25. Salaries, Strippers and Embezzlements, 2022’s top consulting stories

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1. National accounting firm to trial 9-day fortnight. One of Australia’s largest accounting firms, Grant Thornton, will trial a nine-day fortnight from next March without any cuts to staff pay in a “counterintuitive” bid to respond to skill shortages. Read more.

2. How to read between the lines of a position description. Candidates can improve their chances of success when applying for new roles by learning to “read between the lines” of a PD to gain insights into the nature of a role and its scope. Read more.

3. Salaries, Strippers and Embezzlements, 2022’s top consulting stories. The pandemic-inspired talent crunch carried through to 2022 and, while borders opening in February helped ease the pain slightly, severe visa processing delays meant firms largely did not feel relief until the middle of the year. Read more.

4. Small businesspeople need a break from the pressure, not more red tape. Prohibitive red tape and a complex industrial relations system are adding undue stress to small-business owners and the federal government needs to look further into how it can alleviate the growing pressures, said the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia. Read more.

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