Tag Archives: recruitment
Case Study: Online Recruiting
Posted on21. Dec, 2011 by susan.
The first time I met Frank Stillone, managing director of The Silent Partner, he was looking for a ‘robust’ recruitment process. Finding the right people was difficult. Most didn’t live up to what was required for the role. Mistakes and poor performance from his staff were costing him business. He needed a better way [...]
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The time to ‘trust your gut’ is lunchtime…
Posted on29. Nov, 2011 by susan.
…not when you’re hiring a new staff member! Managers very often rely on their intuition or ‘gut feel’ when making staffing decisions. In my experience, it’s amazing how often we hear “it just felt right”, “she seems like a good fit” or “I feel very comfortable with him”. There’s a lot of confidence in intuition. [...]
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How to brief a recruiter
Posted on14. Sep, 2011 by susan.
Tips from Steven Fine of Growth Focus on how to get the best results when you work with a recruitment agency:
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Writing an effective job advertisement
Posted on05. Sep, 2011 by susan.
The development of a job advertisement is a crucial part of the recruitment and selection process to enhance the employer’s capability to attract the right pool of applicants for their role. This extends to where you advertise and under which category you post the advertisement. This article will step you through writing your advertisement and [...]
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The five step skills shortage strategy
Posted on12. Oct, 2010 by susan.
One of the constants in running a business is the challenge of attracting and retaining high quality staff. We have seen businesses opting to improve productivity among existing staff and control their recruitment budgets since the GFC hit Australia. At the same time, unemployment is staying low and the number of jobs advertised is slowly [...]
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Turn your ‘better than nothing’ into ‘really something’
Posted on28. Sep, 2010 by susan.
A comment by a client yesterday started me thinking about our willingness to settle for less than ideal when we could be seeking the best. With a little extra effort when recruiting staff, your business results can be ‘really something’ rather than ‘better than nothing’. First, some research on recruitment in small to medium enterprises… The [...]
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Top Tips for Interviewing Candidates
Posted on27. Aug, 2010 by susan.
This is a recording of the webinar held on Wednesday 25 August 2010. View now for an offer closing 31 August 2010. Top Tips For Interviewing Candidates from Susan Rochester on Vimeo.
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Should you be asking THAT question?
Posted on17. Aug, 2010 by susan.
When interviewing job candidates, we all have favourite questions we always like to ask. The effectiveness of some of these questions is questionable, to say the least. As candidates, I’m sure we’ve all heard some screamers. I thought asking a person what car they drive was pretty poor, until someone told me they’d been asked “If you were [...]
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Taken any shortcuts lately?
Posted on19. Jul, 2010 by susan.
Preparing for the ‘Recruitment and Selection Essentials’ workshop later this week started me thinking about the shortcuts we sometimes take when recruiting new staff. Often this is because we’re in such a desperate hurry to get somebody (anybody?) onboard that we are willing to take a risk or two. Here are some suggestions for minimising the [...]
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Are you getting the full picture?
Posted on15. Jun, 2010 by susan.
Sometimes we make employment decisions without access to all the facts. When our daughter asked to start piano lessons recently, I didn’t ask to see the teacher’s qualifications before agreeing for her to learn from him. Qualifications are important! So why didn’t I even think to ask? Probably because I’ve had the opportunity to observe not only [...]
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