Hi everyone,
I am posting this for my partner, I do not wish to mention his exact trade nor the company for obvious reasons, as I wouldn’t want anyone he works for that may possibly read this see its about them,
My partner is working for a company as a sub-contracter, and has been with them for [...]

The ABC has reassuring noises from Zed Seselja over not needing to fear an Abbott Government because the job losses will only be 4,000 rather than 12,000:
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has pledged to cut 12,000 jobs from the Commonwealth public service if he wins government in September.
But Mr Seselja has told a Legislative [...]

Canberra Arts Freelancers is useful to both arts jobseekers and employers looking for talent.
Arts jobseekers in Canberra can create an account and upload your CV as a PDF. Notifications can be set up so you can receive an email when jobs become listed in the category(ies) of your choice. Then you can bid on the [...]

After 10 years I am in the position of looking for a new job. 
I know that the standards for resumes etc have changed in that time – so I am looking for someone to help me overhaul my resume. 
There are several people who advertise this service but has anyone had any experience with [...]

The Auditor-General has announced the release of an audit report on Australian Capital Territory Public Service Recruitment Practices.
It’s not the worst report card the ACT PS has had in recent years. but does give the impression of an organisation making things up as it goes along:
There are shortcomings in agencies’ recruitment practices in that there [...]

In the past week I have received two different unsolicited offers of employment via email that both look a little too generic to be true. They were sent to two separate email addresses, both of which I have used in the past to seek work. Neither email address has ever been “in the public” such [...]

In an article featured in Crikey today, the downfalls to the ‘efficiency dividend’ announced in December by Finance Minister Penny Wong are discussed. While the cuts were only from 1.5% to 4%, as the online questionnaire sent to 1000 Community and Public Sector Union delegates shows, a little goes a long way.
An online questionnaire [...]

Hi Rioters!
So I work in a large agency, and have done for the 4 years of my time here in Canberra.
I recently stunned myself by being found the least-worst candidate for a position in a small agency. The position comes with a significant pay rise but I’d have to leave a place where is honestly [...]

Crikey has a cheerful analysis on why the public service will continue to grow:
While stories about staff cuts are attention-grabbing, we should also take into account that there will be other some other areas of the public service that will grow.
We already know, for example, that Ausaid is to expand enormously, with (roughly) a [...]

In light of the past story on Pink Ghettos in Canberra I was wondering if there were any Rainbow Ghettos in this city? That is places that are friendly to, and good employers for sexual orientation and gender diverse people?
I’ve had some friends leave a major government employer specifically because of their poor attitude towards [...]

The-RiotACT.com currently has an opportunity for a dynamic and driven Advertising Salesperson with a passion for digital media to join our team in Canberra. As a critical member of the RiotACT team you’ll have the opportunity to play an influential role in a fun, flexible and rapidly growing company and help shape its future.
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Last week on HerCanberra, I shared the story of little Maya, who was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer at just three weeks of age.
Yesterday, her parents were dealt another blow…Maya’s dad, Mark, has been given two weeks’ notice from his job. He’s the family’s sole wage earner, supporting a family of four whose lives [...]

Having driven out Canberra’s light plastic bags (now replaced by heavier bags) the Greens have now turned their attention to another aspect of your life, workplace bullying:
ACT Greens Industrial Relations spokesperson, Amanda Bresnan MLA, has proposed new laws to improve the investigation of workplace bullying in the ACT, by creating positions for inspectors with specialised [...]

The “Measuring Our Progress” website is recording the big green arrow of improvement for unemployment in the ACT.
The trend unemployment rate in the ACT has followed a general downward trend since late 1996 and reached a recent low of 2.5 per cent in December 2008. It trended upwards during the Global Financial Crisis, peaking [...]

[ 22 July, 2011; 12:00 pm; ] You’ve all heard the statistics about women’s workforce participation being lower than men’s, lower average weekly pay, and less superannuation on retirement. Some economists have said that tax and transfer systems are contributing to these problems. Canberra women will have an opportunity to tell their story and contribute to discussion of solutions at a consultation [...]

This media release has come over my desk and seems worthy of note:
The Spence Friendly Grocer Supermarket and Nexus Humans Services are celebrating the first birthday of their partnership, which creates employment opportunities for people living with a mental health issues via retail traineeships offered by the supermarket.
Nexus Human Services Chief Executive Officer Lisa McPherson-Sturt [...]

