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Savvy HR professionals are finding ways to turn their career site traffic into revenue, and keep the costs of managing a flood of applications low, according to a new report.

Employer branding as a business tool is even more useful in a downturn than it is in a candidate-short market, according to TMP Worldwide's James Wiggins.

Employers across Australia are trimming their salary budgets, but with more precision than has been seen in previous downturns, a Mercer study has found.

Panicky managers that put bottom-line efficiencies before people during the economic downturn run the risk of obliterating company morale and losing their best talent, says Robert Half Asia-Pacific's managing director, David Jones.

Workers who believe their employer manages change effectively are substantially more likely to be engaged and productive, new research shows.

In difficult economic times employers must ensure they balance shareholder concerns about executive pay with the need to attract and retain talent, says Yolande Foord, executive remuneration leader at Mercer Australia.

Of the 10 National Employment Standards the Federal Government aims to have commence next year, employers are most concerned by the least novel ones - those covering workplace flexibility and family responsibilities - new research shows.

A successful and enduring organisational change management strategy hinges on identifying, targeting and engaging "key decision makers" - and then "keeping your foot on the accelerator", according to the capability-and-culture GM of Transfield Services' global HR group, Joan Lynch.

Employers that stop investing in succession planning and management risk losing the benefit of their efforts over the next five - critical - years, according to a white paper by PageUp People.

The economy may well be on a slide and headcount freezes in force, but it's vital to get the talent you are hiring productive as fast as possible.