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Announcement: K2 Recruitment offers an opportunity for recruiters to earn more money  11:05am Tuesday 01 June 2010 - Recruiter Daily Fewer recruiters in the market now means that as business picks up, there is more money to be made by successful consultants, says K2 Recruitment Director Mark Kerry. |
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Biscuits: Officially more important than staff 5:44pm Monday 31 May 2010 - Human Resources Leader Biscuits are apparently more important than retirement savings and health insurance, and even staff. |
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Recession blamed for workplace bullies 5:35pm Monday 31 May 2010 - Human Resources Leader A dramatic increase in the number of workplace bullying incidents has been blamed on the pressures and tension arising from the recession. |
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Westpac enterprise agreement to limit temp numbers; Olivier to lead global research for Advantage; plus more 5:01pm Monday 31 May 2010 - Shortlist News Westpac enterprise agreement to limit temps, agency usage.... Bob Olivier to lead global research division for Advantage.... Job board traffic growing in NZ: Nielsen.... Appetite for executive talent recovering: Johnson Executive Search.... Hewitt enters WA market. |
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Cemetery workers strike over pay and conditions 4:58pm Monday 31 May 2010 - Human Resources Leader Funerals plans are at risk at Victoria’s largest cemetery and crematorium complex due to ongoing strike action over pay and work conditions. |
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Another employee suicide rocks Foxconn 4:56pm Monday 31 May 2010 - Human Resources Leader Another employee has died in a suspected suicide at Foxconn's Shenzhen factory in rural China. |
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The unsexy,old-fashioned, boring call cycle 4:29pm Monday 31 May 2010 - Ross Clennett [...] |
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Addressing the PSA problem critical to transforming ANZ recruitment 2:44pm Monday 31 May 2010 - Shortlist News ANZ has taken a hard line on hiring managers who go outside the bank's preferred supplier panels, as part of a wide-ranging overhaul of its recruitment function, says global head of recruitment Sharon Tan. |
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Tomorrow's leadership: collaborative, complex, compassionate 11:05am Monday 31 May 2010 - HR Daily The way organisations currently develop their leaders equips them for yesterday's predictable, process-driven workplace, but not for today's complex, uncertain business conditions, says HR expert Kevin Wheeler. |
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Social media opportunities outweigh legal risks: Lawyer 11:05am Monday 31 May 2010 - Recruiter Daily Australian laws are still "coming to grips" with social media, so although recruiters should expect regulation to increase, they shouldn't shy away from its opportunities because they're worried about legal risks, says lawyer Nick Duggal. |
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Executive recruiters move to Essence Talent Search, Buckingham Recruitment 11:05am Monday 31 May 2010 - Recruiter Daily Executive recruitment specialists Robert Godden and Greg French have moved into new roles. |
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CedarCrestone HR Systems Survey 10:10am Monday 31 May 2010 - Michael Specht For the last 12 years CedarCrestone has been conducting research into how organisations are using technology to support their HR functions, the resulting report is a must read for anyone involved in the HR Technology industry. Once again it is time for the survey and I really encourage all of my readers who are part of [...] |
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MyCareer iPhone App 9:00am Monday 31 May 2010 - Recruitment Directory MyCareer has released their much anticipated iPhone job search application to the Australian marketplace. The iPhone app has all the standard bells-n-whistle job board functions - search jobs, view job, shortlist, email and a few other surprises including |
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IT professionals benefiting from the GFC after the fact 2:02am Monday 31 May 2010 - SMStheJOB Working in IT, just as in many other professional sectors, involved a bit of risky business as the GFC kicked the economy down a notch or ten. But since the economy cranked out of hibernation much more swiftly than was expected, IT projects that were put on hold are now being reinstated and the pr [...] |
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Canberra 26th-best city for quality of life 9:14pm Sunday 30 May 2010 - Capital Jobs The Mercer Worldwide Quality of Living Survey has ranked Canberra 26th globally, the fourth highest ranked Australian city behind Sydney (10th) and Melbourne (18th) and Perth (21st). Â The survey puts Australia ahead of many of the great cities of the world such as New York, San Francisco, Barcelona, London, Singapore and [...] |
