How to build buzz ahead of your next planned career move
image credit: http://goo.gl/f5IR8N Rather than being in the same queue as every other job seeker and candidate, it makes a lot of sense to take a proactive approach to…
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There’s a cost to not being friendly to ex-employees
Employees can make or break your business. Photo: Bloomberg This article appeared originally in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age on Thu 14 July 2016. Mitch Joel, the…
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10 Tips on How to Treat Surviving Employees After a Round of Layoffs
Here are 10 best practice tips I advise employers when they are faced with the unpleasant task of retrenching or making their employees redundant. These tips will help to preserve…
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How to reference check candidates diligently.
image credit: http://goo.gl/4ZgQUj Exaggeration is rife A study of 300 Australian employers found 82% of respondents believed candidates lied or exaggerated their skills and experience on their LinkedIn profiles.…
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Hiring for Cultural Fit.
image credit: http://goo.gl/XX8BhP It does not matter if you are leading a well-established brand name business or a start up, the need to find great cultural fit is central…
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Beware: Seek is now in the employer review business
image credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82kOrtq6XZo When Seek, Australia’s largest online job board gets into the “review your employer” business, then employers better sit up and take notice. We have all become accustomed to…
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How to Personally and Clearly Lay Off Your Staff
The Power of Personally Laying off Staff BMWs are fine on the road. But “Bitching, Moaning, and Whining” can be avoided at the water cooler or on gossip sites like…
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How to Give Notice to Your Staff
image credit: http://goo.gl/F2ks9M One of the most challenging times to be a Manager is giving staff notice that their job is no longer required. These difficult conversations can be…
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Laying off staff? Consider these cost saving options.
image credit: http://www.hysterectomy.org/ Redundancies, retrenchments, layoffs are more often the result of pressure from the Executive or Board to reduce costs than from the business having less work to…
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Creating High Staff Engagement Following a Layoff
image credit: http://goo.gl/QUwxZb Successfully deal with fears, uncertainties, doubts and guilt What is often overlooked in the chaos and emotion of a layoff is how to communicate with the staff…
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