A recent article in the Harvard Business review by Marlo Lyons was called “5 reasons people get laid off” – I was a bit shocked because people are only retrenched when their position becomes redundant. Yesterday the news told us that, in Australia, 20,000 people have lost their job since November 2023. So, the concern …
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What pain points are employers experiencing? More competitionEmployers are experiencing more competition to entice candidates. The good news for job seekers is employers are now more open to looking outside of their industry – acknowledging people have transferable skills. The bad news for you is that now your people could be poached by anyone! Salaries …
By Bridget Hogg, Director, Development at Work Australia Our focus is very important in building and maintaining relationships – at work and outside of work. There are 4 key communication behaviours which destroy relationships – at work and outside. HR must take steps to educate employees – especially leaders – and eliminate these if building …
The 4 Communication Behaviours HR must eliminate from workplaces. Read More »
– that Career Transition Consultants Sometimes Forget (or never knew) Do career transition consultants really know what makes an effective resume – one that gets you noticed for all the right reasons and not the wrong reasons? Do they sometimes forget to provide expert advice and support when working with job seekers and retrenched workers …
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Bringing the Tools and Techniques of Psychological Wellbeing to the Community during Covid-19 – why we won 2 awards this year and the journey I took to get us here. Back in January 2018, I sat in my home office and reflected on two very tough years I’d just had in business. As an organisation …
Exit Interviews are very beneficial – but should you be doing them now, in the midst of Covid? This week I’ve been asked twice about conducting exit interviews – so it seems exit interviews are quite topical. Given that many organisations are letting people go, making redundancies or have many employees on job seeker allowance …
…that experienced HR managers will wholeheartedly agree with. HR Managers – do you ever wonder if it’s worth paying for an outplacement consultant to support your people? Maybe you are considering having to make many redundancies because your organisation is going through hard times – can you bear the costs of an individual outplacement service for …
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We must either find a way or make one! Two tools to Strengthen Workforce Wellbeing. Many people are facing the biggest threat to their health and livelihoods that they have ever faced. Jobs are at risk, some people are being asked to work harder for less pay, some people have lost their jobs or their …
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How are you? Do you need some support? Feeling like crying sometimes? Anxious about your business, your health, loved ones? Times are very tough for many people right now. The Coronavirus is causing health concerns, people are anxious about their health, the health of loved ones and fearful about their wellbeing and income too. There …
Mental Health and Wellbeing – We must either find a way or make one! Read More »
What’s about to happen in SA is unprecedented. If you employ highly skilled technical people – your attraction problem just got MASSIVE. If you had an Attraction and Retention Strategy before the GFC and have let it slide – NOW is the time to rethink it. Whatever industry you are in. Aged care and health …
