As the TA community continues its steady march through the 3rd year of a significantly disrupted talent market, talent teams across organisations of all sizes are looking for that one magic solution to deliver talent success. Talent scarcities caused by restricted immigration policies, the explosion of new markets driven by innovations sparked by the Pandemic,…
Welcome to the weird limbo week between 2 long weekends! Hopefully you’re all stuffed full of choccies and hot cross buns WITH LASHINGS of butter!! LASHINGGGGS! I’ll keep the TWIT this week short and sweet – mainly because I had the very unfortunate experience of contracting Covid last week, and I’m still recovering. I tested…
The notion of understanding the talent market is as old as recruitment. In times of a talent abundance – that is, when there are plenty of candidates around – it’s not overly important to have a strong understanding of the market. But as we all well know the opposite is true right now, and we…
Hi again, It’s chocolate week! The week before Easter where chocolate and hot cross buns are being shoved down our throats by our friends and family … and our own damn hands. I am a self confessed hot cross bun addict – with lashings of butter. LASHINGS! I was having a conversation with someone in…
Howdy talent partners! Happy Thursdays Hope your week so far has been absolutely divine, amazing, fab, glorious and enjoyable. I’ve had a really jam-packed few weeks – last week I cleverly booked a whole week of IRL meetings in the office which I thought would be fun, but was actually ridiculous and exhausting. I’m still…
Think about your current work. In fact, let’s go one step further. Think about the sh*ttiest parts of your job. The most repetitive, pointless or bureaucratic. Something you just can’t deal with, and even the thought of it makes you sign. Got it? Now answer me this. How can you infuse more of your personality…
Job descriptions are the weakest link in marketing jobs. They are filled with legal jargon and loaded with desires and qualifications that no one has in full. Why we use them boggles the mind, and when I ask recruiters why the answer I get is that they are required by HR, compensation, or the law.…
Hello there! I’m writing to you fresh from the ATC Talent Day Out that happened earlier this week at the GOSH DARN MELBOURNE ZOO (more on that later), and I thought I would share with you some of my favourite insights and highlights. #SharingIsCaring SO … first of all – Nicola Harrison. What an absolute…
“We’re working on three times the number of vacancies I’d like to” a Talent Acquisition Manager told me this week. “What we thought 12 months ago was a temporary spike in vacancies rolled on throughout the whole of last year and is now the new normal.” 2021 was a year like no other. Coming back…