News and updates

When 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...

Recent 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 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...

Tattoos 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...

Most human resource activities revolve around employee retention. Why? It’s simple. Employees are the bread and butter of all organisations. Without them they simply wouldn’t function. And with companies investing heavily in training and development, employees are valuable company assets....

Many do not realise this, but the moment a potential employer contacts you by phone, you’re being interviewed. Your resume was impressive enough to get them to dial your number, but delivering a spiel over the phone that is enticing...

Job interviews don’t always start and end with the exchanging of questions. Many include testing of practical skills. Employers integrate this testing into their interview structure to gauge an applicant’s level of competency in a particular area. It is a...

When you have a short-term project or task that needs undertaking, but do not have the talent within to accomplish the assignment, nor the ability to hire a permanent employee, consider hiring a freelancer. Typically experts in their field, they...

I’m just going to throw this question out there…what do you think about giving interview questions to a job candidate ahead of the scheduled interview? We’ve all been there, in that seat nervously awaiting a host of questions that will...

Every day thousands of employees around the country are subjected to emotional labour. Let me demonstrate…Kathy is a barrista. She’s made thousands of coffees for her many regular customers. Like you and me Kathy is human. She makes mistakes. The...