Employers are jeopardising their success in many ways by paying scant regard to how they treat job applicants, according to Workible directors Alli Baker and Fiona Anson.
A recent hiring campaign that resulted in 612,000 applications shows there's nothing wrong with asking candidates to "go the extra mile" to show they're passionate, according to Tourism Australia's Matt McInnes.
Employers that want to give themselves an edge in the graduate recruitment space need to do more than just broadcast information to students in their final year of university; they need to start a conversation with them even earlier, says Futurestep managing director Tim Powell.
One of the key benefits of well-run talent communities is that candidates with poor cultural fit will self-select out - and save employers costly retention and productivity problems down the track, specialists say.
The most successful social media recruitment strategies capitalise on an organisation's existing strengths and always return to what's important - people, says Campbell Arnott's HR leader, Sonya Hughes.
A diversity program run by men, for men, has helped one Australian employer shift the mindset that flexible work arrangements are only for female employees.
Video interviews might improve the efficiency of recruitment processes, but employers must balance this against candidates' desire for more face-to-face contact, warns a hiring expert.
The Royal Australian Navy has reduced the incidence of inappropriate workplace behaviour, and overcome recruitment and retention issues, through a long-running cultural reform project.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
