I hope Santa has visited you and been very kind bringing you that special thing you have always wanted. Please be careful on this Boxing Day and if travelling to see family and friends drive carefully. Holiday Wishes by Joanna Fuchs We wish for you a holiday That's better than your dreams, Filled with peace, good will and hope And firelight that gleams, Overflowing with holiday spirit Good food and holiday laughter; And when it's done, We hope that you Live happil

That time of year's come 'round again, So we wish you all the best. The joy that comes from knowing you Makes us feel that we've been blessed. So we'll share with you our feelings At this special time of year: May your holidays be a delight, Filled with happiness and cheer.

Burglaries on homes and business premises often increase during the holiday period. Returning to your home or business to discover you have been burgled is one sure way to spoil the well earned break you have just had. Some simple things you can do before going away are: · Ensure all doors and windows are securely locked. · Conduct a security audit of your home and premises. · Cancel all newspaper and other deliveries. · Consider turning down the volume of your telephone ring

Workspace will take its own advice and have a break over the Christmas period. The Office will be closed from Friday 23rd December 2016 and reopen Monday 9th January 2017. On behalf of the Board, Merv, Jess and myself we would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas and may the New Year a prosperous and rewarding one.

In the final of the series of meet the Workspace team members we meet Rebecca Dempsey the CEO. A graduate of Monash University, Rebecca began her career as a Insolvency Accountant for Ernst & Young during the Insolvency boom of the 1990's. Having moved to Bendigo in 1999 with her husband and their young son she began working for Workspace the following year in 2000. Her ability to analyse a small business, identify its weaknesses and formulate a plan for recovery has transce

Need a dose of motivation. As Christmas looms we can begin to feel a bit overwhelmed, whether that is from things you need to get done by Christmas, things you may not have achieved this year but set out to do or maybe its no matter how much you love your family everyone in the same room can sometimes be challenging. Well here are a few motivational quotes to get you through to next year. 1. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work wort

The final in our using Social Media series when job hunting is Facebook. Love it or hate it, Facebook can help you connect with a new job, when used appropriately and carefully. Facebook is the second most popular social network for recruiters. It is estimated 65% of employers use Facebook in their recruiting. While more than 90% of employers and recruiters conduct a quick "background check" of job applicants using search engines, over 70% of them have rejected job seekers b

Second in our series of meet the Workspace team is the newest member of the team Jessica Brydson. As the youngest member of the team at the age of 5 - yes she was born on the 29th February, Jess adds youth to the small diverse group. Born and raised in Bendigo she is a graduate of Girton Grammar showing a flare for art and technology. After taking a gap year and still not sure what she wanted to do with the rest of her life, Jess began doing some volunteer work with Workspa

Castlemaine's latest entrepreneur Michael Smith has joined Workspace Castlemaine to continue his affection for both the Arts and Nature. Michael creates high level classical music events outdoors in nature. Other events are developed to sync with not only nature itself but with the annual nature cycle and calendar. We look forward to seeing some of Michael's events as they unfold. Michael’s experience began as a tenor emerging at Melbourne High School. He won the Victoria

LinkedIn is the feature of Week 5 in using Social Media on Job Hunting series. LinkedIn www.linkedin.com is a business-oriented social networking site with over 90 million members worldwide. It provides opportunities to network online with professionals from all kinds of different employment sectors: there are also groups for different regions and institutions such as universities as well as fields of work. Google links quickly to LinkedIn and tends to list them towards the