Dodo's Public Relations Stuck On The Ground

THERE have been better days for telco Dodo.

Top Jobs Forecast

NEWCASTLE employers will clamour for the services of accountants, engineers, information technology and human resources specialists this year, recruitment forecasts predict.

Skill The Recruiters

THERE can be drastic outcomes when recruitment consultants compromise their professional integrity or lack credible skills in performing their duties.

Art Of Matchmaking

Top recruiters anticipate their clients' needs, writes Elicia Murray.

Keep It Casual

Call centre services company Unity 4 is different from your traditional bricks-and-mortar call centre company.

Slight But Funny Play On Drug-addled Love

JACK GOES BOATING By Bob Glaudini, Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Rear 2A Chapel Street, St Kilda. September 7 until October 5. Running time: 120 minutes, www.redstitch.net

For What It's Worth

Some high-flyers deserve their stratospheric salaries, writes Lissa Christopher.

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Practical Contact Management

At their simplest, contact management programs are little more than electronic card indexes. One of the best known and most loved was Microsoft's Cardfile.

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If Your Job's Been Outsourced, Curry Favour With The Rivals

DISGRUNTLED British and American workers who moan about their jobs being outsourced to India may be able to get them back - with one catch. They'll have to queue outside the Indian embassy for a visa, and move to India.

Waiting By The Phone

Your recruitment consultants haven't called back? They may be looking for another job, writes Belinda Cranston.

It's A Dirty Job But...

What is the worst job in Australia? Paul Denham asked around and most people nominated a sewerage worker. But how does a sewerage worker feel about that and what would he hate to do for a living? And so began the chain.

Column 8

The response to Saska Graville's query - "Why are cockatoos dropping gravel from the top of the apartment building next door?" (Column 8, Tuesday) - has been remarkable. The suggestions fall into three categories. First, the Aristotelian version, which states that they do it because they're weird, and it is in a cockatoo's nature to do weird things. Second, that they think the small pebbles are nuts, and that by dropping them from great heights they will crack open, yielding lunch. Last, that ...

A Strangely Distasteful Time

James Bone bites off more than he can chew.

Behind The Scenes

Cyberbludging has become common as office staff sneak online to shop, trade shares or scan for porn. But bosses often keep tabs, writes David Stonehouse.

Kids In The Kitchen

Teaching children to cook is a messy but rewarding experience, writes Mary Costello.

We're People, Not Just A Mob Of Battery Hens

The army of working parents has found a new hero who won't suffer in silence KYM Wood is a hero. She's the Steggles telesales worker who stood up to the chicken company when it changed her starting time from 8 am to 6.30 am. She's the mother of three young children who has blown wide open the rhe