Hey all! Welcome to mid-August – time is flyyyyying out the door and things are still moving at rapid speed. Hope you’re all trying to find time to pause this week and just take a deep breath. I’ve been having to do a few of these moments in the last week. My oldest went off…
Recruiters often feel defeated because their hiring managers don’t seem to value the hard work that goes into finding great people for their teams. But when you think about it, to a large extent that’s also on us as recruiters because we simply need to communicate better in the process. Just because your hiring managers…
Guess who’s back, back again…. Pav is back, tell a friend! I know all my fellow 90s kids out there are now singing the next few lines or humming this by now (so am I my friends, so AM I)! There’s been a lot of chat recently among my friends and family about generational gaps…
A recent article published in The Conversation looked at some of the failings in Australia’s social services systems for people recently released from prison when it came to housing, social support, and employment. Services can play a crucial role in post-release success for people leaving prison, with inadequate services often leading to re-incarceration. Former Recruitment…
Hello from grey dreary Melbourne! Looks like I’ve been handed the reigns by ATC to take you all on a journey for the whole of August as the next guest editor. Hurrah! So, first things first, official intros! My name is Pavi and I’m currently Head of People & Talent at Mindset Health. Mindset Health…
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is a treasure-trove of quality employment data but people don’t often understand how the data is collected, what it means, and ways that Talent Teams and Organisations can use this data to their advantage. On Tuesday 1st August, ATC General Manager Jo Vohland sat down with Bjorn Jarvis, Head…
This week is World Breastfeeding Week 2023, and the theme is “Let’s Make Breastfeeding and work, work!” When a parent returns to work while still breastfeeding a baby or toddler, there’s a lot going on. The experience of returning to work while still sleep deprived, chock full of postpartum hormones, and feeling like your body…
If the last three years have taught us anything, it’s that business resilience relies on the capability and capacity of people. It has also raised the question in many organisations: ‘How do I know what my whole workforce is?’. Having visibility across all people in a business is needed and expected these days. Most businesses…
In our recent webinar discussion Metrics that Matter: The Reality behind Recruitment Performance, our panellists entered into a lively discussion about the function and efficacy of the Cost per Hire (CpH) metric. Olga Barrett, Head of Talent Acquisition East Asia Pacific, Senior Manager at EPAM Systems explained that CpH is used as one of the key…