July 7, 2020 Recruitment, Remote Work

Have you learned these lessons about how to recruit great employees and volunteers remotely?

COVID-19 social distancing restrictions have fundamentally changed the way we work, live and interact with one another. The pandemic has also transformed how HR professionals plan and conduct recruitment activities.

Whether you’ve been actively recruiting through the last few months or not, remote recruitment will continue to be an essential skill for HR and recruitment professionals into the future.

So after months of remote recuiting, what lessons have you learned to help your NFP recruit and evaluate candidates remotely for the future? Here are a few of the best we’ve collected.

May 27, 2020 Recruitment

Seven great NFP recruitment videos for your inspiration

How do potential candidates feel about your organisation?

Your job ad is an introduction not just to a job, but to your organisation too. And if you want jobseekers to feel good about the work you do after reading your job ad, nothing beats video.

There are many NFPs out there creating fantastic recruitment videos — take a look at our favourites.

July 22, 2019 Giving Feedback, Recruitment

What do you tell unsuccessful job applicants? Five ways to improve your game

What do you tell unsuccessful job applicants? If you’re like most organisations, the answer is probably: nothing. You might not even be emailing them to let them know they’re unsuccessful.

But consider that many of the candidates that you’re rejecting could be potential candidates for similar roles in the future! Communicating well with candidates through every step of the recruitment process will not only help your organisation’s “employer brand”, it can lead to higher quality applicants in the long term.

Here are five things to consider to make giving unsuccessful candidates feedback an easy and valuable process.

December 19, 2018 Conference, Recruitment, Recruitment & HR Technology

Four tips to improve your candidate experience

Improve your candidate experience with recruiting

– Sponsored Content – By Paul Molony, Business Engagement Manager at JobAdder There is a growing trend amid recruiters to focus on the candidate experience during the hiring process. After all, recruitment is your chance to make a first impression to potential employees. So, what do you need to do to ensure you create a […]

November 14, 2018 Leadership, Recruitment

Hiring for attitude: Top tips from one of Australia’s fastest growing tech companies

When Trent Innes took the helm as managing director of accounting software company Xero Australia four years ago, their team numbered just 40. Now the company has grown to 400 employees and shows no sign of slowing down. For Innes, hiring for the right attitude is critical to the success of the organisation. So, how does he do it?

November 7, 2018 Recruitment

How to hire a tech person when you’re not a tech person

Finding the right person for your organisation can be tough at the best of times.

But when the position’s field of expertise sits outside your own remit – like a tech role – finding the right match can feel insurmountable.

So what do you do when you need to hire a tech person – but no one in your organisation has the right expertise to guide the recruitment process?

As the general manager at abrs, the social enterprise venture of Barnardos Australia (Australia’s only charity-owned recruitment agency) and head of all internal recruitment at Barnardos, Nardia Munt is skilled in the art of hiring people across a broad spectrum of specialisations.

October 26, 2018 Recruitment

Why you should let your stakeholders into your recruitment process

What happens when you take the feedback of clients, carers and community, and use this to inform the way you recruit your staff?

It may sound fraught with challenges, but this approach is how primary health service organisation Star Health has structured its entire recruitment strategy, and to great effect.

October 18, 2018 Organisational Strategy, Recruitment

Could your employer brand be stopping you from recruiting the top candidates? Here’s how to improve it

Struggling to get the number or quality of applications for your latest jobs? Have you considered whether your “employer brand” – the sum-total of how potential employees see your organisation – could be the problem?

Mark Puncher, founder and CEO of Employer Branding Australia works with organisations to present themselves to candidates in the most authentic way, and says it’s critical to approach candidates with a different message than one you might present to the public, to donors or to clients.

October 2, 2018 Recruitment

A small change to your job ads could significantly increase applications

Could you be missing out on a heap of incredible applicants for your jobs, just because people aren’t clicking through to your job ads?

September 17, 2018 Recruitment

How to improve reference checking at your NFP

Reference checking can sometimes seem like a final box-ticking exercise before you hire the person you’ve already decided is the best candidate.

But taking the time to do your due diligence is, in fact, a non-negotiable part of recruitment. And it’s an easy thing to get wrong, exposing your team or whole organisation to potentially toxic employees – or worse.

So how do you make the most of your reference checks?

That’s something David Meere knows intimately. As the National Manager – Talent and Attraction at for-purpose organisation Life Without Barriers, Meere has many years of experience with conducting reference checks – from the best questions to ask to red flags to watch out for and everything in between.