How workplace culture will be even more important in 2022 Recently I wrote about a phenomenon that’s currently being experienced by workplaces in the US – The Great Resignation – is it real?  The Great Resignation In essence, the great resignation refers to a trend in which employees, from a range of industries, have decided to leave their jobs. The reason for this basically comes down to dissatisfaction with their jobs, workplace, and employer. A recent study by Microsoft showed that more than 40% of the global workforce are considering leaving their current employers this year. Having t ..read more

Recruiting in a candidate driven job market Recently I wrote an article about the Great Resignation, a phenomenon currently being experienced by businesses in the US The Great Resignation is in reference to the fact that record numbers of employees are voluntarily choosing to leave their employment. What’s driving this?  Basically, because of Covid lockdowns, many employees are feeling burn out, micro-managed and just fed up. The implications of this are simple – a tight candidate market. In other words, businesses are scrambling to fill many vacant positions and good talent now has the l ..read more

The Great Resignation – is it real? With the majority of us having to live through the pandemic in lockdown and having to work from home, one thing was for sure – it allowed us plenty of thinking time despite the endless Zoom calls, home schooling and putting out the washing. If you stopped to think (rethink), your career goals and aspirations, then you were not alone. Consider this – in the US, since the pandemic, millions of employees and workers are going through what is being dubbed as the Great Resignation. These workers and employees come from a range of backgrounds including frontline ..read more

5 subtle signs of bullying and harassment in the workplace Since October 2021 is mental health month, I’d like to talk about one of the most common forms of mental anguish in the workplace – bullying and harassment. To be more specific, many business owners and managers might be engaging in bullying/harassing behaviours without even knowing they are doing so. How is bullying defined? According to the Workplace Bullying Institute, bullying is defined as repeated health-harming mistreatment of one or more persons by one or more perpetrators.  Health-harming behaviours can be in the form of ..read more

Diversity & Inclusion – there is a difference There has been so much written about the importance of positive culture in the workforce which has been directly linked to employee engagement and retention as well as attracting new talent. A positive company culture has typically been associated with; Well defined set of company values which people follow Reward & recognition Career advancement opportunities Being heard (open communications) Learning opportunities Mental health awareness In business today, diversity and inclusion are used in the same sentence and in some cases, as inter ..read more

3 must-dos during a job interview – for interviewers In a time where job vacancies are high and the pool of high calibre candidates is limited, the balance of power most certainly now sits with candidates. Candidates, in particular high calibre candidates, can now choose not only which company they’d like to work for, yet also whether to take up an interview session in the first place. This naturally puts the pressure back on the hiring company and of course, hiring managers. The days of simply having a job to offer to secure a candidate are long gone. Today, candidates, especially high calibr ..read more

3 reasons why you should use a recruiter in your job search Looking for your next new job is exciting and yet it can be a very challenging, daunting, and sometimes disappointing process. The thought of having to go through numerous listings on various job boards can be overwhelming in itself; Filtering the vacancies to find the ones that you are wanting Tailoring your resume and cover letter for each of your shortlisted jobs Emailing/mailing your letter and resume Sit around waiting for the phone to ring Doing it all over again! Whether you trawl through endless job boards or even start to l ..read more

Can or should business’ make COVID-19 Vaccines compulsory for employees? The case I’ve briefly outlined below highlights how a business could, potentially, undo itself if it neglects its duty of care principal for their employees An Australian dental entrepreneur who, in July 2020, went to New York to setup the American arm of his dental practice to ensure ongoing employment viability for his Australian employees. However, he contracted Covid-19 whilst shortly arriving in the US and unfortunately in November 2021 he passed away. The surface issue is that his trip was company business and his p ..read more

Proven Ways to Speed up your Hiring Process The job market is now even more competitive for businesses looking for new talent. There are more positions open than there are qualified and talented applicants to fill those potions.  And high-quality candidates have multiple options to choose from. If your hiring process is not nimble and agile, then you could lose out on having highly talented candidates fill your vacancy. As a manger or business owner, an inefficient and cumbersome hiring process should be of concern to you. On the flip side, you don’t want to rush through the hiring proces ..read more

Top Employee Retention Strategies The effort to recruit a new employee is both time and money intensive. Yet so often I see new hires leave their employer within 6 months of their appointment. The bottom line – employee turnover is expensive. In a global survey conducted in January 2018 by Society For Human Resource Management, 47% of HR professionals said that employee retention was the top talent management challenge they face, followed by the recruitment process itself (36%). It is much less expensive to keep a productive employee than it is to hire one. And it’s now widely accepted that me ..read more