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As increasing automation is set to absorb around half of all jobs in the coming decade, a societal shift towards less work means recruiters will have to focus on candidates' zeal, moreso than just their competencies, according to an HR innovation and management expert.

Employers are increasingly hiring 'innovation leaders' to help steer businesses into the digital future and commercialise innovation.

Recruitment is on the verge of a new frontier with predictive analytics, where it will be possible to match candidates to roles "within seconds" of receiving their CVs, an industry futurist says.

A new study warns against placing too much faith in 'blind' recruitment's ability to address hiring biases. Meanwhile, contract HR advisors are in high demand across Australia, employers are still failing to support women through menopause, and more.

Sydney is seeing strong demand for mid-level HR generalists, while HR business partners are highly sought in Melbourne and Adelaide, specialist recruiters say. Read about these trends and more in this update.

Designing recruitment strategies to appeal specifically to Gen Z candidates is akin to hiring people based on their horoscope, a talent specialist says.

Short-term hires can inject new life into an organisation, but also new chaos, according to a recruitment expert who says their briefs must be "extremely" clear.

An employer that used candidates' feedback to retool its recruitment process is engaging and retaining significantly more of its new hires, according to its culture and capability GM.

Australian employers continue to rely too much on external recruitment to solve their leadership challenges, research shows. Also in this article: reference checks failing; new legislation regulating labour hire; FWO 'tip-offs'; and more.

HR has an important role to play in communicating sponsorship regime changes to affected workers, some of whose residency dreams have been "shattered", experts say.