Liberal Senator Gary Humphries is wailing and gnashing his teeth over speculation that 500 jobs might go from Centrelink.
“Before the election, Labor pledged there would be no public service job cuts, however it would seem that Canberra is once again in the firing line as a result of Labor’s fiscal ineptitude,” Senator Gary Humphries said [...]

Joy Burch has the intriguing news that she’s making it easier for women returning to the workforce after child rearing to access the $1,000 Women’s Return to Work Grants.
ACT Minister for Women Burch said she instructed the ACT Office for Women to expand the criteria to include women who have been out of the workforce [...]

Security clearances. Are they the insane hassle they seem to be? To me they seem like the biggest catch 22 around. I’ve been contracted to a Govt dept for the past 12 months, coming up to the end of my non-ongoing contract. I’ve started applying for new jobs (both govt and private) for about the [...]

The Fair Work Ombudsman is touting a $65,000 haul of backpay they’ve squeezed out of gouging employers around Canberra.
Here are the headline cases:
– $15,000 for a Woden hairdresser who was underpaid penalty rates and allowances.
– A Fyshwick cashier has been back-paid $9900 after she was underpaid the minimum hourly rate.
– A Manuka real estate agent [...]

[ED - This should be taken as a follow on from an earlier story]
I can’t understand it, I got fired again last night.
I was working in a fast food restaurant and have been there for a few months. My shift supervisor and I got on well, but the boss had been riding me hard after [...]

The ACT Business Woman of the Year for 2010, Kate Sykes, has told ABC News that the Federal Government needs to implement policies that make childcare cheaper. With childcare centres costing over $75 per child, per day in Canberra, it’s not hard to see why a parent with a low income job struggles to justify [...]

One of my kids has just been sacked by the legal firm where they worked as a part time assistant. No explanation was given for the termination, and only one week paid in lieu of notice.
What’s the feeling among the Riotacters? Is this something worth taking up to the FairWork Commission?

Hi all, I have an urgent need to move jobs and I wont go into why that is. I’m looking into entering the public service and have an interview next week. However I’m concered that if successful it could possibly take months to find out and for the position to commence. Is that accurate? Due [...]

The budget seems pretty light on new initiatives as expected, yet some say Canberra has been ‘on hold’ since the last election already.  With ETS winding down and job cuts in Centrelink, what’s the outlook for IT work and contractors and the employment market in general in Canberra?
And does anyone know of any good job [...]

[ 1 June, 2010; ] From 10am to 4pm on 1 June, National Disability Services will be hosting a Trade Fair / Expo for Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs) to showcase their goods and services.  The event is designed to raise awareness of how purchasing choices can improve employment opportunities for people with disability.  Some 600 ADEs employ more than 20,000 people with [...]

Simon Corbell has been talking to the Canberra Times about his efforts to convince Canberra’s employers to give good jobs the departing guests of the Hume Hilton.
The ACT Government wants to hear from employers willing to take on workers who are rebuilding their lives after a prison stint.
Attorney-General Simon Corbell says the scheme could [...]

I am currently working in a temporary, non ongoing APS job which finishes at the end of this month. I am trying to find an ongoing APS job to work in. However I have always had problems with answering the selection criteria. Although I consider my writing skills (I am a Technical writer / IT [...]

The Canberra Times brings word that even with rising unemployment the ACT’s employers aren’t happy.
It seems the idea that they might have to provide training for the skills they desire is all just too hard.
In hospitality, owner of Canberra restaurant Ottoman, Gulbahar Kaya, has struggled to recruit apprentice chefs for three months. Floor staff could [...]

The Canberra Times reports that Canberrans, despite our rosy local employment figures, are going bankrupt at higher rates than last year.
New figures from the Insolvency and Trustee Service reveal a 50 per cent rise in bankruptcies in year-on-year comparisons of the June quarter.
Between April and June this year, 66 Canberrans declared either personal or [...]

The ABC has an item on Hudson recruiting’s latest survey:
The survey by recruitment firm Hudson shows employer confidence has risen for the first time in more than a year and is now 11.5 per cent above the national average.
Hudson ACT general manager John Henderson says public sector dominance helps cushion Canberra especially during an economic [...]

The Canberra Times brings word that Prime are cutting back their commercial production capacity.
It means about half the folk working at their Watson facility, 12 of them, are now looking for work.
On the other hand whoemever is picking up the now outsourced work will probably be hiring.