When I was looking for my first job, I considered ‘temping’, but quickly dismissed it when I was told that ‘temps’ were the people who couldn’t find a real job. Clearly not true, but that was the perception. We are now seeing the world of temping or ‘contingent’ work take a 180 degree turn. Contingent […]
The Hidden Value of a Temp
Have you ever wondered if it’s worth getting in a temp to help you through a particularly busy period or to cover the leave period of an existing staff member? It can be a tricky decision as an employer. You wonder if it will be worth the time and energy in trying to get them […]
Parents: How to help, not hinder your child with their job search
It can be a fine line between helping and hindering your child with their quest to enter the big wide world of work and gaining employment. It’s a tough world out there and it’s not easy to get a foot in the door as a young person trying to enter the workforce. As a young […]
Professionalism, Presentation & Perception – What employers really think of your Facebook page
Gone are the days where we kept our personal and professional lives separate. Everyone has their own opinion on the blurring of the lines between what we share on social media and how it relates to and impacts on what we do in our professional lives. As a recruiter in 2017, it is standard practice […]
Measuring Customer Satisfaction – Is it destroying or enhancing culture?
Customers are crucial to every business and in todays’ world of smart phones and apps it has never been easier to rate our experience and satisfaction with a product or service. Think Trip Advisor, Rate My Agent for the Real Estate Industry, Vivino for rating Wine, and not to mention the customer satisfaction ratings on […]
Want productive and engaged staff? Treat them like adults – Part 3
In the previous articles (Part 1 and Part 2), we revealed how our policies and our people management practices, could be stifling staff initiative and engagement by imposing too much structure and supervision. In this third and final part of the series, we are going to explore what a workplace that adopts this approach looks […]
Want productive and engaged staff? Treat them like adults – Part 2
In the previous article (Read Part 1), we revealed how our approach to policy development and content, could be contributing to low levels of trust, resulting in a disengaged workforce. We also talked about questions you should consider before developing or reviewing policies. In “Part 2”, we will focus on a few of the regular […]
Want productive and engaged staff? Treat them like adults.
Do any of these sound familiar to you? ‘Why can’t my staff take more initiative?’ ‘No-one seems to have any common sense these days.’ ‘Why do they bring all their problems to me?’ ‘How do I get my staff to stop blaming others and be more accountable?’ ‘Why do my staff only give the bare-minimum […]
Exit Interviews – How honest is too honest?
If you’ve ever had to complete an exit interview you’ll be able to relate to the feeling of how much should you say? How honest should you be? And what will they do with your feedback anyway? Some organisations are big on exit interviews and others don’t bother with them at all. The purpose of […]
Decisions, Decisions – which job offer should I accept?
When it rains it pours! It’s something I see as a recruiter more than you would think. For all of the feedback we hear about how difficult it is to land a job; there are quite a few people out there who will have experienced receiving multiple job offers and are then faced with a […]