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W.A. Industry Link rolls out to regions
First 5000 | June 17, 2018The WA Industry Link Regional Roadshow to connect regional businesses with Local Content Advisers will run throughout the state in June and July to encourage SMEs to compete for state government tenders.
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Indigenous Centre of Entrepreneurship to open in July
First 5000 | June 16, 2018The Barayamal Centre of Entrepreneurship will open its doors for business in Brisbane’s West End in July. The new Centre will support First Nations startups and businesses and help create jobs for First Nations people around Australia.
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Lessons learned from investing in and operating VET colleges
Kevin Chin | June 16, 2018The hard lessons learned by a successful new training company have implications for developing better vocational training and professional development across Australia.
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Breaking down borders for Victoria’s SMEs
First 5000 | June 16, 2018The Andrews Government has announced a new project to simplify cross-border regulations and make it easier for Victorian SMEs in the hospitality, taxi, heavy vehicle and trade sectors to do business in NSW.
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International approaches to delivering VET
Kevin Chin | June 15, 2018What can Australia learn from the different models of vocational training employed around the world?
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Queensland labour hire applications close today
First 5000 | June 15, 2018Labour hire providers had till Friday 15 June to apply for a licence under the Palaszczuk Government’s new labour hire laws.
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Employee engagement affecting customer experience
First 5000 | June 15, 2018Employee engagement has surfaced as a major concern in delivering improvements in customer experience (CX), with 86 percent of CX executives in a Gartner, Inc. survey ranking it as having an equal or greater impact than other factors such as project management and data skills.
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Boosting human skills in the age of robotics
Kevin Chin | June 14, 2018Everyone, whether they are blue collar, white collar, back office, middle office or front office will need to embrace the mantra of lifelong learning. Students and workers alike will need to concentrate on skills first and qualifications second for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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Australian hiring intentions upbeat to start new financial year
First 5000 | June 14, 2018Australian employers continue to report positive hiring intentions heading into the new financial year, but the national figures contain significant differences across key sectors.
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Victoria appoints new ‘red tape’ commissioner
First 5000 | June 14, 2018The Victorian Government has appointed Anna Cronin as the state’s Red Tape Commissioner, a post she will undertake alongside her current role as the Commissioner for Better Regulation.
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Business agility is the key to future success
Evan Leybourn | June 13, 2018Australian firms must improve their agility as the mechanistic organisations of the past cannot hope to thrive within the chaotic marketplaces of today and tomorrow.
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What to consider when choosing new business premises
First 5000 | June 13, 2018Moving a business to new premises is never an easy job. To ensure that everything goes without a hitch, Cooper Klein offers a comprehensive list of suggestions and useful advice.
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Queensland budget boosts SMEs
First 5000 | June 13, 2018The Palaszczuk Government has set out its plans to support the development of Queensland’s SMEs over the next 12 months in its annual budget.
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Business leadership demands self-mastery
Stephen Chong | June 12, 2018The most common question in Stephen Chong’s workshops is why some business leaders and team members achieve spectacular results well beyond their initial expectations whilst others falls short.
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West Australia bids to house Australia’s new space agency
First 5000 | June 12, 2018A new report, sponsored by a range of Western Australian space firms and academic bodies, argues that the state would offer an ideal home for the Australian National Space Agency.