You’ve made the decision to take the next step in your career and have found the perfect opportunity. Interviews have been conducted and a job offer has been made, all you need to do is resign. How hard can it be? But what happens if your current employer asks you to stay? With many industries […]
#1 Job Search Question of 2021
COVID-19 has undoubtedly changed the way we live, socialise and work. In 2020 working from home (WFH) or remotely became the norm and not the exception. Pre COVID, many businesses had been able to use the excuse that WFH didn’t work for their business; IT infrastructure didn’t allow it, paper-based systems and processes didn’t allow […]
Is It All About The Dollars When Recruiting?
There have been many surveys conducted telling us that money is not the number one driver for a candidate when considering a new job opportunity. If that’s the case, why do enquiries about advertised jobs often start with the question, what is the salary on offer? And, why do the negotiations with your preferred candidate […]
Should You Pursue Your Hobby As A Career?
We all have our interests, hobbies and dreams but how do you identify if that goal is realistic, viable and achievable? I’ve been there and done that. Approximately 6 years ago I felt that I needed something else to focus on rather than my day job. Don’t get me wrong, I was most happy in […]
Employment Market Trends – January 2021
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 […]