When to use a consultant on your project
Imagine that your company is in the midst of an important new software deployment. Your IT team has been planning and preparing for nearly 12 months and is completely focused on the project. Yet, just...
View ArticleTowards a project-based workforce
Understanding the changing face of the workplace and the role played by white collar contractors, especially those who perform project management functions, is critical for employers. Running a...
View ArticleOffsite work, technology and the flexible project manager
The world of work is evolving rapidly and is now defined by completely different attitudes, demographics and technological resources than it was even a mere five years ago. In order to succeed in such...
View ArticleGetting to know your project contractors
Social, political, economic and demographic change is completely transforming the world of work and the way we engage and manage people in the workforce. The fact that change is occurring rapidly and...
View ArticleCareer, clientele and committing to life as a project contractor
The decision to become a project contractor or independent professional (IPro), can be exciting and scary. Exciting because of the appeal of becoming your own boss—work for a living and do not live to...
View ArticleIs there a downside to project contracting?
Permanent employees sometimes look with envy at the freedom of project contractors or independent professionals (IPros). From the outside it looks like a case of all care and no responsibility with...
View ArticleIsolation and the project contractor
How we get on with others plays an important part in our mental health. These days, the workplace is not only where we spend most of our time, contribute to society and earn a living, it’s also where...
View ArticleWhat’s next, project manager?
Are you a project contractor near the completion of your current contract, looking for your next opportunity or concerned that the next phase of contract terminations may affect you? If so, what—if...
View Article7 rules to secure a contract project role
In a competitive job market, first impressions count more than ever. Finding an ideal fit that offers a win-win for you and your client, and ensuring that you have the right structure to operate by,...
View ArticleCommitment, productivity and the project contractor
For years there’s been a suspicion among a small group of managers that no one understands the business or provides the same dedication as permanent staff. Project contractors, or independent...
View Article4 personal branding tips for project contractors
As a project contractor, your entire livelihood centres on the unique skill and expertise you can offer an organisation. Despite your specialised skill set, there are others like you in the market all...
View ArticleProject contractors and productivity
The latest IPro Index, an annual study into life as a white collar contractor in Australia, confirms something that many have suspected for some time. White collar contractors, many of whom are project...
View Article4 ways to curb your perfectionist streak
As much as we’d like to think otherwise, the reality is that there are times in all our lives when we put off finishing something until the last possible minute. Maybe it’s a particularly tedious...
View ArticleProject contractors and your workforce strategy
In the past decade or so it has become common practice for organisations to supplement existing staff resources or to seek additional specialised skills and expertise by engaging project contractors...
View ArticleProject contractors add to skills bank
A recent report by the Australian Industry Group has confirmed that Australian organisations are struggling to recruit employees with appropriate science, technology, engineering and mathematics...
View ArticleWhy the project workforce needs 457 visa holders
Few topics are as politically divisive to Australians as immigration. It seems ever since Europeans first arrived here, we’ve been looking over our collective shoulder, worrying and arguing about who...
View ArticleTalent management in a project-based workforce
In May 2013 a group of business leaders, industry commentators and academics attended a forum discussing the challenges associated with a ‘blended workforce’, one that relies on a mix of permanent...
View ArticleAre project workers more cost effective than permanent staff?
For the last hundred years, the talent engagement model has relied on permanent staff. Companies hire employees who turn up day after day and carry out their set tasks. The employee benefits from the...
View ArticleTrends for project workers revealed
Organisations keen to boost operations through improved productivity should consider harnessing the entrepreneurial drive of Australia’s project workers and white collar contractors (referred to as...
View Article8 questions to ask of contractor management organisations
Using a specialist outsourced provider such as a contractor management organisation to engage and manage your contracted project workforce can be the most cost-effective, risk free and simple solution....
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....