Critical Recruitment Skills for Hiring Managers

Good hiring practices and sound recruitment decisions can impact the organisation’s performance, culture and bottom line but many Hiring Managers have never received any formal training in Recruitment skills or interview training.

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Internal Talent Awards 2024

We are very proud that our MD Rachel has asked to be a National Judge for the Internal Talent Awards (ITAs) again this year. She’ll be judging Best Tech Stack and Best Use of Video categories.

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Reduce your Staff Turnover

During a recent conversation with a client, they mentioned facing extremely high staff turnover, particularly with new recruits leaving within or shortly after the first six months. This issue is not only financially draining but also frustrating, especially in an industry where significant resources are invested in training and developing new hires from the start. The result? Empty positions that need to be filled again, leading to repeated recruitment costs. Beyond the financial burden, this constant cycle can damage your brand’s reputation, as inexperienced or untrained staff may negatively impact customer experiences.

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Is Skills-Based Hiring a Nothing Burger?

In the ever-evolving landscape of recruitment and recruitment tools, a current hot topic that’s been buzzing around in 2023 and 2024 is skills-based hiring. But is this trend all it’s cracked up to be, or is it just a fad? Or worst still a load of rubbish? Let’s dive into the ins and outs of skills-based hiring, dissect its implications, and uncover whether it’s a game-changer for TA and HR or just a fleeting fad. So, What Is Skills-Based Hiring? First of all, let’s get our definitions straight. As far as we can ascertain Skills-based hiring focuses on the specific abilities and experiences relevant to a job, rather than traditional (maybe more paper based) credentials like degrees and past experience in a particular industry or history in a similar role. It’s about transferable skills – what you can do, not just where you’ve been. We’ve been in recruitment over 30

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TA Fundamentals Course

19th September | Brisbane CBD This course is suitable for TA and HR professionals, new or experienced in the recruitment profession, who want to formalise their learning and ensure best practice is applied. And for those wanting a more structured, fair interviewing process and to improve their interviewing and selection skills. Many in the TA profession have never received any formal training. This course is ideal foranyone in TA or HR and covers some of the fundamentals such as Competency BasedInterviewing, EEO and the law, through to top tips and insights on the marketplace and bestpractice attraction and screening techniques. It also looks at the current marketplace andthe role of social media in recruitment. To book or for more information, please get in touch with us. This course will be run in Brisbane on the 19th September in the CBD. Check out our other training courses for talent acquisition professionals,

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