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How To Deal With Stress In The Workplace?

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Work-related stress is a growing problem around the world that affects not only the health and well-being of employees, but also the productivity of organisations. Everyone who has ever held a job has, at some moments, felt the pressure of work-related stress. Any job can have stressful elements, even if you love what you do. In the short-term, you may experience pressure to meet a deadline or to fulfill a challenging obligation. But when work stress becomes chronic, it can be harmful to both physical and emotional health. And work-related stress is the second most common compensated illness/injury in Australia, after musculoskeletal disorders.  Here Are Some Common Sources of Work Stress: Low salaries. Excessive workloads. Few opportunities for growth or advancement. Work that isn't engaging or challenging. Lack of social support. Not having enough control over job-related decisions. Conflicting demands or unclear performance expectations. Symptoms of work-rel...
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Work, Health and Safety

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What is WHS? Prior to 2012, workplace health and safety (WHS) laws were known across Australia as occupational health and safety (OH&S) laws, however in order to make them more consistent, state and territory governments unilaterally agreed in 2012 to develop model laws (WHS Act and Regulations), that could form the base of each state and territories health and safety laws. The current WHS Act and WHS Regulations states that Comcare provide the framework to ensure the health and safety of workers and workplaces by protecting workers and other persons against harm to their health, safety and welfare through the elimination of risks arising from work, in accordance with the principle that workers and other persons should be given the highest level of protection against harm to their health, safety, and welfare from hazards and risks arising from work as is reasonably practicable. Comcare also states the WHS Act and WHS Regulations promote continuous improvement and progr...
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Social media in workplace

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Nowadays, social media, for example, Facebook and Instagram, cannot be separated from people's daily life, no matter you are a student or an employee. Based on a survey, which was conducted during the period from March 1 to April 5, 2018, in Australia, over 35% of Internet users use social networking sites more than 5 times a day, not to mention the usage frequency of the social media app on mobiles or pads. Since the emergence of social media, it is convenient for people to make communication and share information. In addition, people are more willing to share information which is a good thing. However, when it comes to the workplace, the use of personal social media may become a complex thing. People in the workplace may benefit from the social media, in the meantime, the social media may bring some potential issues as well. In this blog, how social media can be used to benefit the workplace relationships, and potential issues with mixing personal social media with workplace r...
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IT related employment analysis

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In the general IT filed, there are seven different positions, which are Business/Systems Analysts, Developers, Testers, Infrastructures, Project Management, Architects, and Network Engineers. According to the Feb 2018 report provided by Peoplebank , like what the data below shows: Nationwide supply & demand the job demands of four of them are up across Australia while the supplied applications of five of them are down, which is a good news for all graduates and who are looking for job in IT field.  Australian economic conditions improved considerably over the quarter for almost all states. Unemployment either fell or remained stable for all states and territories, fueled by consistent employment growth and continued business investment. From the aspect of the nationwide, d emand for all specialisations (particularly Security) grew significantly for the quarter, apart from Executive and SAP / ERP / CRM which both remained at. Candidate availability tightened across all ...
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What are the 5 most common customer complaints in IT?

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No. 1 "We indeed care about our personal information!"     Since the internet technology occurred, we have faced the problem of privacy leaks for a long time, however, a robust and guaranteed solution provided by tech companies has not been generated. The most recent and biggest scandal of privacy, in other word, complaint came from Facebook .     In March of 2018, the public discovered that, in 2012, a researcher at Cambridge University had gained access to about 300,000 Facebook users by encouraging them to download an application to take a survey. This researcher then shared that data with Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy, which reportedly shared it with others, including Donald Trump’s campaign. Back in 2012, Facebook’s policies were looser than today: when people took the survey, not only was their information shared, but so was that of their Facebook friends. In the end, 87M Facebook users were affected.      Overwhelming co...
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