Experience

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  Buy Me a Coffee

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Creator

    • 1995 - Present
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Research. Advise. Write. Edit. Blog. Proofread. Mentor. Create. Wrote, illustrated & moderated 297 blog posts for MYOB's first small-business channel.Created a case study that appeared in Seth Godin's Purple Cow.Wrote an autism blog lauded by Penelope Trunk.

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  Delphi Automotive Systems

  • Human Resources Manager

    • 1993 - 1995

    Except for payroll, rebuilt & managed the entire HR function.Dealt with issues generated by a take-over, a merger, expansion, ISO quality accreditation & a corporate safety drive.Put myself on the production lines & got 3 injuries in 2 days. (Very hard data.)Represented company in North America & Japan.

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  Holden

  • Senior Personnel Officer

    • 1988 - 1993

    Became Holden Engine Company's first EEO Officer.Configured & administered the company's first stand alone computerised HR system.Managed performance improvement program (including terminations).Orchestrated the removal of workplace pornography - earning the odium of all.

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  Gas & Fuel Corporation of Victoria

  • Industrial Relations Officer

    • 1986 - 1988

    Liaised with all parties to industrial disputes.Prepared submissions to the Conciliation & Arbitration Commission.Rewrote policy manual.

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  MYER

  • Customer Service Assistant

    • 1981 - 1987

    Sales, training, security, product assembly & demonstration, complaints. Was the sole person in Hardware who could reliably use the paint-tinting apparatus.