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Recruiters are like used car sales people - they have no idea about HR or ethical practice. They only get paid by the company that has the…

I'd say that you need to be explicit in your request when you order a coffee and watch what they do so that you get exactly what you want.…

My mother is 89 and owns a car but handed her licence back because she was not confident driving...but a car is handy if she wants to be…

A more pressing issue is the non-payment of rent from the tenant and the need to move him on as he seems to think that it is his right to…

But an electronic swipe card system costs many $1,000's to install and further $'s to maintain. The swipe cards are cheap as chips but have…

Depends if you want to own quality stuff? When I had to furbish a completely empty apartment I decided that even though I was on a tight…

In Adelaide that would be the Eastern suburbs - Burnside and Norwood City Councils -but doubt that you'd find anything left out on kerbs as…

I had this situation ten years ago in Hope Island when Mirvac were the property developers and created a very small group of land lots and…

When you contract your labour to other companies - you are classed as a operating as a business and that's why you need an Australian…

[@MetaphorOZB](/comment/4850629/redir): It's not automatic - but definitely the cheapest option for use with ground coffee of your choice -…

Yeah OK - I get that now! Thought it was too good to be true going for that long! Peeps must be slowing down in their beer drinking habits…

So it is hardly a deal when on the 2nd day they are out of stock and the 'deal' goes until 2 August??? What do you do in that situation?

Accept their gift gratefully - as there is nothing wrong with family members sharing with other family members in their good fortune. If it…

I have a friend who was in the newsagency business for more than 20 years. They had a shopfront quite close to a major hospital and on a…

So they've closed this loophole in Qld by charging $10 for a card ($5 for concession) so that you are always owed this money and can use…

During the mining boom WA thought that it was Sydney because everything from rent to groceries was priced high to grab $'s from the FIFO…

The letter from the real estate company who manages the apartment on behalf of the owner and the one that you've rented - should have bee…

I'd like to be a "half full" kind of person - therefore optimistic - about such a call. Normally you could say that reference checking is a…

Most never provide feedback unless you specifically ask for it. You're lucking these days if you get a phone call. If you're not the "one"…

No such thing. No HR Manager ringing just before 5.00pm on a Friday before they finish for a long weekend has the time to do something like…

You can't drink from a thermos like you can a coffee cup though.

It's a liability to the company because they have to hold the money aside that is owed to you in trust if you like. However, each year your…

the tile before it was replaced with this one -which is probably the closest in colour and size that could be found. You can see the nicks…

[@4sure](/comment/4715352/redir): Unfortunately NO the scheme has changed and the Fed Govt pays out the Employer Incentive Scheme payments…

Employers are paid a commencement incentive from this Govt body - once they take on an apprentice. So that is paid for with tax payers' $'s.

And that's the thing.... better a bird in the hand than one in the bush... in other words be grateful for the apprenticeship that you've…

Gee what sort of work do you do? And what techniques to you use to get a job within a week of applying? That's amazing....

The way they train their new staff is to place an ad online - interview them, then tell new recruits that they will be selected from the…

Australian gold jewellery is mostly 9ct or 18ct. By comparison I would have thought that Indian gold jewellery is more valued by people…

Doing a mid range bathroom reno at the moment, and as there is no ensuite we've factored in a bath that is soakable depth (not everyone who…