HR Tips

Recruitment and HR can help close the talent gap through talent optimisation; a step-by-step process that embraces data and intelligent design to align your people strategy with the organisation’s overall business goals. But what does it mean to be strategic in recruiting, why is it so important, and how can talent optimisation help achieve this?

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.

Business fraud comes in all shapes and sizes, and even the sturdiest enterprises aren’t immune. Learn how and why organisational fraud can occur, as well as steps to protect your company against sinister parties.

Kristyn Haywood, an expert in leadership education and design thinking for HR leaders, outlines why organisations should focus on employee centricity, and advises HR leaders on how to adopt design thinking practices for better business outcomes.

With bulk rejection emails and bad candidate experiences, companies have been treating job seekers poorly for a long time. But what happens when candidates have enough and turn the tables? Here’s how to avoid being ‘ghosted’.

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.

Onboarding starts from the moment a candidate applies for a role and ghosting sends a strong message: that your business doesn’t care about people.

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?

Over the last few months we have been out and about, networking and gaining insights from leaders in the Australian recruitment industry. In our new video series, we interviewed leading recruitment experts on best practices for finding ideal candidates. Watch this video for what they had to reveal.

Last week we started a series of interviews, recorded at a recent RL100 leader's lunch in Melbourne, organised by The Recruitment Events Co. Australia and New Zealand.

Does it matter what candidates think of your hiring process? Absolutely! Greg Savage explains why – and how to do better.

As the famous American author, salesman, and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar once said, “The only thing worse than training employees and losing them is not training them and keeping them.” Below we run through a simple what and how to plan for staff professional development if you are starting out.

A call to your candidates’ referees can help you determine whether they’ll survive and thrive within your organisation. But according to cultural change expert, Sandra Wood, from Great Managers, you have to know what you’re looking – and listening – for.

Social media is an efficient and effective channel for employer branding that HR professionals can no longer ignore. In a new series of videos, we look at the why, what and how of social media essentials for employer branding.