My boss never asks how my weekend was. Why don’t they care about me?

Diversity Council Australia’s most recent Inclusion@Work Index shows that Aboriginal and Torres Straight Island people are the most marginalised group in the Australian workforce, with 50 per cent reporting they had experienced discrimination and/or harassment in the workplace. As you say, you are not racist, so you would understand there can be no true inclusion unless we are all actively working to improve outcomes for Indigenous people.

I encourage you to read more about the purpose of the Acknowledgement of Country. The First Nations not-for-profit group Common Ground has an excellent explainer. You or your organisation can also reach out to Reconciliation Australia to discuss developing a Reconciliation Action Plan, if your organisation doesn’t already have one, to ensure the Acknowledgement is used as intended.

I received a text message two months after an interview, advising I had been unsuccessful for the role. Is it a new trend to text candidates who’ve been interviewed to tell them they didn’t get the job?

If you have gone to the trouble of applying for a role, then preparing and attending an interview, the very least you deserve is a timely response (preferably with feedback) within a few days of the interview. A text on its own is bad enough, but for it to arrive two months later is not OK and reflects poorly on the recruiter. If they treated you like this in the interview process, you should feel lucky you didn’t get the job.

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