Sourcing is not a new discipline within the wider Recruitment function but many companies in Australia have only recently started embracing this function/model over the past few years. It’s the big tech giants like Atlassian, Microsoft, Canva, Zendesk that have global sourcing functions that cater to different segments within the business to find, attract and…
The employment market has become complicated, with multiple interests attempting to find a working balance. In some cases, employers are finding it necessary to negotiate the conditions of employment as employees are increasingly wary of accepting full-time jobs that compromise flexibility or do not fully utilize their skills. The recent increase in resignations underlines the…
This is my final week as guest editor on TWIT (I’m not crying you are) so we can all look forward to a much better edition next week and I can get back to posting polls on LinkedIn about vaping on zooms. While I usually try to bring a bit of light-heartedness to the content…
There has never been a more challenging time to be a corporate recruiter. There have been thousands of recruiter and employee layoffs this year. With uncertainty over the economy, many organizations, including Amazon and Ford, fear they have hired too many people or people with the wrong skills. With VCs less willing to shower firms…
Going through the news of the past few weeks you couldn’t be blamed for thinking we are in some sort of Truman show simulation. I mean when you have ScoMo secretly signing himself up for more responsibility and becoming every boss’ dream employee, you have to start to wonder. I mean I wish everyone I…
Looking for a TA career change but not too sure how to get there? Our ‘So you wanna be a…‘ series takes a look at some of the more niche TA roles and digs deep into the who, how, and why behind them. We chat with some of your favourite TA leaders in that space to find…
Who has said or heard someone say “we need to make more data led decisions” this year? I expect all hands to be raised. When it comes to combining the human aspects of Talent Acquistion with those insights, it’s a tricky mix. *Reejig has put together a whitepaper on workforce intelligence and it’s a nice…
Have you ever asked candidates to come in for six, eight, or even ten interviews? Does your culture demand that candidates go through a trial by fire by answering weird questions like those infamous ones Microsoft used to ask about why manhole covers are round or how many eggs it takes to fill up a…
Whether or not you believe the Great Resignation is real, there are a number of things that are for certain. There are currently more job vacancies advertised than ever before, there are very low levels of job applicants, even lower unemployment rates, and limited talent mobility. And this is on top of the previously well-documented…