Let me introduce you to *“Stacey”, As a teenager, due to family circumstances, Stacy had left school to take on care responsibilities in her family and some financial support for the education of her younger siblings. Her dreams of a career in nursing had to be put on hold. Upon immigrating to Australia, Stacy was able to finally embark on her nursing career. She studied and worked hard and became a well respected and highly sought after clinician. Her dreams had become a reality. Then … [Read more...]

If you are like me, you are becoming increasingly aware of the changes to our workplace, our workforces our work lives. While technology continues to be a strong driving force for a lot of change, it’s becoming an economic reality for so many people to remain in the workforce before the traditionally considered age of 65 years, that being “retirement age”. Economic pressure appears to be creating a need rather than a want for people to remain in the paid workforce.  Although I have met … [Read more...]