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I Knew You Were Trouble

How worried should Australians be about immigrant criminals? Man Haron Monis was not just a violent convicted criminal when he besieged Sydney's Lindt cafe , he was also a self-styled Islamist and a migrant. As part of a visible minority - and thus under constant pressure to be an ambassador for migration - I am bracing myself to hear the most self-righteous anti-immigration opinions since 9-11, e.g. "We shouldn't let 'them' into the country." "Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists seem to be Muslims." [And all car accidents involve cars.] Being a victim apparently justifies ignorant overreaction. What do I mean by ignorance? Imprisonment rate by country of birth as of 30 June 2014 Consider that threatening or causing injury (i.e. terrorism) is a crime likely punishable by imprisonment. 81% of Australia's prisoner population is Australian born .

The True Cost of Employee Turnover

Good help is apparently hard to find. Family peers now in manager-class roles occasionally humblebrag about recruiting staff. Moans about finding a 'good fit for the culture' or the oxymoronic 'autonomous team player' are in essence a rehash of, "It's so hard to find good help these days." In Japan, good help finds you! As an aside, practising the lingo is vital to materialise upper-class aspirations. It's called 'affirmation'. In case you haven't heard, ' fake it till you make it ' is now complimentary. Leaving aside the views of managerial wanna-bes, how much should the business itself care about ill-suited recruits, or in fact turnover as a whole?