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LinkedIn hits a milestone 11:00am Thursday 24 March 2011 - Human Capital Magazine LinkedIn has announced that 100 million professionals are now members of the largest professional network worldwide. |
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Job well done 11:00am Thursday 24 March 2011 - Human Capital Magazine Simple acts of recognition can have incredible benefits at little cost when used appropriately in conjunction with tangible rewards. That much we know. Yet many organisations still get it wrong. Human Capital busts three myths that have grown up around reward & recognition in the workplace |
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How to get recruitment and selection just right 11:00am Thursday 24 March 2011 - Human Capital Magazine Tammy Tansley outlines the Top 10 ways to take your recruitment and selection process from failing to flourishing. |
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HR Technology: HRIS deployment options 11:00am Thursday 24 March 2011 - Human Capital Magazine Nick Southcombe tackles a question regarding the right HRIS deployment option for your business. |
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Warning: Your Mindset May Contain SPAM 10:46am Thursday 24 March 2011 - Mindset Anyone who has made a major purchase like a car is likely to have experienced Reticular Activating System (RAZZ) in action. Let me illustrate. Once you’ve settled on a certain car you’d like to purchase or indeed have purchased, what happens? Well what happened to me is suddenly, “They’re ev [...] |
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Employer takes action against unconscious bias  10:05am Thursday 24 March 2011 - HR Daily A leadership program that helps managers and teams to overcome the "intangible barrier" of unconscious bias is a fundamental component of National Australia Bank's gender-equity strategy, says its head of group diversity and inclusion Neil Cockroft. |
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Announcement: Wanted! A HR Consultant 10:05am Thursday 24 March 2011 - HR Daily Watts Next, an innovative company that provides HR services to SMEs, is seeking an experienced human resources consultant. |
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5 tips to stop your recruitment database walking out the door 9:43am Thursday 24 March 2011 - Recruitment Directory How many times have I heard stories of Recruitment Consultants walking out the door with a database of client or candidate records. I doubt you would even know if it has happened to you! |
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What should you build first - mobile website or native app? 9:01am Thursday 24 March 2011 - Recruitment Directory All 3 major job boards here in Australia are dabbling in mobile, and there are 2 distinct strategies adopted. Only 1 site has won. It should be a no brainer, but should you be building a mobile optimised website or native application for your recruitment website? |
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The High Price of Crying On the Job 9:00am Thursday 24 March 2011 - Lifestyle Careers Years ago I had a very demanding, harsh boss. Sometimes, I would get so demoralized or overwhelmed that I would duck into the bathroom and cry, though I made sure to never burst into tears in front of my boss or colleagues. Tears have been making headlines recently, with high-profile figures like John Boehner and [...] |
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Consistency the key to improving results 8:05am Thursday 24 March 2011 - Recruiter Daily Too many recruiters confuse "being busy" with doing the activities that will get them results, says coach and former recruiter Joannah Bernard. |
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NAB Graduate Expo 9:39pm Wednesday 23 March 2011 - GradConnection The Expo A few weeks ago, myself and Murad were lucky enough to get an invite to the NAB Graduate Expo. It’s a new initiative by NAB and something quite innovative and different from what I’ve seen any other employers do so thought I would post about it. The expo was designed to give current students an [...] |
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Futurestep wins another five years with Fonterra 3:54pm Wednesday 23 March 2011 - Shortlist News Futurestep has secured an extension to its long-running RPO contract with New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra for a further five years. |
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Social media still not widely used for job searching; Greg Savage slams LinkedIn recommendations; plus more 2:47pm Wednesday 23 March 2011 - Shortlist News Social media still not widely used for job searching: Randstad.... Greg Savage slams LinkedIn recommendations.... NSW council issues labour hire tender.... Retail investors lukewarm about SKILLED stock.... Comms executives motivated by career advancement: Salt & Shein.... New Australian partner for Heidrick & Struggles.... LinkedIn reaches 100 million members. |
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| Scott Gleeson 12:59pm Wednesday 23 March 2011 - UniGrad It is now the end of March, and for most people we are about a month into Uni. Personally, I have fought the urge to sleep through my 8am lectures, go to the Uni bar (or Red Room as it’s known at UQ) instead of going to class and generally finding anything else to do except Uni work. E [...] |
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Why managers dismiss conflict 12:05pm Wednesday 23 March 2011 - HR Daily Conflict between staff, if left unchecked, tends to escalate - but most managers have a natural inclination to dismiss it, says Workplace Conflict Resolution director Catherine Gillespie. |
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Announcement: Does your 'Keeping in Touch' program really help retain staff? 12:05pm Wednesday 23 March 2011 - HR Daily Are you achieving a return rate from parental leave in excess of 95 per cent? If not, talk to us about our tailored retention programs. |
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Consultants want "fair treatment" above all else 10:05am Wednesday 23 March 2011 - Recruiter Daily Recruitment managers and team leaders who don't treat consultants equally create even more problems for themselves than for their team, says leadership expert Stephen Bell. |
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Scott Recruitment, Trevor-Roberts, JobAdder welcome newcomers 10:05am Wednesday 23 March 2011 - Recruiter Daily Scott Recruitment Services, Trevor-Roberts Associates and JobAdder have each appointed two new employees. |
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Psychotherapy: Let’s get down to business 9:00am Wednesday 23 March 2011 - Lifestyle Careers When business consultant, Rob Montgomery, became increasingly aware of the huge emotional and mental stress his clients often suffered as small business owners and managers he found a way to help them. Work-related stress affects one in five Australians~ and is often attributed to long working hours, pressure to complete too many tasks, financialdistress and [...] |
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Keep up-to-date with HR issues on Twitter 8:16pm Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Human Resources Leader HR professionals can keep up with Australia’s number one HR magazine on Twitter |
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Court finds Woolworths contractor restraints ‘unenforceable’ 7:55pm Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Human Resources Leader The Federal Court has issued a strong warning to labour hire firms, after ruling that a Preferred Supplier Agreement (PSA) between a labour hire firm and Woolworths was invalid and “unenforceable”. |
