Is your small business growing faster than you can keep up? Navigating the challenges of expanding your team and adapting your workforce management strategies can feel like a high-stakes balancing act, writes Rob Press, but there are strategies that can help you ease the pressure. Scaling a business is complex, and making sure your… Read more »
After a year of difficult hiring conditions and ongoing skills shortages, Australian businesses were hoping for a break in the new year, writes Thomas Amos, CEO & Co-Founder, Sidekicker. Unfortunately, the outlook remains challenging for 2024. The International Monetary Fund predicts growth will slow while unemployment will increase, with inflation, global uncertainty and climate-related shocks… Read more »
With a raft of new technology, workplace culture and leadership trends on the way, HR in Australia is changing and businesses will need to reset and refocus to get the best out of their workforce in 2024, explains Neal Woolrich, Director, HR Advisory, Gartner The annual Gartner HR Priorities Survey highlights the top five areas… Read more »
Recently the Western Australian government announced a $5.5 million program encouraging employers to hire older jobseekers, and it’s music to Julianne Parkinson’s ears. As the founding CEO of the Global Centre for Modern Ageing, Parkinson is a long-time advocate of our older Australians’ social and economic potential. She shares why the WA initiative is… Read more »
If you are the owner of a business, even if that business currently consists of just you, growth and expansion requires the hiring of people. Even the savviest business owners on the planet can struggle with knowing when to hire, who to hire, how many to hire, how to attract and keep top talent… Read more »
As a small business owner, you’re no doubt wearing multiple hats – from payroll to bookkeeping, marketing and social media, and of course, managing your staff (HR) – and sometimes it’s this last task that can be left wanting, writes Elise Balsillie, Head of Thryv Australia. If you take care of your employees, they… Read more »
If you avoid hiring parents due to their family commitments, you could be missing out on a brilliant business asset. Terri Martin, CEO & Founder of The Business Bunch, explains why working parents could actually be the secret to your business success. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 25.4 per cent of families… Read more »
From a ban on pay secrecy clauses, meaning employees can disclose salaries to one another, to new rights for certain workers to request flexible working arrangements, there’s a raft of new workplace reforms all Australian employers need to be prepared for. In December 2022, The Australian Government’s Fair Work Act reforms came into effect under… Read more »
A negative workplace culture can be one of the biggest, and most challenging, issues businesses face today. This is further amplified by the recent increase in redundancies globally, the severe talent shortages that put pressure on existing teams to do more with less, and workplaces that are still coming to terms with the aftermath… Read more »
With only one quarter of job applications being seen by a human, it has become clear that human bias is impacting recruitment significantly, making it harder for employers to find the best people for the job. And this is where AI and machine learning can help, writes Gergo Vari, CEO of AI-powered HR platform, Lensa.… Read more »
Leadership coach Brad Giles shares why getting your onboarding process right is essential to scaling up your business, and saving yourself a lot of time and hassle. The first and most important rule of building a great business is getting the right people in the right seats, doing the right things in the right… Read more »
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