Tag: talent

Kevin Wheeler, Talent Futurist tells us the story of Amelia Grant, a talent acquisition leader, who revamped her recruitment process to tackle the rise of AI-generated applications. Learn innovative strategies to ensure candidate authenticity, from AI-resistant application questions to real-time skill assessments and behavioral interviews with a twist. A must-read for modern recruiters navigating the age of AI.
This Week in Talent: We welcome Tash Gawne, CPO at Globird Energy as editor to TWIT. Dive into reflections on People and Culture, Globird's first hackathon, leadership tips, and planning for 2025. Read on!
This Week in Talent: Explore the week in talent with insights on navigating hiring challenges, fostering collaboration with managers, and the evolving role of talent facilitators. Plus, men's health in the workplace, and the countdown to Christmas!
Discover how workplace initiatives like Movember drive conversations about men's health and wellbeing. Learn how organisations use creativity to raise awareness and foster a supportive culture. Explore inspiring success stories, tips for engaging teams, and the long-term impact of fostering health-positive workplaces. Join the movement to create lasting change for men’s health.
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.
This Week in Talent: ATC2024 has come and gone, and Jamie Holder is wrapping things up for us while it's still fresh in our minds. From the rise of AI in recruitment to Kevin Wheeler’s provocative predictions, there’s plenty to dive into. Spoiler: AI isn’t here to replace you, but it will make you better—if you embrace it. Want to revolutionise your hiring process? Skills-based hiring, predictive analytics, and personalisation are where it’s at. Plus, some serious fangirling over Kevin. If you missed ATC2024, don’t worry—this recap will get you up to speed.
With 60% of the global population in work, the importance of addressing mental health risks in the workplace cannot be overstated. Poor working conditions, discrimination, and job insecurity contribute to mental health challenges like stress, anxiety, and depression. But what can we actually do to make things better? Well, the WHO and Mental Health Australia have a few ideas.
Matthew Lant took time out of his busy schedule as Head of Recruitment and Employer Brand at the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) to answer 3 quick questions about getting started in talent and his upcoming session at ATC2024: Unified Hiring: how we redefined AFCA's needs and aligned Hiring Leaders. 
This Week In Talent: Why conducting user interviews and focus groups is key to understanding the talent and people problems you’re solving for. Why should you start with your Minimum Viable Product first, and not jump straight to all the version with all the bells and whistles? How can stakeholder interviews save you time, money, and effort? How can you set up the interviews so people feel comfortable to tell you what they’re REALLY thinking? Well, read on and you’ll find out …
Jody Smith editor This Week in Talent
This Week in Talent: We welcome back Jody Smith to the editor seat, who brings us an intro to Human Centred Design (HCD) thinking, a bunch of design tools and resources you should bookmark, and Jody’s recommendation of which ATC Events session to attend if HCD is your jam.