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Leisure Matters 9:00am Thursday 26 August 2010 - Lifestyle Careers Have you been stressed out lately and find yourself with no free time? When was the last time you did something that you really enjoyed? With work taking over the major part of our lives, it might be extremely difficult even to remember the last vacation with family or friends. If you haven’t realised the importance [...] |
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Why “Job Seeking” Is Not the Right Approach 5:19pm Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Six Figures Are you job-seeking right now? Perhaps you should be out marketing and selling yourself – it is far more empowering! I have recently come to have issues with the term “job seeking”. The reason being is it’s not empowering to be seeking new employment. Seeking implies that you are out there trying – you may [...] |
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Clarius back in the black  3:00pm Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Shortlist News Clarius has reported a strong return to profitability despite a drop in revenue for the 12 months to June. |
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RHD, Peoplebank face challenge to acquisition bid 1:05pm Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Shortlist News Major Ross Human Directions shareholder Jack Cowin has lodged an application with the federal Takeovers Panel to stop the proposed acquisition by Peoplebank from going ahead in its current form. |
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If overtime is voluntary, will standard pay suffice? 11:05am Wednesday 25 August 2010 - HR Daily Employers should think twice before trying to convince Fair Work Australia that voluntary overtime leaves workers "better off overall", say the authors of a Lander & Rogers bulletin. |
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Employers relying on "gut feel", candidates lying, and more 11:05am Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Recruiter Daily Employers still relying on "gut feel" to hire; Candidates lying to cover GFC-related gaps; Executives restless but cautious; and Recruitment among hardest-hit job sectors. |
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Time pressures impacting on recruitment processes 11:00am Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Human Capital Magazine As employment pools dry up and the fight for talent becomes fierce, industry experts have warned against companies relaxing their recruitment practices to secure talent. |
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Skilled trades shortage will stunt economic growth 11:00am Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Human Capital Magazine As the global economy recovers from recession, strategic migration policies will be needed in order to create a mobile workforce and plug the gap of skilled workers, according to a new discussion paper by Manpower Australia. |
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Australian hiring optimism returns but skills shortages loom 11:00am Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Human Capital Magazine An overwhelming majority of Australia and New Zealand's employers (84%) say they made too many redundancies during the downturn and many now lack the right teams to grow their organisations, according to research released by Hudson. |
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Australian employees less likely to stay with their employers 11:00am Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Human Capital Magazine According to research recently conducted by Infogroup|ORC, Australian employees are more likely to change employers within the next 12 months than staff in 16 other countries. |
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Walk in their shoes: HR at Unisys 11:00am Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Human Capital Magazine This month’s profiled HR professional has taken ‘being in the frontline’ to a new level – and he’s lived to tell the tail. Iain Hopkins profiles John Maley |
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'Manager' on your tombstone? No, thanks! 11:00am Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Human Capital Magazine Is there a deeper meaning to be gleaned from work beyond making money? Pia Lee believes there's so much more that organisations can do to fulfil the working lives of their employees |
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Speaking out against sexual harassment 11:00am Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Human Capital Magazine Evidence suggests that bystanders often remain silent when they witness sexual harassment at work. Harriet Stacey outlines what can be done about it |
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HRIS forecast: Increasing cloud 11:00am Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Human Capital Magazine We keep hearing how the cloud is set to change the way we work, but what is it and what benefits does it bring to the business? Ari Kopoulos provides some insights |
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Diagnosing trouble with Google Medicine 9:00am Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Lifestyle Careers It’s so tempting, isn’t it? So tempting and so much easier than going to the GP. I’m talking about Google Medicine. Type in a few symptoms – headache, tiredness, and irritability – and a person can be surprised to find she has all the symptoms of pregnancy, or a young woman alarmed to see the signs of dementia [...] |
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Employers facing self-created talent gap after cutting too deep 8:30am Wednesday 25 August 2010 - Shortlist News Some 84% of employers that made retrenchments during the global financial crisis now say they cut too quickly and too deeply, and lost high performing talent as a result, according to a new study by Hudson. |
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How to Take Your Place in Careers Recruitment in Australia 3:03am Wednesday 25 August 2010 - SMStheJOB It’s well known is that the careers recruitment industry in Australia is booming. It’s an industry alive with activity as at no other time in previous generations. Today, you rarely hear about anyone who receives the fabled gold watch as a token of thanks for 50 years devotion to a company. [...] |
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Fifteen things about the Australian job market you probably didn’t know: 2010 update 9:15pm Tuesday 24 August 2010 - Ross Clennett [...] |
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Successful Salary Negotiation for Consultants, Contractors and Employees 4:23pm Tuesday 24 August 2010 - Six Figures This evening I will be speaking to Leanne founder of WINC about Successful Salary Negotiation. The interview content will include: *  In which situations would you consider negotiating your salary? *  When and where is the most appropriate time to do it? *  Is there a time when you wouldn’t negotiate your salary? *  How [...] |
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Modest growth, solid profits for SEEK employment 3:41pm Tuesday 24 August 2010 - Shortlist News SEEK's Australian and New Zealand job board business has posted a marginal rise in EBITDA for the year to June, on the back of flat sales. |
