Category: Attracting Candidates

First impressions vital

By Kate Southam Candidates who spend time learning and targeting where they want to work are the ones...

The management blues

By Debra Bela You get the VIP car park and the six-figure salary, but life can still suck...

Aggrieved employees hot to trot

Workers left unfulfilled by employers failing to deliver don’t wait – they quit. Wanted: average employee to work...

Looks more important than a good resume

By Miawling Lam and Brittany Stack Photogenic marketing assistant Susie Warwick has never been rejected for a job....

Unemployment steady at 5.8 per cent

Rising unemployment will be entrenched in the economy for quite a while yet, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has...

Smart companies re-skill not retrench

By Julia Stirling Smart companies have learned from the 1990s recession and are not bankrupting their resources, according...

New workplace laws announced

By Patricia Karvelas   Kevin Rudd has fulfilled his election pledge to scrap Work Choices and establish a...

Give staff freedom of expression or perish

By Michael Lund.    Here’s a tip for all employers. If you can engage your staff you can...

Talent is there: it's just hidden

Elle Halliwell Australia’s skills shortage is being exaggerated by inefficient employment practices, according to a recruitment broker firm....

Weekly pat on the back beats payrise

By Henry Budd When trying to retain staff it is often assumed that only money talks. But according...