align the cards with adult learning principles and research.
To find out more about the CSR workshop, click here.
To register for the CSR workshop in 2010, click here.
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