After reading the 4 Hour Work Week we have put the mini breaks idea into practice with 1 mini break per quarter or so in 2010 including:

January - Goolwa Beach, South Australia

March 2010 - Melbourne, Victoria

April 2010 - Gold Coast, Queensland

Tell us about your ideal mini break destination by sending an email

Tools for Workforce Planning, October Business Month, 29.10.09 Alice Springs and 30.10.09 Darwin

How to give a green tinge to your organisation, ACPET National Conference, 29.8.09

Designing the Future Workforce, TAFE Development Centre 12.8.09


Favourite book for this month is Juicing the Orange: How to turn creativity into a powerful business advantage

 
 

Partners

CITT

Employment Profiling

Harrison Assessments

HR Development at Work

Skillsbook

The Work Lab

Wendy Perry and Associates Pty Ltd

Sustainability

        www.aashe.org

        www.balancecarbon.com

        www.ceret.us

        Department of Climate Change

        http://www.deewr.gov.au/Skills/ClimateChangeSustainability/Pages/default.aspx

        www.earth-policy.org

        www.heasc.net

        www.myfootprint.org

        National Carbon Offset Standard

        www.playagreaterpart.org

        www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org

        Sustainability Victoria

        www.wbcsd.org

        http://www.workforceinfoservice.sa.gov.au/sustainability

        Zero Waste SA

Workforce Development and Planning Resources

South Australian:

Building Business Capability in Workforce Development

Industry Skills Boards

SA Health

South Australian Small Business Statement

Training and Skills Commission

Workforce Information Service

http://www.workforceinfoservice.sa.gov.au/industryinfo/industryplanning

Your Business Your People Employer Kit developed by Workforce BluePrint

Interstate and National:

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Electoral Commission Electoral Divisions

Australian Institute for Social Research

Australian Research Council

Business Victoria

Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts, Tasmania

Employment Queensland

Industry Skills Councils

Innovation System Review

Mining Industry Skills Centre
 

National Centre for Vocational Education Research

NTCOSS Community Sector Workforce Toolkit developed by Workforce BluePrint

Review of Australian Higher Education

Skills Info and Skills Shortages, Australian Government

Skilling the Existing Workforce

State and Territory Skills Shortage Lists

State Services Authority, Victoria

University of Tasmania Research

Vic Health

Workforce Development Starter Tool

Workforce Planning Standards

International:

Clinical Training Agency NZ

Department of Labour NZ

Harvard Business Publishing

Institute for Employment Studies, UK

Improvement and Development Agency

Lifelong Learning UK

Professor Ewart Keep, Cardiff School of Social Sciences

Scottish Social Services Council

Skills for Health UK

Skills Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE)

United States Department for Labor

United States Department of Health and Human Services

West of Scotland Regional Workforce Planning

Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board

Have you already developed a workforce plan?  Use our Workforce Plan Checklist to ensure you have everything covered.

2010 Market Research Survey - we'd love to hear about what you want.

Our 2010 Workforce Architects Program dates are our now.  The Bronze program that we ran in Melbourne on 1.12.09 was booked out so reserve your place soon by emailing us to register your interest.

enews January-February 2010

enews October-November 2009

Your Business Your People: Employer Resource Kit developed by Workforce BluePrint

Order your Workforce Blueprint Fantasy Fairytales 2009-2010 Calendar now.  Download the word version order form or pdf version order form.
 

January 2010 - 18.1.10 office open; mentoring visits; mini break at Goolwa Beach, SA

February 2010 - 3.2.10 Building Business Capability in Workforce Development for VET; mentoring visits; 15-16.2.10 Clever Green Conference and Showcase in Adelaide; 23.2.10 Workforce Architects Bronze Program in Adelaide

March 2010 - mini break in Melbourne, Victoria; 9.3.10 Workforce Architects Bronze program in Brisbane; 10.3.10 Public Sector Workforce Development Working Group DET QLD; Workforce BluePrint's 4th birthday; 25.3.10 Workforce Architects Bronze Program in Sydney; 26.3.10 Workforce Architects Silver Program for a Sydney based client.