How To Be Ready For Anything When Pitching Your Services
Planning for a bid, tender, proposal, or pitch can be daunting, especially when competing with bigger companies. Many small businesses may discover that they don’t have all the resources required. However, this shouldn’t put them off pitching. With the right approach and some careful planning, the project win could be theirs.
Successfully Integrating White-Collar Workers Into A Blue-Collar Environment
Regardless of the industry, most organisations’ workforces are made up of a mix of blue- and white-collar workers. Integrating white-collar workers into a blue-collar environment doesn’t need to be hard. With the right approach, an inclusive culture can be established. The result? There’s no ‘them and us’. Instead, everyone works as one.
6 Practical Tips For Keeping Your Staff Engaged
Creating and maintaining an engaged and energetic workforce is one of the most important things any employer can do. An engaged workforce results in better employee health and satisfaction, lower absenteeism, higher retention and greater productivity and profitability. So, regardless of your industry, putting employees first is the way to go.
Hosting An Apprentice Can Improve Your Team — And It’s Not As Hard As You Might Think
Hosting an apprentice may not be the first thing you think of when it comes to finding the next member of your team. Many people envision it as being hard work. All the paperwork, the training and the ongoing supervision. However, if you take a look at the bigger picture, you’ll see that that’s not always the case.
Successfully Navigating The Festive Season In A Multicultural Workforce
When it comes to building a strong and inclusive workforce, navigating the holiday season is well worthwhile. The holidays bring festive cheer and a chance to stop and appreciate professional achievements. However, with them also comes questions and concerns from employers with a multicultural workforce.
Beyond The Premiership – Supporting Indigenous Employment With Rumbalara
“It was really important to have community ties, but to go about it the right way. Creating opportunity and increasing employment among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities will allow more Indigenous Australians to get ahead.”
5 Ways To Overcome Unconscious Bias When Hiring
We’ve all heard the saying ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’, but, as humans, it’s not always easy. In fact, sometimes our bias is so automatic we don’t even know it’s there. Commonly known as ‘unconscious bias’, this is particularly problematic in a hiring sense. Fostering a diverse workforce leads to a workforce that’s happier, more creative, innovative and performs better.
Recruitment Has Changed, And We’re All The Better For It
We experienced the shift to new operational models first-hand, watching the rapid adoption and imminent success of these toolkits, against a backdrop of economic chaos and uncertainty. I would argue that these new methodologies aren’t simply short-term solutions for a world in crisis—instead, I believe they could fundamentally redefine the way our industry approaches recruitment.
Finding Diamonds In A Candidate-Rich Job Market
As the Australian economy bounces back, we find ourselves in a candidate-rich job market. This is an exciting time, but it also means mining through a lot of candidates to find the gem you’re looking for. The best candidates may not be the ones you’d expect.