24 Dec
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To quote John Lennon and Yoko Ono “So this is Christmas and what have you done….” about your career? To make use of golfing parlance the Saturday of a major golf tournament is “moving day” positioning oneself for the final day of competition. In Australia candidate activity markedly increases in January. January is “moving day”… View Article
01 Jun
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“Will This Open Space Work?” 1999 is not that long ago (well not for me!) therefore it was of interest to find this HBR case study by Jacqueline Vischer. The basis of the study was “The CEO wants to increase collaboration and cut costs with an open-plan work space, but knowledge workers say they need… View Article
28 May
1587 Views
Our recent office move caused me to revisit a 1999 edition of HBR and I found an article by Claudio Fernandez-Araoz of Egon Zehnder asking “what makes hiring go wrong”. In short Claudio asserted that a lack of strategy and structure were root causes of failure, i.e. having to fire a recent hire due to… View Article
06 Mar
1400 Views
This interesting article reflects the uncertainty that a lot of older professionals are experiencing in Australia (is 40 the new 65?) …. http://www.staffingindustry.com/row/Research-Publications/Daily-News/Australia-Older-workers-facing-another-decade-of-uncertainty-33318
10 Nov
2502 Views
In my job as a recruiter, I would hear this question at least several times a month. It is a natural reaction for a middle aged or older person who needs to or expects to keep working. They are confronted by news stories about companies downsizing. They have concerns that if they lose their job… View Article
10 Oct
2146 Views
As part of our work at Kingscroft, we try to track candidates so that we can contact them as roles come up that might suit them. We do this by maintaining a data base and asking candidates permission to keep their details on record. About 12 months ago we were running an assignment where we… View Article
02 Oct
4347 Views
Recruiting for the Aged Care Industry is a strange beast. It is unique and can be frustrating at times to say the least! It’s not the same as recruiting for any other industry, such as manufacturing, engineering, IT, etc. It has its own set of rules, problems and you are dealing with very particular types… View Article
16 Sep
2909 Views
Position made redundant? Coming back into the work force? Looking for a career move?……….You probably consider yourself in “Job Search Mode”. A natural response to this thought is: “this is somewhat foreign, scary”….. “not something I am used to doing”…………. “what should I do next?”…………….. As with most change situations you probably feel uncomfortable and… View Article
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