By nature, I am a pretty risk-averse person. I am methodical and planned, so I spend a lot of time thinking and researching before committing to anything from buying new sheets to a big work project. Recently, I have been…
A plan for the sake of a plan
When you are stuck in the business of day to day, it’s easy to get lazy with your communication planning. Just list one thing for every channel, every audience you can think of, and the standard list of risks –…
We want to do it all
Strategy, advice, content development, creative, campaigns, training, relationship building. We want to do it all. Communications professionals are often high achieving, high energy, perfectionists. We have to be, it’s part of the role. It means that we want to deliver…
Being part of my community
Last week, I officially became President of the Canberra Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. It wasn’t a position I sought out. I wasn’t sure I was the right person or had enough time while trying to run…
When you don’t start the year fresh
Here we are, at the end of January. We are all heading back to work after our “break”, but not everyone feels ready for 2022. Not everyone has that bounce in their step. Maybe you do, but I, for one,…
Positioning yourself for a new role
The final in my series about the Canberra communications jobs market is for those of you out there who are ready for a new role. Now is the time to get out there. But are you ready? It’s a candidates…
Resetting your expectations when recruiting
Last week, I wrote about the changing jobs market in Canberra for communications professionals. I wanted to find out more about what was going on and how employers may need to reset their expectations when recruiting.
What’s changed in the Canberra communications job market?
Over the 12 months, the jobs market in Canberra has changed for communications professionals. Once there were many people and not many roles. Now, the tide has turned, and there are not enough candidates to fill the positions available. As…
Reporting, our necessary evil.
In my experience, comms people are generally bad at two things – measuring what they do and telling people how great they are. It’s not on purpose. We always have the best of intentions. You might even do it every…
Value = We connect you to the outside world
A few weeks ago, I did a planning day with a communications branch. It was an opportunity for the whole team to stop and discuss ‘why are we here?’. As a group, I challenged them to find the words to…