With Australia continuing to recover from COVID-19, our unemployment rate sits at the lowest it has been since 2008. We are witnessing firsthand the growing challenge of recruiting staff with fewer job seekers in the market to meet demand. This, in turn, has led to an increase in businesses engaging more contractors/temps to fill gaps […]
Onboarding: Hello New Employee
In this week’s blog, we revisit a previous blog looking at the onboarding process of new employees and how important it actually is for a business. Now, in 2022, onboarding is still a much talked about topic as it was a few years ago, being at the forefront of employers’ minds as an important part […]
Redundancy vs Performance Management
Dealing with underperforming employees can be a very time-consuming task and often employers will look for a quick fix. One of the first things that is frequently considered is, let’s just make the position redundant. Whilst there can be a legitimate reason to move someone on from the company under these circumstances, it also comes […]
How to Navigate a Career Change
Changing career direction or career paths is very common in today’s world of work. No longer do we have a job or a career for life. The stats vary significantly on how many careers or types of jobs we have on average in our lives. Some studies estimate 12 career changes, others quote 17. This […]
Key Career Learnings
Bad decisions, mistakes, feedback and learnings are what shape our career and make us who we are. How you reflect on those situations, what you take away from them and apply from them can help us grow and develop in our careers, or they can be the cause for us to stagnate. I’ve had many […]
Does meaningful work = loving what you do?
It wasn’t until I started Inspire HQ and started building a team that I realised the importance of a company why (vision), mission and values. I certainly don’t recall learning about the importance of them when I completed my HR studies – although that was some time ago now. My first full time job out […]
How to stand out in a group interview
“76% of interviewers reject candidates who appear arrogant.“ With a high volume of recruitment occurring at the moment, it is no surprise that some companies are moving towards group interviews when shortlisting candidates for roles. This saves them time and money to progress a large number of candidates at the one time, and, if […]
How to be a leader without the title
“Are leaders born or made? This is a false dichotomy – leaders are neither born nor made. Leaders choose to be leaders.” – Stephen R. Covey Throughout my career, I’ve worked for several companies from small businesses to large multi-nationals across many industries. Whilst every organisation had a senior management or leadership team, there have always […]
Appreciate Your Employees
This Friday 4th March is Employee Appreciation Day. Celebrated on the first Friday in March, Employee Appreciation Day is for employers to give thanks or recognition to their employees. The day was created by Dr Bob Nelson in 1995, initially to celebrate the publication of his book, 1001 Ways to Reward Employees, and to remind […]
HR – What can they do for you?
Human Resources is often a misunderstood department, with businesses not too sure if they need it or what HR actually do. But there is no denying that HR is essential for businesses. Depending on the size of your company will determine how often you require HR services and what those services actually are. So how […]