For small businesses, it can be a tremendous challenge to identify the exact traits and characteristics that are needed from new employees. The best small business professionals are often those who can take care of multiple tasks and have skills in several areas.
Making the decision to hire a new person is not an easy one. However, it is something that you need to make sure that you can do successfully if you want a chance at having the resources necessary to stay competitive in your industry. The problem for many companies is to know when they need…
Finding new employees can be one of the major challenges that every company has to deal with at one point or another. There are a variety of different places for businesses in Australia that are looking to give themselves the best chance at hiring top-quality candidates.
Hiring the right team members is of paramount importance if you want your business to be successful. When trying to determine if a candidate is right for your business, asking the right questions can be critical to understanding their true character and whether or not they will fit in with the rest of the team.
For the past couple of weeks, it’s been tough to avoid following the viral success of the ALS ice bucket challenge. Literally thousands of people including quite a few celebrities and public figures have been dousing themselves with buckets of ice water for a great cause and challenging others to do the same. No matter…
Do you need a recruitment consultant or is D.I.Y. Recruitment a realistic option for your business? Will Do-It-Yourself recruitment save you money or cost you money and time? Regardless of which method you choose, before you even start your recruitment process you need to: Know yourself, what you want, and don’t want Know your company…
The national minimum wage will be lifted by 3 per cent – or 50 cents an hour – as announced by the Fair Work Commission this week. This change will directly affect around 1.5 million Australians on award wages. From July 1 the minimum wage is increasing by $18.70 per week, taking it from about…
Just like everybody else, recruitment consultants and HR professionals have to do more work with fewer resources, employers expect employees to continually reinvent themselves whilst organisations are looking for ways to reduce costs
With the unemployment rate unexpectedly falling to 5.8% in March the job market is finally showing signs of stability. In fact we might have seen the worst when the jobless rate reached 6.1% in February earlier this year. According to ANZ Chief Economist Ivan Colhoun, “There is now clearer evidence that labour demand is strengthening….
