2021 has started with a bang in the recruitment industry! The good news is if your new years resolution is to look for a new career in 2021 there is certainly lots of recruiting happening across the Ballarat region. The bad news is, if you are an employer, you are most likely experiencing a candidate […]
2020 Under Reflection
What a year 2020 has been! While COVID has presented plenty of challenges for everyone, there has certainly been lots of positives and so many learnings. Who would have ever thought many of our workforces could transition to working from home basically overnight. This time 12 months ago Inspire HQ was excitedly undertaking their own […]
The COVID Career Change
The end of the year and the start of a new year often mark the time for reflection on your career and the setting of new career goals for the year ahead. And this year, after a year that has challenged each and every one of us like we never could have imagined, many people […]
Christmas Party Behaviour – Don’t Be A Tosser
Blog Christmas Party Letter Claire Huntington has over 15 years’ experience in senior and executive level human resource management and strategic leadership positions. Claire learnt HR under the wings of great mentors and through trial and error. She has a very practical hands-on approach to HR and management, and isn’t afraid to look outside the […]
Avoiding Christmas Burnout in the Workplace
With Christmas just around the corner, life tends to start getting pretty hectic. For many industries, it’s like the world is going to end and everything needs to done, finalised and complete before we stop for the Christmas break. Customers want to get orders placed before you stop accepting to ensure delivery of products and […]
Flexibility in the Post COVID Workplace
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, flexibility was a word I’d heard companies use to describe what they could offer a prospective candidate in order to attract them to a role; it meant being able to duck out to a doctor’s appointment or finishing early sometimes to pick up a child. Since COVID-19 first hit Australia earlier […]
Eight businesses share their story.
COVID-19 has been described as the great reset. As well as facing the obvious challenges of lock downs, government restrictions and infection control; businesses are experiencing shifts in consumer behaviour and employee expectations, as well as many of our leadership and management practices are in a state of flux. Every business has been impacted by […]
The #1 Interview Blunder
There are not many of us that like or enjoy job interviews. They are however, the necessary evil in most cases if you want to land that new job. There are many ways to stuff up a job interview; we all know that feeling of walking away from an interview cursing ourselves for not talking […]
Job or Career…Create Your Own Story
‘There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart. Pursue these.’ – Michael Nolan I can clearly remember the moment I gained clarity about my career path. I was 15 years old and drove with my mum to the airport to pick up my Aunty. […]
Thought Leaders Future Shapers – Committee for Ballarat Podcast
Committee for Ballarat have recently launched their podcast Thought Leaders Future Shapers and I was honoured to be invited to speak with Michael Poulton, CEO of Committee for Ballarat. The podcast shares the stories of leadership and innovative thinking from local Ballarat people. We talked all things leadership, community, the future of Ballarat and a […]