Pure Source blog

Our team writes frequently about industry insights, news, and culture.

I am right, you are wrong, and this is why

“My values didn’t align with his and we had too many different opinions.”   I nodded my head in interest as the candidate I was interviewing told me this was the reason why she’d left her most recent role. She was the Executive Assistant, supporting the person with whom she did not have ‘shared opinions’…

Can someone please turn up the Air Con?

“She told me that my problem is I’m too nice.”   It’s Saturday morning cricket in Brisbane and at 7am it’s already nearing 30 degrees. I’m drinking hot coffee whilst simultaneously sweltering. It’s an early start and still two and a half hours to go so when it comes to caffeine, necessity prevails, despite the…

That time I was a gymnastics coach

Coaching styles in the sporting world offer valuable insights that can be effectively applied to the workplace.

The Paradox of Professional Ghosting

It is the digital equivalent of sticking our heads in the sand, hoping the problem will magically dissolve.

The voice in our head that tells us we don’t belong

If your employees experience the feeling of Imposter Syndrome then it’s helpful to know this.

The case for NOT working from home.

I’m here to offer a different perspective and challenge the assumption that if you don’t like working from home you must have a prehistoric view about the modern workplace.

The 11 green flags of a great employee, what are yours?

The Importance of Reference Checking and Green Flags in Recruitment

The sisterhood is not okay

It is not at all uncommon for a candidate to tell me that they don’t want a female Manager and when asked why, the reasons are not always clear. It is often as a result of a past experience of being undermined. Perhaps it is because of the sisterhood we expect more from our female peers, so when those expectations aren’t met we feel let down”

Working from home has changed our social lives, but can we make work friends remotely?

Remote work can impact our social lives in ways we don’t realise. Here are five ways to make real connections while working from home.

An open letter to all Office Professionals

Part personal retrospective, part farewell to our cherished Office Professional of five years, Kristy.

An open letter to all Office Professionals

Part personal retrospective, part farewell to our cherished Office Professional of five years, Kristy.

Has working from home been the demise of dressing to impress?

On the public’s insistence to discuss (at length) what women wear, and what this means for us at work and in job interviews.

Losing your job during a Pandemic is not your doing, don’t let it define you.

About what it really means to be ‘essential,’ and how to cope with the emotional turmoil of unemployment.

Remote working is mostly working for us, but what about our work friendships, is our work BFF relationship over for good?

On the changing nature of workplace friendships, and how we can remain close with those that are far away.

A Love Letter to the Recruitment Industry

A reflection on the genuine people I’ve ment and experiences I’ve had in the recruitment industry, discrediting the ABC’s misguided and deficit ‘underbelly’ view of recruiting.

An open letter to mums who are thinking of returning to (paid) work

A short list of advice to mothers who might be going through what I’ve recently been through.

The Bold Type and the leadership lessons from a fictional television character

On the lessons we could all learn from The Bold Type’s maverick leader Jacqueline Carlyle.

Why I think it’s time to re-read ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

How do we find our way though complex differences of opinion and identity in the workplace? Harper Lee might have some advice.

An open letter to my son about International Women’s Day

Raising our sons to understand consent and respect this International Women’s Day.