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Where HR meets technology 7:26pm Monday 08 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader A growing emphasis on technology in a highly connected world means that the role of the HR professional is also evolving. In what ways is it changing and what competencies are required from an HR professional to get the most out of HR technology? |
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HRIS – Hawaiian style 7:07pm Monday 08 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader A good HRIS can make the daily life of HR professionals and the businesses they work in much easier. HR Leader looks at the experience of Western Australian-based property group Hawaiian and how it managed a smooth and seamless HRIS integration |
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Keep burnout at bay 6:13pm Monday 08 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader Employers have been advised to urge workers not to work while on holidays to avoid burnout for the new year. |
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Does our own mindset cause the talent shortage? 6:12pm Monday 08 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader With a little bit of imagination employers can beat the skills shortage, writes Kevin Wheeler |
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CareerBuilder vs Monster. 2010 Super Bowl Commercial 5:39pm Monday 08 February 2010 - Recruitment Directory Super Bowl XLIV has just finished airing in the United States. One of the highlights each year is the release of new commercials. Over the past few years we have seen CareerBuilder battle against Monster for the best commercial. Who will take out the title this year? |
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Companies struggle to find true leaders 5:29pm Monday 08 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader Almost one half of organisations are not effective in finding and developing leaders, which identifies some critical challenges for employers if they are to take advantage of the economic recovery, a recent study has revealed. |
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Strict structures in flexibility requests 5:29pm Monday 08 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader Who falls into the “right to request” flexibility bracket? How can employers refuse it? And what are the implications for HR? Siobhan Flores-Walsh explains |
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RCSA and ITCRA give nod to skilled migration overhaul  5:13pm Monday 08 February 2010 - Shortlist News The federal government's revamp of the skills migration program will see the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL) thrown out, and stricter controls on the recruitment of foreign blue collar and trades workers by Australian employers. |
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Q4 perm fees down, but Asia-Pac outlook improving for Kelly 1:52pm Monday 08 February 2010 - Shortlist News A drop in perm fees in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore has dented Kelly's December quarter results in Asia-Pacific, but the region's economies are showing steady signs of improvement, says global CEO Carl Camden. |
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GFC failures damaged HR's reputation 12:05pm Monday 08 February 2010 - HR Daily After agitating for "a seat at the table" for so long, some HR managers have damaged the profession's brand by showing they weren't ready to make a strategic contribution during the recent downturn, says the principal of Mercer's human capital business, Martin Turner. |
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Inside February 2010 11:22am Monday 08 February 2010 - Recruitment Extra Social networking and recruitment This month we feature a range of articles, websites and books to help unravel the social networking puzzle and maintain a strategy that is relevant, interesting and effective. |
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How to get prospects to return your call 11:12am Monday 08 February 2010 - Recruitment Extra Often a member in my training program will seek my advice on how to get prospective clients to return telephone messages. It’s not uncommon for buyers to ignore voicemail messages, especially, unsolicited calls where it’s an obvious sales pitch. Understand that your messages must establish your credibility and pique curiosity. Here are my strategies to get prospects to return your call. |
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The collaboration challenge 11:03am Monday 08 February 2010 - Recruitment Extra Many people think that innovation comes from the hard work of one individual – someone who quietly works alone and then one day surprises the world by announcing their great findings. This is not what actually happens. Most great ideas come from the collective efforts of a team of people working closely together, bouncing ideas in such a way that at the end of the day, no one seems to actually remember who came up with the idea in the first place. |
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Social media guide for BIG brands 10:45am Monday 08 February 2010 - Recruitment Extra By Carsten Cumbrowski The amount of activity and participation of people on sites like MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Wikipedia, Digg, Del.icio.us and other so-called social media sites and social networks that make up what we call the new web or Web 2.0, did not go unnoticed by the big business out there. The possibilities to do something [...] |
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Four social media suggestions for small businesses 10:27am Monday 08 February 2010 - Recruitment Extra Taken from mashable.com (6 Jan 2010) 2010 is upon us, bringing new opportunities to jump ahead of the competition using social media. The web is evolving rapidly and those small businesses that identify trends first will be able to stay ahead. Here are four super-simple social media suggestions to kick start your business this year. |
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Untangling social media 10:19am Monday 08 February 2010 - Recruitment Extra The recruitment industry is in a great position to exploit the benefits of social networking, one false move though and the game could get very ugly indeed – Lesley Horsburgh reports. |
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Ensure more prospects return your calls 10:05am Monday 08 February 2010 - Recruiter Daily If you want prospects to return your calls, your messages must establish your credibility and pique their curiosity, says business strategist Ric Willmot. |
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Benneaux boosts team with two new consultants 10:05am Monday 08 February 2010 - Recruiter Daily Melbourne-based accounting recruitment specialist Benneaux has boosted its team by appointing two new consultants - David Zeman and Paula Hems. |
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Job Boards should add value and focus on user experience 8:38am Monday 08 February 2010 - Jobadder I have a problem with job boards that share and pilfer job content from other sites at the expense of a value adding, high quality user experience. If your job site doesn't add value to the job seeker then you should do something else. There are enough job boards splashing around in the [...] |
