7 signs during recruitment that your potential employer is a dud
There’s a lot of career advice out there on how to get a job. But almost all this advice is on the basis of a false power dynamic: the employer has more power than the potential employee. But as an employee, why would you apply for a position where you’re going to be miserable? During the recruitment process, how can you spot a potentially poor workplace? Here’s 7 tips I’ve come up with.
5 lessons from 5 years working in Cambodia
5 years ago, I came to Cambodia knowing virtually nothing about the country. Now, I still maintain I know next to nothing. As I step back from leadership of OIC Cambodia, here’s 5 things that challenged my preconceived ideas of working in Cambodia.
Australia, we have a problem when we can’t look ourselves in the mirror
After witnessing an incident of racism and misogyny in public, and mentioning it on Twitter, I was called an "ingrate" and told to leave Australia. But, surely nothing indicates a love of country more than a desire to improve it. Imagine a place where we listened to what people said, rather than where they had come from, or the type of surname they had. That’s a country worth aspiring to.
Welcome to OIC's new leader, Chenda Net
I leave OIC Cambodia in country in a far better state that I could have imagined. With structure, an exit strategy, and most importantly, the best possible people controlling its destiny. Our new leader, Chenda, is not "replacing Weh". She is entering a new position, has her own style of leadership, and will do things her way. She has my full support from afar, to make decisions her way and guide the organisation in the way that she sees fit.
This is what Mark Colvin’s life taught me about perspective
“I’m hoping everything will be brighter by April. Stay in touch.” Less than 2 months after sending me this message, Mark Colvin passed away. Mark taught me many things, but perhaps the most crucial was this: The world does not revolve around my desire to help others.