You don't need to be a rugby league diehard to know the Brisbane Broncos aren't very good. Their 30-12 trouncing at home to the Titans on Saturday night was a new low for the once proud club. https://twitter.com/NRL/status/1276793269653917696?s=20 For anyone who grew up watching footy in the...
One of the seemingly limitless downsides of the pandemic is that it's forced us to stay inside more often. With all manner of creature comforts at home and in the office, the prospect of long periods indoors perhaps doesn't seem as grim as it would have...
Throughout a 40-year career in sales, you'll hear thousands of tips and tricks, some of which will be more useful than others. Some pieces of advice will be unique to dealing with a particular client, while others will last a lifetime. The need to be human is...
In the digital age we live in, it's never been harder to disconnect from our work lives. The days of the 40-hour, nine to five, Monday to Friday work week are well and truly over. Work now follows us out of the office onto our commutes...
Three months of living in a COVID-affected world has given us a new perspective on work habits. After endlessly worrying about deadlines and KPIs, we suddenly realised our very livelihoods were at stake. Had things spiralled out of control, overflowing hospitals and an even more severe recession...
Every once in a while, we reach a point in our careers when we know it’s time to move on. Knowing it’s time to leave and actually leaving are two very different things, however. Some bosses will try a range of tactics from the desperate to the...
After all the doom and gloom of this year, there’s a generally pessimistic attitude about the jobs market and recruitment. At the height of lockdown restrictions, it was certainly difficult to find work anywhere. We all felt like bears instead of bulls, cutting losses and reducing...
Starting a recruitment agency is a big decision at the best of times, let alone during a pandemic. With the economy in a rare downturn and the jobs market disrupted by uncertainty and fear, you’ll want to have all your ducks in a row before taking...
No one has ever worked in a job where things didn’t go wrong. IT failures and miscommunications happen to the best of us. What separates the wheat from the chaff is how someone handles those moments when things don’t go to plan. Excuses, excuses It’s immensely frustrating when...
Blended is excited to be launching our new The Office Guys podcast very soon. Why? Podcasting is one of the fastest growing forms of media and also one of the cheapest ways to promote your business. It's also a heap of fun. Its simple formula allows...