Jennifer Blake

I hate transcribing. For a journalist, this kind of hatred can be fatal. In my chosen career, I spend a lot of time recording interviews and then writing them up. Enter the Livescribe pen.

The International Organization for Standardization has released a new edition of ISO 9001 for Small Businesses. The new edition of the popular handbook has been updated to include changes to ISO 9001 published in 2008. The handbook is the third edition in a series that helps small businesses understand and implement the ISO standard for quality management systems.

Almost a fifth of Australia’s workforce is self-employed, the Kelly Index has found, with the economic downturn opening up opportunities for freelancers, contractors and entrepreneurs.

Those looking to change jobs should hold on a little longer, the Advantage Job Index suggests, with the job market taking a small dive last month.

Australian employees are on the move, with one in six workers applying for a new job in the past six months, a workplace survey has found.

More than 78 percent of small to medium enterprises in Victoria see employee health and fitness as directly affecting their bottom line, a recent poll has found.

The post high-school overseas jaunt doesn’t often prove the basis of a future career, but for Dave Milne, a stint travelling with a record company gave him a simple idea which has grown into a successful business.

CeBIT Australia are taking an innovative approach to their 2010 Information, Communications and Technology Exhibition, launching a dedicated iPhone app to enhance the visitor’s experience.

This year more businesses are offering paid maternity leave schemes to pregnant women than ever before, but the EOWWA suggests that mothers till have a fight on their hands to gain fair working conditions.

Buying a business is like having a baby, a new survey has found, with small business owners reporting it takes nine months on average to find a suitable business within their price range.