Posts Tagged ‘employee’
Stop your whinging hospitality employers: Improve pay and conditions
Last Friday industry news service, ShortList, ran a story (subscriber access only) on the struggles being faced by hospitality recruiters in finding sufficient staff to meet the demand from employers. The following from the ShortList article summarises the problem perfectly: (Frontline Hospitality Sydney agency manager Stephen) McGuire also noted salary packages for kitchen roles still aren’t as attractive as they…
Read MoreHow good is your talent decision-making?
Recently I met up with a long term friend of mine whom I hadn’t seen in many years. Our lives had taken different paths since we were at university together. Although we both travelled, I came back to Australia after a couple of years and he did not. He pursued a career in professional services…
Read MoreHail the unsung heroes of the recruitment industry: the non-billers
One of the things I am most ashamed of in my whole career is an event from about 15 years ago. The temp accounting team I was leading had set our sights on having 300 weekly temps working. The week we achieved it, I shouted the whole team out for a night of expensive cocktails…
Read MoreThe Perfect Employee … The Perfect Employer?*
So what do employers really want in an employee? Well the government thinks they have the answer and amazingly, I believe they’ve got it pretty right! How do I know? In my recent research I found this great publication, Australian Jobs 2008, which is prepared by the Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations. Page 26…
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