Thank you for the positive feedback!

I was heartened to receive positive feedback about my first newsletter which was published in January, thank you! 

Here's a few comments I received from readers:

"This newsletter is great.  I found the info and links very useful."  "Thanks for taking the time to produce and share this."
"Your newsletter looks to be an excellent addition."
"Congratulations on this newsletter Shireen - it's very professional and impressive."

Current Assignment
Information and Technology Manager - Perth

I'm currently searching to find a high calibre IT leader in Perth who has deep IT strategy and enterprise architecture transformation experience. 

This is a newly created position at an ASX100 employer of choice.

For more information view the job listing on LinkedIn, Seek or Indeed.

Please share the opening with relevant contacts and/or message me if there is anyone you can recommend I reach out to. Thanks!

The future of work - some interesting articles

Future trends fascinate me. Market dynamics, life expectancy, personal health and wellbeing, automation of jobs, the gap between income and expenditure, technology, lifestyle factors - these are all trends impacting on how people structure their work today and in the future.

Some recent articles and predictions about the future of work I found interesting are: 

• The working age may stretch to 100. Portfolio careers will be the norm. Reference: Rohit Talwar in The Wall Street Journal. Rohit Talwar quoted in the article is a futurist I follow, his business is called Fast Future.
• Careers are expected to last 60 years not 40 years. Reference: AHRI - HRM Online.(Anecdote: I saw a resume the other day where the applicant said they had 50 years of work experience!)
• Organisations will employ half the number of people they did previously, but pay them twice as much and expect them to produce three times the quantum (1/2 x 2 x 3). Reference: AHRI - HRM Online.
• Today’s young people will hold as many as 17 different jobs, in five different careers, over the course of their working lives. Reference: Australian Government National Innovation and Science Agenda Report.
• Its estimated that some 65% of children entering primary schools today will likely work in roles that don't currently exist. Reference: World Economic Forum.
• People's biggest worry about their jobs is not about economic uncertainty or making progress in their pay - it's the fear of becoming obsolete Reference: Market Wired, research from SAP SuccessFactors.
• Job groups likely to decline are office and administrative; manufacturing and production; construction and extraction; arts, design, entertainment, sports and media; legal; installation and maintenance. Job groups expected to grow are business and financial operations; management; computer and mathematical; architecture and engineering; sales; education and training. Reference: Mashable.

Do you have a favourite futurist you follow? Drop me a line and let me know!

Events in 2016

March
WA Project Management Institute - Forecast for Perth ICT Market in 2016
Location: City West, West Perth 
Date and Time: Wednesday 9th March, 6pm - 8pm
Cost: $25 non members, free for members of WA PMI
I'll be part of a panel discussion on strategies to improve your employability.
Panel members are:
Glenn Beauchamp, Partner & Principal Consultant - Beecham Addis
Jodie Gillespie, Director - Information Technology & Business Support - Robert Walters
Adrian Godwin, Branch Manager - Paxus Group
Shireen DuPreez, Founder & Principal - Elite Human Capital
For more information and to register click here.

Engineers Australia - Get Hired - Winning Strategies for Job Hunting
Location: Auditorium, Engineers Australia, 712 Murray Street, West Perth.
Date and Time: Wednesday 30th March, 5.30pm - 7.15pm
Cost: $10 members, $40 non members
Speakers are:
Shireen DuPreez, Founder and Principal of Elite Human Capital
Barnabas Ilko, Structural Engineer, ADG Engineers - Vice-Chairman of Young Engineers Australia WA.
For more information and to register click here.

April
Recruitment Health Check Webinar
I'll be hosting this webinar in collaboration with Pauline Tarrant, HR Consultant
Location: Online via Google Hangout
Date and Time: Thursday 14th April, 1pm-2pm AWST (for WA participants only)
Cost: Free
Suited to managers, HR leaders and recruiters
Contact me for further details

May
My Pitch Webinar
I'll be hosting this webinar with Shirley Anne Fortina from POD Consultancy
Location: Online via Google Hangout
Date and Time: TBC
Cost: Free
Suited to professionals, executives and directors who want to improve their personal brand
Contact me for further details

June
How to Get Found for Career and Business Opportunities
I'll be hosting this event with Asha Stabback from Power of Circles and BubDesk
Location: Online via Google Hangout
Date and Time: TBC
Cost: Free
Suited to professionals, executives and directors. 
Contact me for further details

July 
Australasian Talent Conference Sydney
Location: Sydney
Dates: 13th,14th July 2016
This will be my 6th year attending the Australasian Talent Conference in Sydney. Are you going? Let me know so we can catch up while there

How can I assist you achieve your goals in 2016?

Email me at shireen@shireendupreez.com or give me a call on 0414 767 821.

To making progress, 
Shireen