Category: Blogs
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Small Business Basics: Insurance
So, how established does your small business need to be before you take out insurance? Short answer, if you are generating any income from your business (note income not profit) be it a business, a hobby that you make a little money from, a side hustle or anything else from which you received financial benefit […]
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More Help with your Job Hunt
Have you ever considered using PEAP but are not sure where to start or what you might find most useful? If you’re not sure what we’re referring to when talking about PEAP, find out more about the Partner Employment Assistance Program. Defence has partnered with Right Management to provide career coaching and transition support for its […]
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Generation Health – A Defence Partner Friendly Employer
Generation Health is a newly formed Australian company which brings together a number of high-quality well-established health brands. Through our brands, we deliver services across personal injury, occupational health, medico-legal and disability employment. Our nationwide teams of consultants are committed to delivering the best quality services – at the highest standards – to improve lives […]
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Posting to Tindal during a Pandemic
When my husband got his posting to Tindal I cried. I know that sounds kind of (super) pathetic, but everyone always described it as the ‘least desirable’ posting and I’d heard nothing but bad things about moving here. A tiny seed of doubt was planted in my mind and as time went on, the seed […]
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Talent Bank applications or Expressions of interest
What are they and are they worthwhile from a candidate perspective? As you are doing your research into organisations that you might like to work for, you may be a little disheartened if they don’t have many roles available or if they don’t have the type of work you are looking for advertised. In the […]
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Simpson Barracks Community Centre
We spoke with Salina Parton from Simpson Barracks Community Centre, Simpson Barracks, Macleod , Victoria How did you start with your group? We posted into Yallambie at the end of 2017, and I started attending the centre’s programs – it was called the Mactier Centre at that time. I then volunteered as the Secretary on the […]
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Werkling | A professional community that moves with you
Werkling is so very happy to be partnering with Defence Families of Australia and contributing to the very important work that they do in the space of partner employment. Let us tell you a little bit about Werkling! We are on a mission to make the professional gig economy a little more human. Werkling has created […]
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The Changing World of Work – Part 2
In the first part of this post we looked at Growth industries and the development of Regional economies – the two trends more closely aligned with the traditional full time employment with an organisation model. In this part we look at the two trends which have more flexibility and independence than the traditional model but are therefore […]
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Quarantine 2020 Style
Hearing the words ‘quarantine’ and ‘kids’ in the one sentence had ‘MWDU’ enter my mind like a flashing neon sign, while I pictured myself hiding in the dishwasher trying to get some space. Postings are hard enough and I wasn’t sure my undies could stretch any further from my stress eating, but they pulled through – […]
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The changing world of work – Part 1
The experts are predicting that the COVID-19 pandemic has fast-tracked some of the previously developing employment trends. But what does that actually mean? Across this two part post we will have a look at four of the major trends and how you can make them work for you. This part covers the two trends that […]