7 Mistakes to Avoid when using Social Media for Recruitment

7 Mistakes to Avoid when using Social Media for Recruitment

When looking for the perfect candidate to fill a position, it is hard to ignore social media as a recruitment tool. After all, there is a good chance your future candidates are on one social media platform or another, and with photos, videos and other great communication tools, social media offers a wide range of…

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What are Exit Surveys and How they are Crucial for your Business

What are Exit Surveys and How they are Crucial for your Business

When an employee leaves your company, you should always be asking them one very important question: why? The reason might simply be for convenience. Maybe the employee is moving across the country with his or her significant other, or maybe the employee will be staying home to take care of children.

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Easy Steps Every Business can Take to Avoid False WorkCover Claims

Easy Steps Every Business can Take to Avoid False WorkCover Claims

A false WorkCover claim negatively affects everyone involved. You, the small business employer, must now pay for your employee’s injury, even though you know it is not a true injury, which will take away from other more important matters like marketing and production. You also lose faith in one of your employees, and now you…

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Employer Branding: How to be The Employer of Choice

Employer Branding: How to be The Employer of Choice

Every small business employee wants the perfect boss and the perfect company. They want a company that helps them build on their skills and challenges them to reach for even greater heights. So how can you show potential employees that your company is vital and looking for creative new talents to take the company into…

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Is it worth using a Labour Hire Company?

Is it worth using a Labour Hire Company?

Labour hire companies assume the role of the employer. They find the workers, interview them and send them directly to you. In exchange, you, the host employer, will pay the agency a fixed fee made up of taxes, insurance, statutory charges and other miscellaneous fees. The overall goal is to get you the skilled workforce…

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What Toxic Employees are Costing your Business

What Toxic Employees are Costing your Business

Have you ever walked into a meeting room or an office and instantly felt overwhelmed by negative energy or tension? In every office and work environment, there is always that person. This employee has nothing good to say about anything. Everything is terrible, and there is no hope for a better day. When someone posts…

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Best tips for Cutting your Recruitment Costs

Best tips for Cutting your Recruitment Costs

In the current economic climate insecurities are running high. Most companies are under enormous pressure to cut costs as much as possible. Despite the fact that redundancies are a regular occurrence and budgets are being slashed there is still a need for companies to recruit employees to fill vacancies that arise in response to the…

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How does Minimum Wage affect your Small Business?

How does Minimum Wage affect your Small Business?

After 1st July 2009 when the Fair Work Act 2009 was established, workplaces in Australia followed this new governing system for their business. Employers, employees, contractors as well as the community were, and still are required to have a thorough understanding of this new system. They are expected to comply with it otherwise they will…

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3 Essential HR tips for your Small Business

3 Essential HR tips for your Small Business

Human Resources can seem like a minefield of problems, especially for a small business. While this post obviously can’t replace an HR department, it can help you avoid some pitfalls and may serve to ensure that you don’t fall foul of rules and regulations.

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