Month: March 2018

The #1 MUST do before you apply for a job

The #1 MUST do before you apply for a job

Applying for a job takes time if you are going to do it properly. You can of course hit the apply now button and shoot off the generic resume that is attached to your online job board profile in a matter of seconds. However if you are genuinely interested in applying for a particular job […]

In a candidate short market, your recruitment process matters more than ever

In a candidate short market, your recruitment process matters more than ever

If you have tried to recruit in recent months in the Ballarat region chances are you will have found that top talent is hard to find. With the unemployment rate sitting at 4.1% for the region; being the lowest it has been for many years, and with many industries experiencing skilled candidate shortages, the competition […]

5 Tips for Conducting Better Interviews

5 Tips for Conducting Better Interviews

How hard can it be to interview a candidate for a job? There is so much focus on what a job seeker should and should not do at an interview but what if you are on the opposite side of the table and you are the interviewer? What should you do and not do? What’s […]

Join a Board. Make a difference to your career and your community.

Join a Board. Make a difference to your career and your community.

Being an active community member was never a conscious decision for me, it was just something my family did. My grandmother set the standard, she was a long serving volunteer at Lifeline, delivered meals on wheels (often to people younger than herself) and was always helping others at church or in her community. My grandfather […]

First impressions are everything, but how important are they?

First impressions are everything, but how important are they?

Hi, I’m Taylah and I am the “Gate Keeper” at Inspire HQ. A gate keeper you ask? Let me elaborate. To put it in a nicer, less scary term – I am the first point of contact here at our office. Every email you send, every call you make to the office and when you […]