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Examples of Search Suggest and Auto-Complete use in a job search 7:27pm Sunday 07 February 2010 - Recruitment Directory Search Suggest and/or Auto-Compete is a function usually applied to the keyword field of a job search form. The use of these functions enhances the users search experience through a "suggest as you type" or auto-complete functionality built into the job search form. |
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Recruitment Consultant vs HR 6:55pm Friday 05 February 2010 - Recruitment Directory Is this why Recruitment gets a bad name? |
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Business Bullets from the Canberra Business Council – 4 February 2010 5:35pm Friday 05 February 2010 - Capital Jobs The 2010 Intergenerational Report The Federal Government has released the 2010 Intergenerational Report, entitled Australia to 2050: Future Challenges. The report provides a comprehensive study of the challenges that Australia will face over the next 40 years. The long term economic outlook demonstrates that while living standards are projected to rise over the next 40 years, [...] |
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Crane operator fined $13.5k for ignoring notices 4:33pm Friday 05 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader South Australian crane operator Adelaide Ship Construction International (ASCI) has been slapped with a $13,500 fine for ignoring three prohibition notices issued by WorkSafe South Australia (SA). |
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Is construction fatigue overlooked in Australia? 4:23pm Friday 05 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader Sydney University's, Dr Margaret Chan, has warned that fatigue may be being overlooked as a cause of accidents on construction sites. |
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NSW to track harbour bull sharks 4:17pm Friday 05 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader The NSW government has has tagged three bull shark as part of program to monitor their movements in Sydney harbour. |
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NOPSA eyes expansion of powers 4:15pm Friday 05 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader The National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) hopes to take over the regulation of 'well integrity', currently handled by state governments. |
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NZ unions call for methyl bromide ban 4:13pm Friday 05 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (CTU) has called for a ban on the fumigation gas methyl bromide following a scientist's claim he may have found a link between it and a nerve disease thought to have caused the deaths of four workers in the country. |
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New safety code for quad bikes coming 4:10pm Friday 05 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader Following a series of recent quad bike accidents, a new draft code of conduct is being drawn up for their use in the workplace. |
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National OHS benchmarking draft report released 4:10pm Friday 05 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader The Productivity Commission (PC) has released a draft report which attempts to benchmark the maze of OHS regulatory and legislative instruments faced by Australian businesses. |
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WA Timber mill fined $60k over severed hand 4:02pm Friday 05 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader A Western Australia timber mill operator has been fined $60,000 for failing to adequately secure its machinery. |
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NSW employers in High Court OHS win 4:00pm Friday 05 February 2010 - Human Resources Leader A landmark decision by the High Court this week has reinstated the concept of "reasonable practicability" into New South Wales' OHS breach disputes. |
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Recruitment companies might have to change their business model: Monster 3:51pm Friday 05 February 2010 - Shortlist News Monster's new artificial intelligence power search, which the company is expected to launch in Australia on the CareerOne platform later this year, could "potentially be a real threat" to the recruitment industry and might force recruitment companies to "reconsider their business model", according to Monster Worldwide CEO Sal Iannuzzi. |
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Blog post: Have you given video a go yet? 12:05pm Friday 05 February 2010 - HR Daily Instead of trying to build brand presence by buying ad space in prominent newspapers, companies are giving people insight to the organisation and what they are about using videos... |
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Blog post: Social recruiting metrics and measurements 12:05pm Friday 05 February 2010 - HR Daily Unfortunately, corporate strategery is hard and everyone likes a road map and a list. So here are some ideas of what you can measure to determine if your social recruiting strategy is working... |
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Blog post: It's amazing what you can uncover when you visit customers 10:05am Friday 05 February 2010 - Recruiter Daily Technology more than ever makes it easier to avoid real client contact, but my experience is that avoiding client contact on the basis of "efficiency" is a very short-term approach. I urge professional consultants to get out there amongst it. New consultants to the industry, especially those establishing their own client bases should particularly heed this... |
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Blog post: That noisy thing on your desk. It's the phone... Pick it up! 10:05am Friday 05 February 2010 - Recruiter Daily Bottom line, take the calls. Don't screen, it's rude and you probably won't get to call them back and you'll look bad. If you miss a call, don't wait five days to call them back, do it now! Rub that off your to-do list ASAP... |
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Are you a good boss? 8:15am Friday 05 February 2010 - Lifestyle Careers I have been thinking about what does and doesn’t make a good boss lately. I have worked for my fair share, and now that I am “my own boss”, as I am continually reminding myself, I wonder how I would stack up. |
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SEEK Index shows clear labour market bounce 7:01am Friday 05 February 2010 - Shortlist News In contrast to the ANZ Job Ad series, the SEEK Employment Index has shown a clear bounce in the labour market in January, with seasonally adjusted new job ads up 7.1%. |
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Graduate employment market 2:35am Friday 05 February 2010 - Destination Talent New data from Graduate Careers Australia sheds interesting light on the graduate employment sector. 2009 wasn’t a super year with the GFC affecting graduate recruitment intake. Only 79.2% of graduates were in full-time employment within four months of completing their degrees (down from 85.2%). Despite the downturn graduate salaries grew, with the median starting salary [...] |
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Adecco avoids $250,000 damages award in key work injury case 4:34pm Thursday 04 February 2010 - Shortlist News Adecco has won an important court victory in a work injury case in which the judge found it had effectively done everything within its control to provide a safe work system for its on-hire employee. |
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