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Death, taxes and staff turnover. Nowadays, whatever your industry, it’s a fact of business life that people will come and other people will go. The good news is it’s a situation that can be harnessed to inject new energy and ideas, inspiring your team to even greater heights. Yet it also has the potential to be disruptive. That’s why every business needs an effective inducti...

Ah, the festive season. A joyous time of year. But coming at the end of 12 long months, it can also be a challenging time for hard-working team members who may have one eye on taking a well-earned rest – and another eye, anxiously, on everything that still needs to be completed before they do it. Even if your company itself isn’t closing down over the Christmas and New Year ...

When teamwork works, it’s a beautiful thing. Trouble is, while a united, company-wide approach to business is one of the most powerful success drivers there is – delivering benefits everywhere from innovation and creativity, to efficiency and ROI – it can be tricky to facilitate for a whole range of reasons. The growing reliance on external contractors and specialists is one...

Every time you hop in the car you have a destination in mind, right? While it’s pretty logical that you need to know where you’re going in order to get there, many of us overlook the same approach when it comes to reaching our professional goals. Just like driving, knowing your destination guides pretty much all of your decisions – from planning the best route, knowing how m...

With timelines tight and resources stretched, downtime is something few businesses can afford. Given this, you’d think senior managers would be doing everything they can to ensure new hires are integrated into their team as quickly and smoothly as possible. Sadly, experience often suggests otherwise, with many companies guilty of leaving new staff members to largely fend for...

Why the ideal candidate mightn’t always seem ideal at first. No-one aspires for mediocrity in business. But while it’s great to have high standards, it’s important to stop and ask yourself, how high is too high? Time and again we see employers set the bar so unattainably high that even potentially great job candidates have little hope of clearing it. Baulked by a perception ...

The new year is often the trigger to find a new job, or even a new career. While starting afresh can be an exciting time, it’s vital to be sure any new job you accept is actually what you think it is – and not just a case of ‘false advertising’. Candidates hold the cards With unemployment at historically low rates in Australia, 2019 is likely to still be a candidates’ market...

Why super non-compliance is a serious issue for Australian employers. Compulsory employer superannuation contributions are nothing new. They were actually introduced by the Keating Government way back in 1992, yet many employers continue to fall short of their super obligations each year, often unknowingly. Could you be one of them? The Federal Government has been concerned ...

It can be one of the most laborious parts of the recruitment process. But while screening resumes is often necessary, fact is much of the information they contain is of limited value at best – especially when you consider some studies suggest 75-88% of job applicants aren’t even qualified in the first place! The good news is, there are usually a few simple things you can do ...

The rise of the digital economy during the past two decades has been accompanied by a parallel rise in the threat of cybercrime and data security breaches. Recent examples can be seen everywhere from multinational organisations like Facebook and shipping conglomerate Maesrk, to small-to-medium sized domestic businesses and even Government departments such as the Bureau of Me...