Hiring in the COVID era: Four strategies recruiters are using to overcome pandemic challenges
The pandemic has made selecting the right candidate even more challenging, but these strategies can help you mitigate the risk of a bad hire.
The 11 lessons Adir Shiffman has learnt about poaching staff
A business is only as good as its people, and great people are hard to find. So, at some point, your business may end up involved in the poaching game.
Why businesses should hire refugees amid Australia’s labour shortage
Amid the labour shortage, Australia has an untapped talent pool of workers: refugees who have settled here and are urgently looking for work.
Beaufort Butchery gets a boost from the Jobs Victoria Fund
Beaufort Butchery owners Rohan and Barbara Quinton finally have some breathing room thanks to their new hire, brought on with the help of the Jobs Victoria fund.
Coffee shop hires three employees with wage subsidy
Chris Choong describes his business as a community, where “we know all our customers, we just call them by name”. And that community is growing bigger and better thanks to the Jobs Victoria Fund wage subsidy.
Aussie businesses are hiring again, but who’s taking the jobs?
The sheer volume of ads in windows throughout Melbourne shows the jobs market, which was hit hard by COVID, is getting tighter again.
SmartCompany is hiring: Sales and partnerships manager
We are looking for an amazing brand partnerships manager to join our sales team as we prepare for a heavy period of new editorial launches.
Atlassian’s unconventional growth, trend spotting from a data-journalist, and the TikTok feta effect
Atlassian, feta cheese and data journalism all feature in this week's curated selection of stories from around the internet by SmartCompany Plus.
Google to pay millions to women and Asian workers in wake of “systemic” pay and hiring discrimination investigation
Following a US Department of Labor investigation into “systemic” discrimination, Google will pay millions to women and Asian job-seekers.
Businesses are increasingly guilty of “ghosting” young Australians when recruiting — and it needs to stop
Older Australians have been hit hardest by the health impacts of COVID-19, but it is younger generations that will bear the economic brunt.
Australian businesses are hiring again: Here’s why
Hiring in Australian businesses is roaring, raising hopes that 2021 will see the cohort left jobless by the pandemic move back into work.
Job ads outstrip pre-pandemic levels. Here’s who is getting hired and which industries are bouncing back
Advertised job vacancies are now exceeding pre-pandemic levels after businesses embarked on a major festive recruitment drive.