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Skilled vacancies up again in May 9:12pm Sunday 30 May 2010 - Capital Jobs The latest Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Vacancy Report shows that the Skilled Vacancy Index (SVI) increased by 1.0% in May to 46.8. Vacancies rose for two of the three occupational groups: Trades (+2.2%) and Associate Professionals (+0.8%); Professionals decreased by 2.1%. In annual terms, the SVI is [...] |
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16% of employees work shift work: ABS 9:11pm Sunday 30 May 2010 - Capital Jobs The ABS publication Working Time Arrangements, Australia shows that 1.4 million Australian employees usually worked shift work in their main job in November 2009. This accounted for 16% of all employees. Of all male employees, 17% usually worked shift work, compared with 15% of all female employees. Of all employees who [...] |
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Average weekly earnings and labour price rise: ABS 9:08pm Sunday 30 May 2010 - Capital Jobs The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) publication Average Weekly Earnings, Australia shows that full-time adult ordinary time earnings rose by 1.5% in trend terms and 1.1% in seasonally adjusted terms in the February quarter 2010. For males the increase was 1.6% (trend) and 1.4% (seasonally adjusted), while for females the increase was [...] |
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The Importance Of Strategic Sourcing 10:38pm Friday 28 May 2010 - Peerlo This is a post that was written for Destination Talent’s 2010 Job Board Report. “Job boards work. As a sourcing channel for candidates, job boards pull all employers together in the same place, they mostly have ... |
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ITCRA boss resigns, Julie Mills to fill in 5:21pm Friday 28 May 2010 - Shortlist News ITCRA chief executive Danika Bakalich has resigned, to be replaced in the short term by former RCSA chief executive Julie Mills. |
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Dealing with absences: seeking information is lawful and reasonable 4:09pm Friday 28 May 2010 - Human Resources Leader A recent unfair dismissal decision [Petkovski v SMS Management and Technology Limited [2010] FWA 2297] illustrates the obligation of employees to follow lawful and reasonable directions of the employer even when the employee is absent due to illness |
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Blog post: Homophobia at work 3:05pm Friday 28 May 2010 - HR Daily Organisations with homophobic employees result in intolerant and unproductive workplaces... So what can companies do? |
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Blog post: Adding Too Much Value? A problem for smart successful leaders 3:05pm Friday 28 May 2010 - HR Daily We get so wrapped up in trying to improve the quality [of an idea] a little bit, we may damage the commitment a lot... |
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Standard Chartered bullish on Asia hiring; 457-visa changes reducing migrant numbers; plus more 2:12pm Friday 28 May 2010 - Shortlist News Standard Chartered's bullish hiring plans to benefit recruiters in Asia.... 457-visa changes reduce total migrant numbers: Evans.... Bringing in urban workers won't fix regional shortages: farmers' body.... HR specialist joins Staite Henningsen Klein.... Julie Mills farewelled at RCSA gala dinner.... UK alliance for Mint Recruitment. |
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Employers using free benefits to create relationships first, hires later 11:35am Friday 28 May 2010 - Shortlist News As talent pools around the world continue to shrink, employers will be forced to rethink their approach to recruitment and offer generous free resources to large numbers of potential candidates, says Kim Scott of recruitment strategy firm, Endpoint. |
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Blog post: The 'Three Commandments' of high performance recruiting - A lesson from Japan 11:05am Friday 28 May 2010 - Recruiter Daily There are many, many things that make for a successful recruiter, but the "Three Commandments" still hold true, and I am finding it's those recruiters who are applying age-old, proven strategies to their work, who are flourishing most in the recovery... |
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Blog post: Recruiters – don't tell me, show me! 11:05am Friday 28 May 2010 - Recruiter Daily We spend a great deal of time internally communicating to employees... My question is: why aren't we sharing this same information with the job market? Why don't we allow passive and active job markets a peek inside to know what it is like to work for us? |