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Employees must take ownership of poor performance 1:05pm Tuesday 24 August 2010 - HR Daily Employers must get workers to "own" their performance issues in order for them to improve, says performance specialist Nicky Mackie. |
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Announcement: How can HR make an impact? 1:05pm Tuesday 24 August 2010 - HR Daily The Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) is pleased to present its national series of leadership conferences across Australia throughout September. |
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End of big Australian recruitment contracts hits Brunel; Kelly hires top internal recruitment strategist; plus more 12:19pm Tuesday 24 August 2010 - Shortlist News End of big Australian recruitment contracts hits Brunel.... Kelly hires top internal recruitment strategist.... Ex-Fingerprint owner buys into Ashdown.... Apex hires James Bull.... EOC to host Australian jobs expo in New Zealand.... 100% internal hiring a mistake: BUPA head of recruitment. |
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Recruiters need caution in contractor management 11:05am Tuesday 24 August 2010 - Recruiter Daily The Fair Work Act's adverse action provisions have ramifications for recruiters who place contractors - and their clients - so both parties must take extra care when drafting contracts to avoid claims, according to employment lawyer Nick Noonan. |
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Conflicts at work 9:00am Tuesday 24 August 2010 - Lifestyle Careers What to do when you have to resolve conflicts at work The truth is you can never see eye to eye with everyone you work with – be it a co-worker, supplier, customer or even the boss. That is because conflict is inevitable. If you spend enough time interacting with people, eventually your ideas, attitudes and needs [...] |
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Profusion Group expands with niche acquisition 3:54pm Monday 23 August 2010 - Shortlist News Sydney banking and finance recruitment specialist, Profusion, has acquired boutique senior executive recruitment company Gilbert and Robinson. |
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Idle workers poorly managed 1:05pm Monday 23 August 2010 - HR Daily Today's workplace is full of distractions, and employees who are bored or underworked are often the most susceptible, says David Fox, principal of The HR Practise. |
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Recruitment sales drop, profitability bounces back: Data3 boss 1:01pm Monday 23 August 2010 - Shortlist News Listed IT services firm Data3 saw profit contribution from its recruitment business rise considerably, despite a drop in sales over the past year. |
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Politicians Have No Place In Recruitment 11:53am Monday 23 August 2010 - Lifestyle Careers Two separate statements really, but both interlinked at the same time. When I say there is no room in recruitment for politicians, I am of course talking about the constant truth bending, fact twisting, misleading and underhanded nature of a massive proportion of our top, duly elected delegates Does it come down to out and out [...] |
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Why aren't you using tests of general mental ability? 11:05am Monday 23 August 2010 - Recruiter Daily Tests of general mental ability (GMA) are strong predictors of job performance, but they are largely misunderstood and, as a result, underused in recruitment, says organisational psychologist, Joshua Wood. |
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New hires at Greythorn and BI&DW 11:05am Monday 23 August 2010 - Recruiter Daily Greythorn has hired Chris Scullin as its ACT manager, while Mark Jesson has joined BI&DW Australia as a specialist search consultant. |
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NGA makes acquisition, Greythorn hires top Canberra recruiter, plus more 2:07pm Friday 20 August 2010 - Shortlist News Acquisition for NGA.NET.... Greythorn hires top Canberra IT recruiter.... Balance Recruitment opens in Canberra.... Paid parental leave actually saves on staff turnover costs.... North American executive recruitment market finally recovering... New data shows 23,000 IT placements per year. |
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Blog post: Preventing your employees from pulling the emergency slide 1:05pm Friday 20 August 2010 - HR Daily As an HR pro, if you don't have a good indicator of employee satisfaction, you need to work on getting a clear picture sooner rather than later... You need to look at your workforce as a whole and figure out if you have more employees this close to snapping than would be considered normal... |
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Blog post: What Australian businesses and leaders can learn from best workplaces in UK 1:05pm Friday 20 August 2010 - HR Daily Trusting the employees to do their job and do to the best of their potential while supporting others and themselves is still the most important focus to concentrate on... |
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Blog post: Headhunting - Four steps to writing your recruitment plan 11:05am Friday 20 August 2010 - Recruiter Daily Getting started quickly is a good goal but concentrate on building your recruiting plan and compiling your target list before 'tearing down the road'... |
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Blog post: Emotional talent acquisition – process or purpose? 11:05am Friday 20 August 2010 - Recruiter Daily Recruiters shouldn't just be filling in forms and word-matching CVs to job specs. They are the ambassadors for the experience of being employed by your company. They're the salespeople trying to make someone change their life, their routine and their job. |
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Are you in a job that’s making you miserable? 12:32am Friday 20 August 2010 - Six Figures It’s time to move on … On the Great Leadership blog a little while back there was a post that resonated with me: Don’t settle for a job that’s making you miserable. It got me thinking about so many career clients I have worked with who were miserable in their current roles and who had [...] |
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Qantas transforming recruitment of frontline staff 5:15pm Thursday 19 August 2010 - Shortlist News Qantas is launching a new approach to pre-hire testing as part of a major restructure of the recruitment of its frontline airport managers. |
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Flat profit for M&T Resources; Greater Taree council calls for labour hire tenders; plus more 1:19pm Thursday 19 August 2010 - Shortlist News Flat profit for M&T Resources.... Greater Taree council calls for labour hire tenders.... Retailworld seeking franchisees.... Accounting and finance staff on the move: Marks Sattin.... JobServe acquires big parcel of oil and gas resumes.... Executives see looming talent challenges: Hattonneale.... Recruitment agencies sign on to service TrackMeBack membership. |
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Manage poor performance cautiously and consistently 11:05am Thursday 19 August 2010 - HR Daily Legal action arising out of performance management used to be confined to award and EBA-covered workers, but increasingly employers are facing claims from managers and more senior employees, according to employment lawyer Natalie Spark. |
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