Rethinking your employee value proposition
While material offerings are the easiest levers to pull when hiring and are immediately appreciated, they’re easy for competitors to imitate, and their impact on employee retention is the least enduring.
How to retain staff amid the turbulent economic climate of 2023
In 2023, companies will yield substantial savings from retaining talent rather than replacing it.
How Australia’s labour market is leading to a surge of children with jobs
Employing minors became rapidly old-fashioned in the era of rising underemployment. But a rampant labour market is changing things.
Tech layoffs an opportunity to acquire top-level talent, SafetyCulture founder Luke Anear says
The growing tide of tech layoffs provides a new opportunity for stable companies to acquire top-tier talent, but businesses should maintain "discipline" around their hiring decisions, SafetyCulture founder Luke Anear says.
How to attract and retain the right people for your business
With competition for skills placing businesses under increasing strain, an ‘ad-hoc’ approach will no longer make the grade.
Australia’s top 25 most in-demand jobs revealed
Technology, engineering, professional services and sales roles are among Australia’s most sought-after job titles according to LinkedIn data.
Six behavioural shifts that can help reduce bias in hiring and promotions in your business
These six behavioural nudges can together form an effective, well-rounded approach that can help executives make better, less-biased decisions in hiring and promotion.
How do you sack staff in the remote work era? Hint: Not with an automated text message
Some 2700 bleary-eyed employees at a US company woke up last week to an automated text message informing them they'd been sacked effective immediately "due to unforeseen business circumstances".
New job-matching platform to connect fintechs with jobseekers in the sector
Launched this week by FinTech Australia and talent platform Upplft, The Big Match aims to connect jobseekers within the fintech industry with new roles in the ecosystem.
The Christmas hiring rush disappeared in 2022, SEEK says, as annual report reveals trends from a tumultuous year
Employer appetite for full-time workers is so strong that non-permanent Christmas job listings have failed to meaningfully boost hiring numbers, SEEK says.
Three reasons why almost every company does a terrible job onboarding new staff
There are three structural reasons contributing to widespread ineffective onboarding.
Sack staff and pay them less, billionaire investor tells Google CEO in blistering letter
Google has far too many employees, and they're too highly paid, according to a billionaire investor with shares in Alphabet.