Whenever we need a new recruit we automatically reach out to online job boards or the local newspapers. Maybe you need a more creative approach, even a quirky scheme to capture the interest of a larger pool of applicants. Something...
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Get creative and think outside the box when recruiting!
Read MoreApproachable, welcoming and inclusive job search
Read MoreSo you’ve been out of the job market for an extended period time. Maybe you’ve been raising a family and finally the nest has emptied, or the isolation of staying at home has proven too challenging for you, or perhaps...
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My age dictates why I go to work…
Read MoreWhen you first entered the employment market what was your key motivation? Maybe you were working towards bulking out your wardrobe or looking to purchase your very first set of wheels. Five years down the track you may have found...
You can’t afford me! Actually I can.
Read MoreEver think to yourself I’d love to have them work for me but I can’t afford them? Just because a candidate has higher salary expectations than your budget can afford doesn’t mean they’re off limits. With this in mind you...
Turn over a new leaf
Read MoreI often hear people say that their replacement is hopeless and slow to learn. Then someone reminds them that they were once exactly like them until they had mastered the fundamentals of their job. Proud of their achievements and unwilling...
How long should you give a candidate to mull over a job offer?
Read MoreWhen an employer picks up the phone to offer a candidate a job, they generally anticipate an excited reaction. Yet this isn’t how it always plays out. Some candidates hesitate to accept the job offer and ask for time to...
Job seekers move fast. Your recruitment process needs to keep pace.
Read MoreRecent conversations with job seekers has highlighted to me that many organisations are taking an extraordinary length of time to work through the recruitment process. To be specific, they are taking months. And that’s just to organise the first interview!...
The silly season is the perfect time to polish up your job searching efforts!
Read MoreThe silly season is upon us and for many workplaces and industries that means scrambling to tie off loose ends before the doors close for a long Christmas and New Year break. It generally means too that jobseekers have fewer...
The taboo tattoo, no longer unfashionable, but still its tarnishing your reputation?
Read MoreTattoos were always something associated with bikies and tough people (probably ex-cons!), blokes on the constructions site and those honouring their ‘mums’. They were never seen as appealing. In fact, if you had a tattoo you were probably not to...