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With AI enabling jobseekers to apply for dozens of roles at the same time, employers are facing unprecedented volumes of applications. Here’s how five organisations are adapting their hiring processes to meet this challenge.
HR practitioners are so used to recognising and reducing burnout in others, but often struggle to see it in themselves. It’s important to take time to develop your own mental resilience plan.
By understanding the story a profit and loss statement (P&L) tells about growth, costs and profitability, HR can add value to leadership conversations and ensure people initiatives align with strategic goals.
In part two of this case study, HOYTS Chief People Officer outlines how she got stakeholder buy-in for a refreshed employee value proposition (EVP).
Grit isn’t about toughness or pushing harder. It’s about designing work in a way that supports sustainable performance and long-term resilience. By helping organisations normalise discomfort and reframe success, HR can protect wellbeing while building resilience.
To fix Australia’s persistently sluggish productivity levels, we need to address competition barriers and enable smarter regulation, technology adoption and flexible workforce strategies, says economist Paul Bloxham.
At AHRI’s National Convention and Exhibition, HRM heard directly from HR practitioners about where they hope to see the national productivity conversation go from here.
The upcoming industrial relations landscape will focus on consolidation. However, there are still some reforms HR should prepare for.
As disruption accelerates, traditional career paths and static job frameworks are giving way to agile, skills-first strategies. Speakers at day two of AHRI’s National Convention and Exhibition share how HR are championing the evolution of workforce development.
At AHRI’s 2025 National Convention and Exhibition, leading change expert Richard Gerver offered advice for HR leaders to shift their focus from systems and structures to the human dynamics that shape change.
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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.
