Many mature aged job seekers often tell me that they have never had a resume, never applied for a job and never had an interview. In the “olden days” they got their job through word of mouth. Maybe a family member had worked in the business, or they got chatting to their neighbour over the […]
New Years Resolution – are your best employees looking for a new job?
Happy New Year and welcome to 2020! The end of January and school going back often tends to signal the return to work as we settle in for the year ahead, focused on achieving our newly set new years resolutions. Lose weight, new career, get fit. Did you know that January and February are our […]
Annualised Salary Changes 2020
As part of the four yearly review of modern awards, the Fair Work Commission handed down a decision which will impact business’ paying annualised salaries to your employees covered by a selection of modern awards. A set-off clause and above Award salary is no longer sufficient. We are now required to adhere to several new obligations in relation to […]
2019 – The year in review
Time flies when you’re having fun and 2019 has certainly flown by for the team at Inspire HQ. As we wrap up for the Christmas break and start prepping for the new year ahead we thought in our final blog for 2019 we would take a look back at the year that was in the […]
Critical Thinking at Work – Be Skeptical, Humble and Curious
As we’re hurtling through the final weeks leading into Christmas, businesses have been frantically trying to get everything done before the world ends! Sorry I meant the end of the year. I’ve recently been working with two businesses with vastly different approaches to this chaotic ‘festive’ season. One has propensity to run from one crisis […]
The Interview Question Most People Stuff Up
Have you got an interview to prepare for and want to know which interview question trips up most people? There are not many people who like interviews and the number one reason is that people say they don’t like or feel comfortable “selling” themselves in an interview. In my experience, not only do people not […]
Christmas Party Behaviour – Don’t Be A Tosser
This letter was first posted in November 2016 and has been updated in November 2019. 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 […]
Are you prepared for your Maternity Leave?
Being the highly organised person that I am, as I excitedly await the arrival of my first child, I also needed to prepare for my maternity leave. Finding the simple balance between work and personal life can be hard and difficult at the best of times, let alone throwing a baby and maternity leave into […]
Why Won’t Staff Do As They’re Told?
Coaching vs Telling Tell me if this is how you would describe your people: self-sufficient, use their initiative, confident problem solvers, proactively look for better ways of working and have a sense of ownership for their work. Or maybe your day is more like many of the managers I work with, punctuated with statements such […]
Are you trying to recruit a Unicorn?
My role is unique; it requires a bit of a different skill set to the same type of positions in other businesses because we do things a little differently here. Sound familiar? For example: the job brief (the skills, experience, knowledge and background required) when recruiting for a Production Manager for one company compared to […]