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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/If-you-want-to-get-promoted-laugh-at-the-bosss-jokes/ Red alert, ladies. Making jokes about your ability at work is not funny particularly at board level. That’s the advice based on research carried out over 18 months in the UK by linguistics expert Dr Judith Baxter. While knowing how to laugh at yourself is as Aussie as lamingtons – well it used to be – I reckon the UK research is relevant to our workplaces too. Dr Baxter looked at the speech patterns of men and women at seven companies including two listed on the FTSE 100. Combing through 600,000 words uttered during 14 senior meetings led in equal numbers by women and men, Dr Baxter concluded that the jokes made by women fell flat. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/If-you-want-to-get-promoted-laugh-at-the-bosss-jokes/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/If-you-want-to-get-promoted-laugh-at-the-bosss-jokes/#item8576 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has sparked controversy over her advice that young women should sometimes just ignore discrimination. Just get on with the job at hand, she said. SA Senator Penny Wong disagreed with the gently gently approach, saying: “I don’t think silence in the face of unfairness leads to greater equality.” Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick said if people didn’t complain change wouldn’t happen. Listening to the talkback radio this morning showed there’s plenty of confusion about the issue. Some people thought she was telling people to stay quiet about sexual harrassment or bullying. What do you think? See what was said below. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/do-women-need-to-know-when-to-walk-away/ Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has sparked controversy over her advice that young women should sometimes just ignore discrimination. Just get on with the job at hand, she said. SA Senator Penny Wong disagreed with the gently gently approach, saying: “I don’t think silence in the face of unfairness leads to greater equality.” Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick said if people didn’t complain change wouldn’t happen. Listening to the talkback radio this morning showed there’s plenty of confusion about the issue. Some people thought she was telling people to stay quiet about sexual harrassment or bullying. What do you think? See what was said below. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/do-women-need-to-know-when-to-walk-away/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/do-women-need-to-know-when-to-walk-away/#item8572 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has sparked controversy over her advice that young women should sometimes just ignore discrimination. Just get on with the job at hand, she said. SA Senator Penny Wong disagreed with the gently gently approach, saying: “I don’t think silence in the face of unfairness leads to greater equality.” Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick said if people didn’t complain change wouldn’t happen. Listening to the talkback radio this morning showed there’s plenty of confusion about the issue. Some people thought she was telling people to stay quiet about sexual harrassment or bullying. What do you think? See what was said below. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/An-insecure-workforce-makes-for-an-insecure-society/ It’s usually best to avoid putting too many statistics in a post but reading the ACTU’s report on insecure work the statistics speak volumes so bear with me if you’re interested. Almost a quarter of Australian workers, or 2.2 million people, are in casual employment. Women (25.5%) are much more likely to be in casual work than men (19.7%). According to the report: “Over half of all casual employees are ‘permenant casuals’ in that they have long-term, ongoing and regular employment but, by virtue of being a casual, have non of the basic entitlements associated with ongoing employment.” penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/An-insecure-workforce-makes-for-an-insecure-society/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/An-insecure-workforce-makes-for-an-insecure-society/#item8517 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has sparked controversy over her advice that young women should sometimes just ignore discrimination. Just get on with the job at hand, she said. SA Senator Penny Wong disagreed with the gently gently approach, saying: “I don’t think silence in the face of unfairness leads to greater equality.” Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick said if people didn’t complain change wouldn’t happen. Listening to the talkback radio this morning showed there’s plenty of confusion about the issue. Some people thought she was telling people to stay quiet about sexual harrassment or bullying. What do you think? See what was said below. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/employers-should-check-your-cv-to-the-nth-degree/ I graduated last Friday afternoon. Big ceremony in a great big new hall. Donned robes sporting my faculty’s blood-orange sash. And I got a little excited putting on one of those square hats. Too excited. I chucked my hat up in the air a tad over-enthusiastically and smacked the guy behind me in the head trying to catch it. Whoops. I’m sure Yahoo! shareholders are feeling the same way as that guy. The company’s new CEO, Scott Thompson, has resigned after it was exposed that he hadn’t attained a computer science degree at Stone Hill College as he had claimed. UPDATE 5:20pm: The Wall Street Journal is also reporting Mr Thompson was diagnosed with thyroid cancer before he resigned. