Hello! It has been an absolute pleasure to have been this months editor – a lot of highs and lows in the TA community this November… the ATC event is still popping up in my discussions! Lots of forward thinking happening for Talent leading up to this holiday season. Will 2023 be our great divide?…
As we start thinking about our new year’s resolutions, let’s also start thinking about next year’s strategies to ensure that we are leading, not lagging, in the recruitment and career advancement of Transgender and Gender Diverse people. Gemma Saunders, ATC2022 speaker, shares more about how an equitable workplace starts with equitable hiring practices and what…
Hello! This week I almost dreaded reading through my LinkedIn feed each morning, as we have had wave after wave of shock and impacted roles in the Tech sector with an eerie reminder of 2020 pandemic times. Knowing full well the shock of being in an impacted role, my heart is aching for everyone that…
Are you a morning or evening person? Studies show we have strong differences in when we feel most creative and do our best work during the day. These differences go far deeper than just personal preference. Whether you like to get up early (a “lark”) or go to bed late (an “owl”), and when you…
Sydney has a strange buzz… could it be that everyone is still riding on the #ATC2022 (sky) High? Absolutely LOVED the content on LinkedIn the past few days! The team sent me some Day 1 photos so I thought I’d share some of them… Definitely feeling major #FOMO! So last week I shared a few…
Four months ago I wrote about the importance of improving Australia’s labour force participation rate given, with 480,000 vacancies. Even if Australia’s participation rate rose only one percentage point (to 67.7%) that would still represent an additional 210,000 immediately available workers. There are one million Australians who want to work but have barriers preventing them from doing…
Not long ago, an organisation’s employee value proposition (EVP) would only have needed to focus on the salary, bonuses and benefits offered, as well as how close the office is to public transport or a car park, amenities and social venues. Now, you must do more to sell the unique value and purpose of your…
Hello everyone, thrilled to be your Editor for November! I’m in Week 6 of my new role, and my recent experience on the other side of the table, as a candidate, has really made me think and reflect on what Candidate Experience now means to me. When did I go from a passive candidate in…
It is increasingly difficult to recruit solely on the basis of salary or benefits or even on the merits of a particular job. With everyone offering almost the same packages, tweaked and customized as they are, how can an organization gain a competitive advantage in recruiting? What tools or techniques can recruiters use that don’t…