By HR Report on August 25, 2010
Q2 brought good news for HR specialists. April saw a sharp increase in the number of internal contract and permanent recruitment roles and many heavy industry employers boosted the size of their internal recruitment teams as they planned for growth, Robert Walters HR & Safety market insights survey revealed. Mining’s “high alert” over the proposed ...more
Posted in HR Management, Recruitment | Tagged Recruitment, recruitment processes |
By HR Report on July 14, 2010
Businesses are rushing to backfill positions left vacant last year and are hiring for new roles to take advantage of improved market conditions, a new report reveals.
Released on July 7, Hudson’s employment expectations report showed employers were “clearly moving fast to strengthen their workforces and position themselves for growth and increasing competition”.
Based on interviews with ...more
Posted in HR Management, Recruitment | Tagged skills shortage |
By Workforce on July 9, 2010
Skills shortages are again looming large as a major risk for businesses, according to a survey by the Australian Industry Group (AiG) and Deloitte released today (July 9). More than one third (34.7%) of the 400 CEOs interviewed for Skills shortages: A high-risk business survey believed there was “a high-to-extreme” risk of skill shortages negatively ...more
Posted in Recruitment | Tagged skills shortage |
By HR Report on June 16, 2010
May’s “remarkably strong” 5.47% rise in online jobs ads indicated employers had shrugged off April jitters, says Advantage’s latest job index. It concluded April’s 1.74% drop must have been a “statistical wobble” rather than an early sign of flattening demand.
May’s strong performance was despite concerns about Europe and a bearish ASX. “Employers are clearly focused ...more
Posted in Recruitment | Tagged Full-time, part-time, Recruitment, skills shortage |
By HR Report on June 2, 2010
More than 105 major employers representing 15 diverse industries nationwide have committed to make 21,000 jobs available to Indigenous Australians as part of the Australian Employment Covenant (AEC). Launched in 2008 by Fortescue Metals Group CEO Andrew Forrest with the backing of PM Kevin Rudd, the AEC aims to end disparity between non-indigenous and Indigenous ...more
Posted in Recruitment | Tagged GFC, unemployment |
By HR Report on April 8, 2010
A continuing growth in job ads has confirmed a “rapid” improvement in economic conditions and suggests labour demand is strengthening in early 2010, ANZ’s latest job ads series showed.
Posted in Recruitment | Tagged Labour demand, Recruitment |
By HRInsight Editor on December 8, 2009
e-recruitment system takes overloaded HR function to reduce levels of errors and stress. “It was clear to us that the increased workload was caused by manually emailing rejections to hundreds of applicants. These were issues we needed to get resolved quickly.”
Posted in HR Management, Recruitment | Tagged e-recruitment, EOWA, Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA), Recruitment, recruitment software |
By HR Report on November 18, 2009
Unemployment has increased to 5.8%, but companies are “increasingly positive” about staffing levels in 2010, says Drake Int’l head Matthew Tukaki. “Many are now at, or below, the minimum staffing level required to function effectively,” he said.
Posted in HR Management, Recruitment | Tagged financial crisis, job cuts, layoff, Recruitment, retention, unemployment |
