Jeff Borland, The University of Melbourne Job vacancies in Australia are at a record level. The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ job vacancy rate, measuring the proportion of available jobs currently unfilled, is now more than 2.5% – the highest level since the series started in the late 1970s. This statistic gives weight to all the…
Helloooooo, Soooo remember the TA survey we were asking you to fill out back in September? WELL the results are in, and now it’s time to find out exactly what the state of TA teams looks like around Australia – what are our priorities, what are our challenges, and what are our predictions for the…
The constant media buzz about the looming Great Resignation have all talent teams on guard, or at least curious as to their own resignation trends. In our our recent 2021 State of Talent Acquisition Survey, 37% of talent teams reported that they were already experiencing a significantly higher number of resignations and a further 14%…
Welcome back to another week of TWIT! So I had my first game back at basketball this week after the Locky D hiatus. I forgot how hard chasing a ball up a court is. I’ve also been back at the gym, and doing boxing again, and hip hop dancing. I’m starting to think now that…
Hey hey hey! Thanks to the peeps last week that reached out to share their hiring manager recruitment training tips and content with me – I really appreciate it. The training content I’m putting together has become bigger than Ben Hur … I feel like I could go on for weeks about what it takes…
There has never been a more challenging time to be a corporate recruiter. Exponential changes are occurring in candidate and worker attitudes, technology, and artificial intelligence advancements. Yet, we are using processes, conventions, and standards that were designed to meet the needs of yesterday. This is the dilemma that causes recruiters to fuss over trivial…
Mark Wooden, The University of Melbourne and Peter Gahan, The University of Melbourne In the wake of a jump in the proportion of workers quitting jobs in the United States – dubbed the “Great Resignation” – Australia’s media has been warning of a surge in resignations here. “Here comes the Great Resignation,” reads one headline;…
Hi there, We had a short week this week thanks to a public holiday on Tuesday for the Melbourne Cup. I live in a staunch anti-racing household, so we don’t “celebrate” the Melbourne Cup. So instead I used the day off to start putting together this week’s TWIT article. Whoop! I’ve been immersed in the…
When it comes to hiring their Christmas casual work-force for 2021, The Body Shop will be moving away from traditional recruitment methods and instead hiring workers on a first-come, first serve basis. Candidates will not be required to have a resume, experience, or provide any references. Rather, they only be asked three screening questions: Can…