Category: Recruitment

From increased use of automation to cost-optimised hiring strategies, here are the key recruitment trends HR should look out for this year. 
Organisational structures have traditionally focussed on empowering employees to work exclusively in their specialist role – but this may no longer be the most sensible approach for organisations wishing to maximise their capacity and boost productivity.
Effective job interviews are vital to ensure the best person for the job is hired. But knowing what questions you can and can’t ask is something all HR professionals need to be aware of.
The cost of hiring a new employee has doubled in the past two years. So what’s the solution to keeping costs down?
The way we work has drastically changed, so job interview questions need to evolve with the times too. Here are some to consider. 
Keep your business out of hot water by avoiding these illegal interview questions. A legal expert shares her tips.
Racism in recruitment is against the law but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. And sometimes it’s not only deliberate, it’s overt.
Although Human Resources left behind the ‘Personnel’ tag along with the metal filing cabinets a long time ago, the profession has never seemed entirely at ease with the names that replaced it.
From time to time, things happen that lead an employer to regret making an offer of employment to a candidate, and the employer wants out.
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HOW TO

A HR practitioner offers a range of thought-provoking questions to help you plan your next career move.
Keep these tips in mind to ensure your organisation’s probation periods go beyond being a tick-box exercise and become a driver of strong culture and high performance.
From building your case in advance to avoiding the trap of false politeness, use these strategies to help you engage in constructive dissent at the executive level.

LEGAL

AI is helping workers research, build and articulate workplace complaints with legal precision – and employers are scrambling to keep up.
Almost one million Australians now hold more than one job. But what if an employee’s second job interferes with their work or their employer’s interests? Here are two FWC cases that clarify how far employers can go to restrict secondary employment.
With the minimum wage and award increases fast approaching, here’s how HR can help their organisations to assess their options.
Victoria has become the first Australian state to legislate the right to work from home. Here’s how the new legislation will work, and what it could mean for Australia’s broader industrial relations landscape.