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.

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Unless we want another wave but of a different kind, we need to talk about the mental wellbeing of our staff

Tracing the similarities that COVID and mental health issues can have on the wellbeing of workforces.

Why we shouldn’t be quick to want to forget about 2020

A roundup list of the things we have to learn from the year that was 2020.

Does ageism have an attitude problem?

About the great courage required to seek employment as an older person in the face of ageist hiring practices.

Don’t blow out the birthday candles, there’s a virus you know.

Vulnerability, resilience, and our hopes for a better, brighter future.

Kate Peardon had not one, but two strokes. She refers to them as a gift without a bow.

We speak to Kate Peardon, who reflects upon how her two strokes became life-affirming events.

The Pandemic of the Tall Poppy

On the uniquely Australian ability to tear down “Tall Poppies,” even those who are standing up for great causes.

Looking After the Leaders

A reminder that our HR leaders have emotions, too.

Lounge pants and other good things we need right now

An appreciation post for the best of the good things in my life right now.

This too shall pass, but in the meantime…

The COVID vibe shift should remind us all of how valuable our connections to fellow humans are.

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