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.
Australian employers should shift from their "myopic" focus on hiring specialists to embrace workers with broad-ranging skills, according to a researcher and author.
Internal recruitment functions are moving to more specialised models that require skills from areas outside the traditional recruitment and HR talent pool, says a talent management expert.
Client complaints have all but dried up for an employer that reinvented itself as a values-led organisation and began hiring accordingly, its executive director says.
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.
A report confirming age discrimination is widespread in Australian workplaces is a strong reminder for employers to be hyper vigilant in disciplinary processes involving older workers, says employment lawyer Andrew Jewell.
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.
Employers must start preparing for more active policing of sponsorship arrangements under impending changes to the 457-visa scheme, says immigration expert Alan Chanesman.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
