How Can You Break Free From The Hiring Paradox?
It’s impossible to hide from the truth. Recruitment was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic uncertainty it threw upon the world.
How to lead a virtual team that thrives
We’ve become accustomed to everything virtual. Socially, we’ve celebrated virtual birthdays, weddings, and happy hours. Professionally, we’ve worked as part of a virtual team, held or attended remote interviews, and met new colleagues through a screen.
Which recruitment type is best for your hiring needs?
The time has come; you know your business needs to hire. Between your leaders, the department that needs new team members and HR, you’ve mapped out the roles that have to be filled. You don’t have sufficient time or resources to complete the hiring internally, so you’ve decided that you’re going to use a recruitment agency.
The importance of a receptionist
Prior to the recession, receptionists were like gold dust. They were in such demand and when they were out sick, a temp receptionist was always organised as you couldn’t be without a receptionist for even a day.
Improve your cybersecurity hiring
Let’s talk about cybersecurity. You probably know what it is by now; it’s had plenty of media coverage in recent years with many big companies, such as Equifax, Yahoo and Adobe, falling foul to breaches and attacks from ever-present hackers. But in case you’re still unsure, cybersecurity - as defined by Digital Guardian - is “the body of technologies, processes, and practices designed to protect networks, devices, programs, and data from attack, damage, or unauthorised access.”
Women in Leadership - Melanie Evans
As part of the International Women’s Day, our Managing Director Louise Langridge interviewed Melanie Evans, CEO at ING Australia. In this video Melanie Evans shares incredibly valuable career advice, talks about what she does to build inclusive teams and how she chooses to challenge the status quo.
How to hire good developers - forget chasing…
We spoke with Ming T.Chow who is a technology leader within Rakuten (Kobo) on hiring great developers.
Women in Tech - Jaqui Visch
We spoke to Jaqui Visch, Chief Digital Information Officer at PwC (previously Chief Technology and Data Officer at AMP) about her inspiring career story. Watch the video to find out more about the importance of finding confidence, resilience but also about building networks and finding mentors. Jaqui also shares some great advice to other women on how to navigate a career in Technology & Data.
Women in Tech - Maggie Shi, Facebook
Maggie Shi combines her 20+ years of software development, technical directing and project management experience into her current role as Head of Solution Engineering (ANZ, Japan and Korea) at Facebook. Maggie has a strong background in Java/C++ development which she has used as a foundation to lead strong technical teams.
5 Considerations When Growing Your Business
Your business is growing. You’ve spent weeks, even months, in meetings and on calls defining the right growth strategy. Now that you’ve laid a solid foundation, you’re eager to get on with the building itself.
Women in Tech - Swati Singh, CUA
Swati is a visionary technology leader who benefits from 20+ years experience working with leading Australian ASX organisations including Credit Union Australia (CUA), Mirvac Group, Macquarie Bank, CSR and more. Her success has come from being able to deliver the technical vision of an organisation whilst leading all aspects of the company’s technology development and technical workforce development. Swati is currently working as the Head of Technology Services for Credit Union Australia (CUA).
Women in Tech - Jessica Flanagan, Deckard Technologies
Jess is passionate about exploring, optimising and creating best practices to develop systems that improve quality and efficiency.