Have you considered that almost every potential employee who considers applying for a job with your organisation will read through your website, and use it to decide whether to apply for the job or not? When EthicalJobs.com.au surveyed our community of ethical job-seekers, they told us that checking out a potential employer’s website was by far the most popular way to assess them.
In recruitment, the easiest thing to do is the same thing you’ve always done. But it’s always worth double-checking your selection process to consider what you could be doing better.
In this post, we look at extensive research which provides some excellent, and at times surprising, insights into what the most effective selection tools and recruitment processes are.
If you’ve hired the wrong person for a job, can you train and develop them to become the right person?
According to research by human resources firm DDI, for certain facets of work, training is just not a solution for poor hiring decisions. The solution rather, is taking the time to develop excellent recruitment processes in the first place.
A sudden resignation and the weeks that follow can be a disruptive time for any organisation, especially close-knit not-for-profits. Here are some key lessons to guide NFP organisations through this turbulent time, and the transition period that follows.
Employing people with disability doesn’t need to be expensive or hard – and it could prove to be one of the best decisions your organisation ever makes.
In this guest post, CEO of not-for-profit job agency Ostara Australia, Tom Baxter, provides practical advice for you to welcome employees with disability into your organisation.
Google’s HR Boss Laszlo Bock receives 50,000 resumes every week. And while that means Google doesn’t struggle to find people who want to work for them, finding the people who will end up performing best is always a challenge. So how does Bock suggest organisations should sort the best candidates from the rest? In his […]
We all want to find fantastic staff. But your busy day (or week, or year!) means you might be missing out on some of the best candidates by failing to do one thing: Taking the time to write a killer job ad. With online job-seekers on average spending less than one minute on each page, […]
Have you ever recruited someone you thought was the perfect candidate, only for them to turn out to be a hiring disaster? When recruiting a new person for your organisation – particularly for senior or key roles – it’s important to focus on reducing the risk of hiring the wrong person, not just on finding […]
Do you find interviewing overly stressful? Maybe you’re doing it wrong! We’ve previously explored some of the most important tips for getting your interview right, including a well-prepared panel of interviewers, an emphasis on listening, and lots of note taking. With interviews being a crucial tool for recruitment, you can always find ways to improve. […]
You probably know that diversity is good. Good for your organisation (diverse workforces perform better), good for your team (more diverse workforces lead to higher client satisfaction), and good for your staff (staff in diverse workforces are more committed and less absent). But despite all of this goodness, many organisations can be daunted by the idea of increasing […]