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/employers-should-check-your-cv-to-the-nth-degree/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/employers-should-check-your-cv-to-the-nth-degree/#item8493 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has sparked controversy over her advice that young women should sometimes just ignore discrimination. Just get on with the job at hand, she said. SA Senator Penny Wong disagreed with the gently gently approach, saying: “I don’t think silence in the face of unfairness leads to greater equality.” Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick said if people didn’t complain change wouldn’t happen. Listening to the talkback radio this morning showed there’s plenty of confusion about the issue. Some people thought she was telling people to stay quiet about sexual harrassment or bullying. What do you think? See what was said below. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/less-talk-and-more-action-on-workplace-diversity/ Here’s a theory on why true gender “equality” still, in 2012, eludes so many workplaces across the country. I’ve started to think that the reason for the achingly slow pace of change is because we are a nation of doubters. You’d be hard-pressed to find a CEO or senior manager who doesn’t (publicly, anyway) agree with the premise that attracting and keeping more women can only boost their talent pool, that helping staff better mesh their work and home life would help morale and loyalty, and that putting more women in senior levels and on their boards can improve their company’s performance. But that doesn’t mean their companies are necessarily following suit. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/less-talk-and-more-action-on-workplace-diversity/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/less-talk-and-more-action-on-workplace-diversity/#item8440 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has sparked controversy over her advice that young women should sometimes just ignore discrimination. Just get on with the job at hand, she said. SA Senator Penny Wong disagreed with the gently gently approach, saying: “I don’t think silence in the face of unfairness leads to greater equality.” Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick said if people didn’t complain change wouldn’t happen. Listening to the talkback radio this morning showed there’s plenty of confusion about the issue. Some people thought she was telling people to stay quiet about sexual harrassment or bullying. What do you think? See what was said below. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/you-me-and-everybodys-got-a-part-time-job/ There’s a dark undercurrent to the unexpectedly positive April employment figures released just before noon today. On the face of it, it’s terriffic news that there are 15,500 more Australians in the workforce in April than in March. That’s brings our total workforce to 11.5 million, and knocks the unemployment rate two percentage points down to 4.9 per cent. And the sun’s shining today and it feels like summer on the eastern seaboard. Good times. Now for the bad news. As the ABS notes, the increase in employment was driven entirely by increased part-time employment. A whopping 26,000 extra part-time workers entered the workforce in April. Meanwhile, 10,500 full-time positions were lost. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/you-me-and-everybodys-got-a-part-time-job/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/you-me-and-everybodys-got-a-part-time-job/#item8463 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has sparked controversy over her advice that young women should sometimes just ignore discrimination. Just get on with the job at hand, she said. SA Senator Penny Wong disagreed with the gently gently approach, saying: “I don’t think silence in the face of unfairness leads to greater equality.” Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick said if people didn’t complain change wouldn’t happen. Listening to the talkback radio this morning showed there’s plenty of confusion about the issue. Some people thought she was telling people to stay quiet about sexual harrassment or bullying. What do you think? See what was said below. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/an-overflowing-inbox-is-the-least-of-your-worries/ Email is bad for you, says a US study that showed just five days away from that familiar ding in your inbox will result in a more varied heartrate. Now you might think that is an indication of stress, but according to this study, it’s actually a sign that you’re in a relaxed state of mind.  Frankly, this is terrible news. And it’s misinformed, oversimplified and plain untrue. In fact, I completely reject this entire study on the basis of my own relationship with email - a relationship that is best described as a love affair. Email is my favourite form of communication, second only to the text message. And the reason is simple: They both provide an excellent alternative to actually talking to people on the phone. Oh how I loathe the telephone. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/an-overflowing-inbox-is-the-least-of-your-worries/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/an-overflowing-inbox-is-the-least-of-your-worries/#item8439 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has sparked controversy over her advice that young women should sometimes just ignore discrimination. Just get on with the job at hand, she said. SA Senator Penny Wong disagreed with the gently gently approach, saying: “I don’t think silence in the face of unfairness leads to greater equality.” Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick said if people didn’t complain change wouldn’t happen. Listening to the talkback radio this morning showed there’s plenty of confusion about the issue. Some people thought she was telling people to stay quiet about sexual harrassment or bullying. What do you think? See what was said below. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/are-women-caged-in-a-masculine-workplace/ We live in a world where economics is valued. People in business get paid more than in most other professions. Yet business fails to recognise the talents of women. Repeatedly. Only 2 per cent of the ASX200 CEOs are female. I’m old. I’m a baby boomer and was an expert in Affirmative Action in its early days. Affirmative Action is of course an oxymoron. Here in Australia we had no such thing as mandated affirmative targets for women in business or any kind of mandated action much at all. Recent research by The Reibey institute in Australia showed that ASX500 companies with more women directors make more money for shareholders.  Return on Equity was 9.2 per cent versus an average 4.5 per cent. Those with no women on boards made a measly return of 0.5 per cent. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/are-women-caged-in-a-masculine-workplace/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/are-women-caged-in-a-masculine-workplace/#item8444 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has sparked controversy over her advice that young women should sometimes just ignore discrimination. Just get on with the job at hand, she said. SA Senator Penny Wong disagreed with the gently gently approach, saying: “I don’t think silence in the face of unfairness leads to greater equality.” Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick said if people didn’t complain change wouldn’t happen. Listening to the talkback radio this morning showed there’s plenty of confusion about the issue. Some people thought she was telling people to stay quiet about sexual harrassment or bullying. What do you think? See what was said below. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Job-insecurity-is-a-bigger-stress-than-the-cost-of-living/ “Most of our people have never had it so good”, is what British PM Harold MacMillan bluntly told his country in 1959. Maybe Harold was right, Britain had emerged from the gloom of the war years into a booming economy. But if you told Australians that today you’d get blank looks, if not downright hostility. Every survey, and most of the anecdotal evidence I hear, show that cost-of-living issues are the main worry for the average Australian household. But last week someone challenged this and effectively told the country to stop whinging. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Job-insecurity-is-a-bigger-stress-than-the-cost-of-living/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Job-insecurity-is-a-bigger-stress-than-the-cost-of-living/#item8418 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has sparked controversy over her advice that young women should sometimes just ignore discrimination. Just get on with the job at hand, she said. SA Senator Penny Wong disagreed with the gently gently approach, saying: “I don’t think silence in the face of unfairness leads to greater equality.” Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick said if people didn’t complain change wouldn’t happen. Listening to the talkback radio this morning showed there’s plenty of confusion about the issue. Some people thought she was telling people to stay quiet about sexual harrassment or bullying. What do you think? See what was said below. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/interns-slaving-away-for-our-cvs-til-were-blue-in-the-face/ In this job climate instead of greedily battling for the last cent, many are competing for the first opportunity. Only a short time ago, I was offered my first, official internship position. Conscious of how challenging it can be to secure such roles, I was eager to boast to my family of the accomplishment. The preliminary question and answer session wasn’t of where I would be interning, nor the duties I would be assuming. Rather my elation was met with a unified, “Is it paid?” Finding a paid internship these days is like unearthing a talented Kardashian. There are plenty of internships, just not a lot of paid ones. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/interns-slaving-away-for-our-cvs-til-were-blue-in-the-face/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/interns-slaving-away-for-our-cvs-til-were-blue-in-the-face/#item8402 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has sparked controversy over her advice that young women should sometimes just ignore discrimination. Just get on with the job at hand, she said. SA Senator Penny Wong disagreed with the gently gently approach, saying: “I don’t think silence in the face of unfairness leads to greater equality.” Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick said if people didn’t complain change wouldn’t happen. Listening to the talkback radio this morning showed there’s plenty of confusion about the issue. Some people thought she was telling people to stay quiet about sexual harrassment or bullying. What do you think? See what was said below.