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OHS work cultures need improvement 6:26pm Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Human Resources Leader The practice of OHS in Australia has “not significantly” changed or evolved since Dame Carol Black’s comments about the OHS profession being unfit for purpose, according to Professor Niki Ellis, CEO of the Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR). |
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The death of smoking in the workplace 6:25pm Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Human Resources Leader There is “wind of change” sweeping through workplaces, brought on by the smoking laws and new attitudes, that is making it more uncomfortable for employees to light up during working hours, according to a specialist workplace relations and safety law firm. |
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Bad jobs harmful to mental health 6:21pm Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Human Resources Leader The impact on mental health of a badly paid, poorly supported, or short-term job can be as harmful as no job at all, according to a recent research report. |
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Qantas staff set to strike 6:02pm Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Human Resources Leader Thousands of Qantas workers are on the verge of striking in order to prevent the airline from using cheap, outsourced labour. |
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SKILLED hires industry pioneer; Adcorp CEO departs, company still has "potential", says chair; plus more 5:00pm Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Shortlist News SKILLED hires industry pioneer.... Adcorp CEO departs, company still has "potential", says chair.... Australians keen to move: Robert Walters.... CareerOne hosting online graduate careers expo.... Conference to focus on productivity and skills in resources sector. |
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DLA Phillips Fox extends parental leave 4:09pm Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Human Resources Leader DLA Phillips Fox, due to integrate with DLA Piper on 1 May, yesterday (21 March) announced the extension of its parental leave entitlements to 14 weeks |
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Much comment has been made around the lack of strong recruiters in the market, how likely is it that your internal recruitment 3:43pm Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Recruitment Extra Rebecca Wallace Managing Director, Launch Recruitment The Launch business has a balance of experienced recruitment consultants and those trained inhouse from alternative backgrounds. When we make a hire from a non-recruitment background the criteria for employment is focussed on the candidate’s knowledge and qualifications in the industry that is target for that recruiter’s desk specialisation. [...] |
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Employee attachment drives retention and performance 3:43pm Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Recruitment Extra As the employment market heats up in 2011, employers are facing the challenge of not only finding, but retaining new talent. Anthony Sork, a researcher and consultant in employee attachment, believes that when an employee joins a company they are entering a new social structure and how they assimilate to this structure will significantly affect [...] |
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Life after the sale – what to expect 3:43pm Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Recruitment Extra It is fitting to start the discussion by considering the divestment process. When the process is underway business owners are in a period of increased workload. Not only is there focussed attention on delivering consistent financial results to meet forecasts so that prospective purchasers can see what a wonderful business you run, there are also [...] |
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From the Starting Blocks 3:42pm Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Recruitment Extra I found myself nodding in agreement as I read Greg Savage’s blog “5 signs your recruiter is destined to fail” at gregsavage.com.au. I could visualise staff I have worked with and managed who were one, or a combination, of the following: slow learners unwilling learners social misfits (so labelled by Greg) late and lazy lacked [...] |
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Inside March 2011 3:40pm Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Recruitment Extra Learning and development issue. If I had a dollar for every person that asked me who offers learning and development services in our industry, I’d be sunning myself somewhere exotic right now. It baffles me; we have a growing number of trainers, coaches and consultants dedicated to the recruitment profession, along with an abundance of [...] |
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MyCareer introduces behaviourally targeted job ads 12:27pm Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Shortlist News MyCareer has just released its own targeted job ad product to rival CareerOne's Ad Network, with both job boards now doing more to take advantage of their access to large audiences of passive candidates. |
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Aussie finance professionals come up trumps 11:00am Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Human Capital Magazine Australian finance professionals most satisfied in the world with their 2010 bonuses, which were 13% up on 2009 |
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New award launched to recognise Australia's most attractive companies 11:00am Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Human Capital Magazine The Randstad Awards will recognise the nation's best places to work among 150 of the country's largest employers (by employee size), based on the opinions of over 7,000 jobseekers in Australia. |
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Mass exodus of professionals expected in next three months 11:00am Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Human Capital Magazine Over 66% of professionals around the world are hoping to move jobs in the next three months, according to a recent global poll by Robert Walters. |
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Recruitment steps should be challenged 10:05am Tuesday 22 March 2011 - HR Daily Every organisation should evaluate and challenge individual elements of its recruitment process to ensure the whole system remains as effective as possible, says Australian Public Service Commission area director, Anne-Maree Grew. |
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Announcement: Upskill your managers to be successful change leaders 10:05am Tuesday 22 March 2011 - HR Daily Are your managers and team leaders change makers, or change breakers? Being Human's Prosci Change Management Coaching Program equips them with the tools they need to lead their teams through change. |
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Finding the Elusive Work-Life Balance 9:00am Tuesday 22 March 2011 - Lifestyle Careers How do you find a balanced life when you’re overloaded with work? How do you switch off work when you’re away from the office? The answers to these very common questions are elusive. It’s never an easy thing. But once you do find this balance you’ll find enormous benefits: more enjoyment of life and better [...] |
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