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Smart partnerships for workforce growth

Smart partnerships for workforce growth

Partnerships between employers and registered training organisations (RTOs) are a smart way to address workforce shortages, optimise professional development and meet a range of business needs.     Collaboration between specialist training providers and employers has long been a feature of the aged care and early childhood sectors, and like most things the nature of […]

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Are you eligible for a free course and government subsidised priority courses?

Are you eligible for a free course and government subsidised priority courses?

The Victorian state government as part of its recent election promises, is offering free TAFE on a selection of priority courses for eligible students across Victoria. Priority courses were determined for industries that have a high demand for skilled workers and includes over 30 priority non-apprenticeship courses and 20 apprenticeship pathway courses. A range of […]

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What can I claim — top student tax deductions

What can I claim — top student tax deductions

Top 5 tax hacks for students If you’re a student who’s wondering ‘ What can I claim at tax time? ‘, you might be surprised to learn of these five hacks to maximise your tax return. Don’t let these tax deductions slip past you while you’re studying. With tax time coming up at the end […]

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How to start your own family day care service

How to start your own family day care service

There are many perks you get when you start a family day care — flexible hours, less stress, rewarding work. Take a look at many more benefits of being a family day care educator here. Many people, particularly parents, are looking for employment options where they can have the flexibility to earn money around their […]

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Creating a Hazard Free Workplace in Childcare and Aged Care

Creating a Hazard Free Workplace in Childcare and Aged Care

Creating a hazard-free workplace is something that all employers and employees should aim to achieve – for plenty of reasons. From an economic point of view alone, workplace injuries cost the Australian economy more than $60 billion every year according to Work Focus Australia. And then there are the social, organisational and personal impacts on […]

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5 tips to turn your study dreams into a reality

5 tips to turn your study dreams into a reality

The beginning of a new year gives us an excellent opportunity to reflect on all that we’ve achieved, not to mention our plans for the future. For many, this includes starting a new career and commencing study for the first time (or again!) Every year, we welcome thousands of enquiries from people interested in following […]

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Five Digital Tools To Help You Study

Five Digital Tools To Help You Study

When it’s time to study and absorb all the facts, ideas and theories that you’re learning and apply your understanding of them, it’s important to be organised. You can prepare for the most effective use of your study time with some handy digital tools that will help you to plan, revise, take cohesive notes and […]

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What Do You Know About Workplace Bullying?

What Do You Know About Workplace Bullying?

Bullying is not something that’s confined to the school yard – it happens in the workplace too and it takes many forms. According to Worksafe Victoria, workplace bullying involves ‘persistent and repeated negative behaviour directed at an employee that creates a risk to health and safety.’ Workplace bullying can extend to: Unjustified criticism or complaints […]

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How To Have An Awesome Birthday At Work

How To Have An Awesome Birthday At Work

So your birthday is coming up and you have to work. Depending on how you feel about your workplace and colleagues, this is either an exciting proposition or, well, not that exciting at all. Not all cultures and religions recognise birthdays as a big deal, but if you’re in the mood to celebrate there are […]

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Are You Ready For A Promotion?

Are You Ready For A Promotion?

You’re keen to become a leader of tomorrow, to take the next step into a more senior role…but how do you ensure your boss knows this? And once they know, how to do you ensure you’re ready? It takes planning and ambition to grow your career. Here are some tips for actions you can take […]

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Top Three Tips For Building Confidence

Top Three Tips For Building Confidence

Feeling confident is not something that comes naturally to everyone. Even the most confident person can experience nerves before a big presentation or key meeting. Here are some tips on how to speak and present yourself with confidence. Know your audience Think about the knowledge and experience of the people in your audience: Do they […]

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Overcome Procrastination…Now!

Overcome Procrastination…Now!

Most of us have put off something that needs to be done at one time or another. It might be avoiding that dentist appointment or sorting out your inbox. It’s also often the bigger things we put off, like updating our resume or dealing with a difficult situation. Why do people procrastinate? We can all […]

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Embracing change

Embracing change

Many people see change as a threat but with a shift in mindset change is an opportunity. You can then not only survive but thrive through times of change. For business leaders, the term change management is used when dealing with these situations. By developing creative ways of enabling employees, clients and other stakeholders to […]

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International Computer Security Day

International Computer Security Day

Top tips for computer security For International Computer Security Day, Selmar is presenting top tips for maintaining your safety while using computers. Celebrated each year on November 30, Computer Security Day was started in 1988 to remind people to protect their computers and information and raise awareness of computer related security issues. External surrounds Computer […]

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Tips for effective conflict resolution

Tips for effective conflict resolution

Conflict is impossible to avoid and is not always a bad thing. From the innocuous water cooler arguments around whose football team is the best or where we should go for Friday night drinks, humans deal with dozens of conflicts daily and almost all are resolved peacefully. So what makes for effective conflict resolution? The […]

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Stress management

Stress management

Managing stress is a balancing act. Looking forward to the start of a race or football match is good stress and is called excitement. Survival stress is how we react when faced with real threat. When we were cave dwellers it might have given us the ability to run from a saber-toothed tiger. Bad stress […]

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Understanding emotional intelligence

Understanding emotional intelligence

Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognise our own emotions and the feelings of others. Understanding what causes our emotions and how we react to them helps us to manage our responses to difficult situations. This knowledge can help you to make better decisions and become a better leader. Here are some basic tips for […]

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Approaches to mentoring

Approaches to mentoring

Mentoring can provide the guidance, support and encouragement needed to succeed and overcome challenges. A mentor can be a friend, a boss or an industry professional unknown to you. A mentor is someone that listens to your plans, problems and ambitions and offers their advice and expertise. There are several types of mentoring programs and […]

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Encouraging safe work practices for Safety Month

Encouraging safe work practices for Safety Month

October is National Safe Work Month, or Safety Month, an opportunity to raise awareness of workplace health and safety. Safe Work Australia estimate that every year, more than 260 Australians die and a further 135000 are injured due to work related injuries. “National Safe Work Month provides an opportunity for us all to focus on […]

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5 top tips for customer service

5 top tips for customer service

There is a well-known adage in sales that it costs you five times as much to win a new customer than to keep an existing one. How you treat your customers determines the likelihood of them returning. Customer service tends to be focused on external customers, and generally around securing and maintaining business. Whilst external […]

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Leading by innovation

Leading by innovation

Innovation means being creative, thinking outside the box, to discover new ways of doing things. Creativity and innovation in the workplace can be vital to the success of a business because they allow for better processes, more engaged staff and ultimately happier customers. So how can you cultivate creativity and innovation in the workplace? The […]

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Tips to take your career to the next level

Tips to take your career to the next level

After all the hard work and commitment it takes to achieve your qualification, it’s important to know how to effectively promote yourself. Once you are ready to take your career to the next level, there are three main steps to getting your dream job – your CV, a customised cover letter and the interview. In […]

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Looking for a professional advantage?

Looking for a professional advantage?

Leadership skills can give your career the boost you need Great leaders provide direction, motivation and inspiration to employees while inspiring trust and confidence among clients. But what does it take to be an effective leader? It is said that managers can get people to do work for them, whilst leaders have people want to […]

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