With Christmas a few days away and the dreaded due date for New Year's resolutions safely in the future, the desire to do sensible activities such as reviewing your CV and applying for jobs is probably tucked safely in the back of your mind. After all, you're on holiday, so that means all the recruiters are as well, right? Sort of.
Despite off…
Whilst the tradition of the face-to-face interview remains a cornerstone of the recruitment process, it is a method that is fraught with subjectivity, vagueness and undefined criteria such as ‘cultural fit’ and ‘the X factor’. This is compounded by the fact that the interview is often conducted by individuals who aren’t entirely certain about what …
Building an amazing company culture isn't easy but its worth it. Here’s the three wise monkeys approach to the basic building blocks of developing a high performing culture of engaged and happy employees.
See no evil
The foundation of any great company with a great culture is the attitude of the leader. If you want to create a team or a company t…
Every year, thousands of young people from all over the world visit Australia intent on contributing to the country's labour force. They come in, obtain Working Holiday Visas and get to work, helping to drive the country's many industries by giving months of their time and energy. Traditionally, if they've put in 88 solid days of work and done w…
Recruitment isn’t new. People have been looking to engage with other people with a very particular set of skills (as Liam Neeson so succinctly put it) since the dawn of time.
So here are three of the most innovative recruitment campaigns in history;
Julius Caesar c60BC
JC did a fair bit in his time. Arguably the most famous Roman Emperor he con…
It's no secret that the construction and building services markets are booming in NSW, both in the commercial and residential sectors. But there has been some debate in the press about the continued viability of the residential construction market's growth. You may have heard some even stating that there is an oversupply, which could lead to a p…
I’m fairly new to running. When I say ‘new to running’ I mean before I got roped in to running some silly race 2 years ago I couldn’t remember the last time I’d run anywhere.
“You’ll love it,” they said. “You’ll never look back,” they protested. “Your beer gut will be gone in weeks,” they cried. So armed with a shiny new pair of trainers, an exces…
Recruiter armed with a good mentor and a set of chopsticks can achieve anything. Here are three things Karate Kid teaches us about recruitment;
1. Mentor ‘yes’ or mentor ‘no’. Never mentor ‘guess so’
If karate kid teaches us two things about life it is this;
Firstly, never try and hook up with the ex-girlfriend of the leader of a motorbike rid…
Going into an interview for a new job is always a nerve-racking experience, especially if the position you're going after is a step up from your current one. If you're an entry-level employee trying to climb into middle management or a manager looking to reach the executive level, just getting that interview is a major step up.
The best…
The recent speech from Reserve Bank Governor, Phillip Lowe, emphasized the fact that one of the issues facing the Australian economy at the moment is that on one hand wages are currently growing at the slowest rate on record whilst on the other we take on more debt than ever before.
Within the Building Services sector the slow wage growth issue h…