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Work At Home Mums: The Mindset Issue 9:00am Friday 28 May 2010 - Lifestyle Careers Whether you are a mum thinking about working from home or starting your own successful home based business, or whether you have already started working at home, you may be wondering if this is for you. What do work at home mums do to be successful? What is key to their success: Hard work? Talent? Mindset? All [...] |
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Candidates and social media: Look, don't touch, and don't disclose! 5:09pm Thursday 27 May 2010 - Shortlist News Employers can and will use social media to assess candidates, says a workplace law expert, but if a company decides not to hire someone based on information from an online profile, it's common sense not to tell this to the applicant. |
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Blog post: Do you measure your managers' effectiveness at hiring? 5:05pm Thursday 27 May 2010 - HR Daily For companies ramping up their hiring efforts, it makes sense to track which hiring managers "get it", and identify those that don't... |
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Why Creativity Matters in Today’s Leaders 11:16am Thursday 27 May 2010 - Six Figures The article by Frank Kern What Chief Executives Really Want covers a survey from IBM’s Institute for Business Value, which shows that CEOs value one leadership competency above all others: creativity. This is very much aligned with the podcast that Suzi Dafnis did with Seth Godin this month (Booked for lunch webinar). The theme of [...] |
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Amplify your voice in the employment market 11:05am Thursday 27 May 2010 - HR Daily Employers can amplify their voice in the employment market by narrowing the focus of their branding, says adidas recruiting captain Steve Fogarty. |
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PSAs aren't 'the promised land': Clennett 11:05am Thursday 27 May 2010 - Recruiter Daily The opportunity costs of winning a PSA ensure that "most of them suck", according to recruitment trainer and commentator Ross Clennett. |
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Engagement in ecommerce - the eBay way 11:00am Thursday 27 May 2010 - Human Capital Magazine How did eBay manage to move from the tumult of the GFC and into growth mode ahead of the pack? The key is employee engagement, writes Rich Atkinson, human resources director, eBay ANZ |
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CEO Sleepout for a cause 11:00am Thursday 27 May 2010 - Human Capital Magazine On 17 June 2010 leading Australian CEOs and business leaders will brave the elements for a night to raise important funds for homelessness. |
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Australia rates well for world's most liveable cities: Survey 11:00am Thursday 27 May 2010 - Human Capital Magazine Australian and New Zealand cities continue to boast world-class quality of living standards and despite the extreme financial conditions experienced over the past 12 months remain attractive destinations for overseas expatriates. |
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Small companies trump larger corporates with bigger pay hikes 11:00am Thursday 27 May 2010 - Human Capital Magazine Despite the economic downturn, most small companies (76%) passed on an average salary increase of 4.3% according to the nation's most recent survey of salaries and HR trends of small companies. |
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India-based team boosts HP sourcing; Employers not walking the talk on passive talent: LinkedIn; plus more 9:00am Thursday 27 May 2010 - Shortlist News India-based team boosts internal sourcing at HP.... Employers not walking the talk on passive talent: LinkedIn.... Grad intakes up, but employers fail to hold talent.... Key hires at Workpac.... Executives back in demand: Ambition.... UK government to halt public sector recruitment.... Business support workers on the move: Robert Half. |
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Believing in yourself 9:11pm Wednesday 26 May 2010 - CareerMums Today I spoke to two separate women on the issue of self confidence. The first woman I spoke has been out of the workplace for 16 years. She called to talk to me about how to re-skill herself to get back to work again. We spoke about the issue of self confidence and she acknowledged that this was he [...] |
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Career resilience 9:11pm Wednesday 26 May 2010 - CareerMums Today I spoke to two separate women on the issue of self confidence. Their stories are very different bur what was similar was that their self confidence was damaged and they are finding a way to re-build it. More examples of career and personal resilience! The first woman I spoke has been out of th [...] |
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