Talent Acquisition

Due to ongoing economic disruption from COVID-19, the Australian Government will continue the JobKeeper program into the early months of 2021. These changes may affect your eligibility to receive the payment, so here’s what you need to know.

Tracking recruitment metrics can aid data-based decision-making, reduce time-to-hire and cost-per-hire by making the process more efficient, and improving retention rates. Here, we reveal the top ten recruitment metrics every recruiter should be measuring, and why.

Great job branding helps you attract top-quality candidates, but it’s also about dissuading the wrong people from applying. Here, Mark Puncher, Employer Branding Australia CEO explains how to best brand your job ad to attract top talent.

Thanks to COVID-19 we’re unable to travel and socialise like normal but that doesn’t mean we have to miss our favourite industry conferences, summits and meet-ups. Here Hung Lee shares his top picks of the virtual HR and recruitment events planned for the rest of 2020.

Get to know Jobs For Australia: the not-for profit organisation connecting jobseekers with volunteer Talent Acquisition and HR experts to support their search for work through COVID-19.

The success or failure of a business can come down to how it treats its most vulnerable workers, according to Joanne Lockwood from SEE Change Happen. She explains why marginalisation in the workplace is still an issue and offers tips to improve hiring best practices.

By limiting your candidate pool to only those with relevant industry experience, you might be missing out on some seriously great talent. Leadership coach Heston Russell explains the benefits and challenges of hiring outside of your industry.

Recruiters are working harder than ever to meet KPIs in a candidate-rich market. Here’s the newest ways AI assistants and screening platforms are offering a helping hand.

The idea that “overtime is normal” is just plain wrong, with research revealing that it’s having a detrimental impact on workplaces and workers. We dive into the negative effects of overtime and explore ways to fix this ingrained work culture.

Candidates are customers too. Learn why recruiters have a responsibility to be brand ambassadors for their organisations at every step of the hiring process.

The best talent isn’t necessarily aiming to join the C-suite. Employers can attract and retain exceptional candidates by broadening their horizons and leveraging the strengths of ‘overqualified’ staff.

No organisation can keep its entire staff busy all the time. But what if there was a way to capitalise on the cost of employees during idle periods? Talent loaning is a smart solution that benefits all parties.

Talent rediscovery software use AI technology to quickly and accurately screen previous job applicants for open roles, saving recruiters both time and money, while increasing candidate engagement and experience.

Business-critical data is growing at a rapid pace, and organisations leveraging that data in their workplace decision-making hire better, faster and more efficiently. But what data can help and how to use it?

In recent months, both existing and potential clients have asked about our position on social media screening, and whether the company plans to offer the product. After thorough research, consideration and discussions with recruitment leaders, here’s our current position on the topic.

These days it’s common practice to use social media platforms to review candidates in the hiring process. Assessing an applicant’s online profile, however, does come with a hidden set of dangers. Here’s what you need to be aware of.