Blog by Jo Palmer

“Working life is often a challenge, largely due to the amount of effort required to progress and the work we must consistently complete on a daily basis in order to be successful. As business grows and your career progresses, your everyday workload can be increasingly time consuming and your daily ...
02.08.18 07:11 PM - Comment(s)

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01.08.18 04:46 PM - Comment(s)
Sound like you?? Is the list below pretty much your bag?? Register with Pointer today!
Our employer is looking for a Marketing and Communications guru with these skills and attributes. ·       Assist in the development and maintenance of a Yearly Marketing Plan/s for the...
25.07.18 07:43 PM - Comment(s)
“The world of work continues to transform at breakneck speed, but as companies everywhere look to embrace the #futureofwork, one area in which they’re still woefully unprepared is creating a more flexible work environment for all.”
— Leslie Caputo - Werk
Our mate's at Werk, delve into some of the...
23.07.18 07:51 PM - Comment(s)
 (Yes Jo's kitchen table is always this tidy) (Yes Jo's kitchen table is always this tidy)
“Bringing businesses on board - It’s not just the candidates that are keen. “We’re finding that small to medium-sized business – especially regionally based ones – have really embraced the concept and are seeing it as an opportunity for them to grow the...
18.07.18 09:12 PM - Comment(s)
We spoke to Catherine Brooks, lawyer and author of flexible work book "Let's make it work, baby!", a couple of months ago (you can read that post here) but we wanted to catch up with her post the launch of her book and here what she's learnt as part of her research into flexible working a...
11.07.18 04:40 PM - Comment(s)
Our Founder Jo is pretty excited to be joining these cool cats at the Wincott lunch at the 2018 Cotton Conference on the Gold Coast. If you are heading to the Cotton Conference, make sure you register to head to the Wincott lunch on the Thursday.

If you’re interested in working remotely and you're ...

10.07.18 10:18 PM - Comment(s)
An interesting opinion piece in the SMH by Leonid Bershidsky about the pros and cons of 'office life'. Read the article here.

If you’re interested in working remotely and you're ready to take the plunge, click here and we can show you know how easy it is! Or if y...

10.07.18 05:55 PM - Comment(s)
This article is a really interesting look at some of the misconceptions around remote work and what it means for employers, although we aren't sure we are down with referring to freelancers as living in a 'care free world'! Full article here.

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10.07.18 05:42 PM - Comment(s)
Pointer's Founder Jo was thrilled to join Belinda Anderson, CEO of the Henty Machinery Field Days and Genevieve Fleming, Head of New Business Development at TechnologyOne on Sprout_Ed's Women, Wealth and Wine - 'Working it!' panel session. The session revolved around the fact that w...
06.07.18 08:24 PM - Comment(s)
“Call it working from home, virtual work, remote work, telecommuting, or telework – call it what you will. People are getting stuff done outside of the office. They like it. Their bosses like it. It’s growing quickly all over the world. Remote work is giving people a more flexible work life, with l...
04.07.18 06:54 PM - Comment(s)
We are looking for a Travel Designer to join an established leading boutique travel agency. This Travel Designer will be able to create corporate and creative leisure travel arrangements for prospective and existing clients for international and domestic travel arrangements. If you have a sound, pr...
03.07.18 11:24 PM - Comment(s)
A month gone already?! Get your nose into this month's newsletter here. If you'd like this bad boy delivered straight to your inbox at the end of July, stick your details in here.

If you’re interested in working remotely and you're ready to take the plunge, click here and we can show you know how ea...

03.07.18 11:07 PM - Comment(s)
We are on the hunt for a web designer to go over a small organisation's current website, get it up to scratch and to give them a hand in running it themselves. Experience with Wordpress, Squarespace or other programs of the like is a must. Head to our register page if you fit the bill!

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03.07.18 10:40 PM - Comment(s)
This month, Pointer's Founder Jo was asked to speak at The Next Crop Forum in Griffith, hosted by The Land. It was a really interesting session that discussed a number of issues that face regional NSW (and Australia), in particular, the challenges related to employment. (These are far more fla...
29.06.18 07:13 PM - Comment(s)
Pretty chuffed to have Emma Heuston, author of The Tracksuit Economy writing a guest blog post for us! Emma has released her book: The Tracksuit Economy: How to work productively AND effectively from home, where Emma shares her insight into becoming a remote working powerhouse. Six years ago Emma wa...
27.06.18 09:56 PM - Comment(s)
Meet Julia. She is an absolute treasure from sunny QLD who took some time out to chat with Jo about how she has built an awesome remote team. You can check out Julia's company website  Please excuse our filming and editing skills, neither are all that impressive. *Note to self: when next interv...
27.06.18 09:38 PM - Comment(s)
You've been teetering on the edge and the long weekend is here. You are finally going to sit down and register with Pointer. But so many questions. Lucky for you, we have added a 'Frequently Asked Questions' section to our website! Even luckier for you, we've kindly put them in this blog post s...
09.06.18 04:13 PM - Comment(s)
Meet Pointer's newest recruit. Isn't she DELICIOUS?!?! Welcome miss Edie Anita Rae MacAlpine. Number one of three Pointer babies due this year! We are so proud of Edie's gorgeous mum Ange for getting her Earth-side safely. (Now Ange, back to work!)

If you’re interested in working remotely and you'r...

06.06.18 11:08 PM - Comment(s)
“Flexible Working Day is an international day to celebrate and showcase the benefits of flexible work for both people and organisations. The day also marks a call to action to tackle flexism.”
— Vanessa Vanderhoek, Founder Flexible Working Day
Obviously we are all about flexible careers at Pointe...
06.06.18 06:35 PM - Comment(s)