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This Week in Talent: with the end of the year approaching, talent acquisition teams face a flurry of activity, from pre-holiday hiring to defining metrics for success in 2025. Adam explores the challenges of balancing urgent hiring goals, refining candidate experience, and selecting ‘hero metrics’—key indicators that truly reflect team impact.
Australian workers have accumulated over 160 million days of untaken leave, a trend largely driven by increased workloads, financial concerns, and mental health struggles. This mounting leave liability poses challenges for both employees’ wellbeing and business budgets.
With burnout on the rise, some employers are starting to mandate leave to support mental health and manage long-term costs, raising questions about whether Australians may eventually be required to take leave for their own and their organisation’s benefit. For more details, read on.
Struggling with “black hole” job applications? Discover insights from Paul Martin, Director & Co-Founder of Therefore Talent where CX experts explored how Customer Experience (CX) principles can transform recruitment and reduce candidate frustration.
Paul highlights the power of closing job ads after 7 days, a data-driven approach that boosts hiring efficiency and candidate satisfaction. Learn how a CX-focused 7-day ad strategy, inspired by industry data, improves applicant experiences, streamlines processes, and helps talent teams maintain a positive brand image.
This Week in Talent: future planning and graduate recruitment is top of the list for Adam this week, sharing his experience at MYOB’s future makers academy and his top tips for making an assessment day work. Did he back a winner at the Cup? Pretty sure it was a roughie. Read on.
Curious about how flexible working policies can enhance visibility and drive workplace inclusion? Jason Teoh delves into innovative approaches to workplace flexibility, encouraging leaders to redefine productivity and reimagine visibility beyond the usual office hours. If you’re looking for strategies to shape a flexible, inclusive work environment that truly values employees, don’t miss this insightful read.
This Week In Talent: Adam Avci, Talent Lead at MYOB, joins us as the TWIT editor for November and he starts by sharing outcomes of a recent team offsite. He also talks about squiggly careers and the importance of internal mobility. Want to get squiggly? Read on.
Should employers prioritise efficiency at all costs? It might seem like a good idea. More processes than ever before can now be automated with robotics, artificial intelligence and other technology.
Regardless of whether efficiency tracking practices are right or wrong in a moral sense, a more fundamental question arises. Does increased surveillance and productivity measurement actually increase employee performance?
This Week in Talent: Jamie Holder rounds out her stint in the TWIT-seat by putting the focus firmly on you. Yes, Talent Leaders, we’re looking at you. Jamie highlights the need to make time in your week (schedule it) for reflection, learn to prioritise and delegate both for yourself and to empower your team to succeed. She reminds us of the importance of not taking on other people’s responsibilities and keeping an eye to the future. How can we do all this? Well, read on and find out.