Category Archives: Human Resources Management

2018 Trends in Human Resources Jobs

  2018 trends in human resources jobs see steady growth with exciting employment prospects. The Australian Government Job Outlook* website lists Human Resources as a growing professional with above average job openings. Over the five years to November...


How to Keep Your Employee’s Motivation Levels High

When it comes to understanding how to keep your employee’s motivation levels high, many leaders mistakenly think that money is the prime way to drive their employees to succeed. However, it has become apparent that this is not...


10 Tips to Become a Leading HR Professional

When interviewing a potential new hire, it is the role of an HR professional to assess the candidate against a list of specific skills and personal characteristics needed for the job. As businesses become more connected and fast-paced,...


7 Ways to Reduce Staff Turnover

The greatest asset to a business is its employees, which is why so many organisations pay close attention to ensuring their staff stay positive and motivated. When employees are happy at an organisation, productivity and morale are significantly...


6 Ways to Avoid Employees Quitting

Perhaps the most important decision you will make in your career is who your manager will be? After all, ultimately everything will rise and fall on the strength of its leaders. One of the biggest contributing factors for...


The Do’s and Dont’s of an Exit Interview

Exit interviews are interviews conducted with departing employees. The primary aim of the exit interview is to learn the reasons for the person’s departure. Any insights and criticism they give is a helpful driver for organisational improvement. An...


The Advantages of Workplace Flexibility

Allowing flexibility in the workplace will allow employers and employees to make arrangements about working conditions that suits them. This will help employees to maintain a healthy work/life balance and can help employers improve the productivity and efficiency...


The Best Way to Reward Your Employees

Everyone deserves to feel valued, especially by their employer. In an ideal world, an employer would be able to give everyone glorious large bonuses and hold luxury company dinners every month, but this is an unrealistic expectation and...


7 Ways to Retain Great Employees

Recruiting great employees and the ability to retain great employees matters. Employee retention is critical to the long term health and success of your business. Managers are aware that retaining their best employees ensures customer satisfaction, product sales...


4 Tips for Keeping Gen Ys from Job Hopping

Generation Y. They’re here to stay, or are they? An even more important question many want an answer to is, how are we keeping Gen Ys from job hopping? As we see more and more Gen Ys joining...


HR Consultancy: The Savvy Choice for HR Professionals

It seems to me that more and more professionals who have worked in management, have a career in Human Resources or other senior roles in an organisation for some time, are reflecting on their careers, their lifestyle and their...


Why Become an HR Manager?

Human Resources is an extremely exciting and evolving profession. It is a highly strategic role and involves a range of policies, processes and practices relating to the needs of individuals, as well as overall business needs amongst the...


Time to Review Recruiting and Induction Costs

Already we are into February and the new recruits will have started to arrive to take up their new positions. It’s a good time to reflect on the hire and induction costs. A starting point is to divide...


Handbrake on/Handbrake off?

WOW 58% ((Figures quoted in this article are taken from Seek research (as quoted in Herald Sun 03/03/15). Seek Australian Employee Satisfaction & Motivation Study 2015.)) of Staff less than happy with their job! Now that’s a big...


How to Respond to a Job Application

Going through job applications is the first step in your company’s efforts to find people to help steer the organisation towards success. Unfortunately, this process can be a difficult task, especially for companies who anticipate having a large...


How To Ensure The HR Department Is Improving Business

Human resources is the part of a company that is supposed to help a business improve its internal interactions so that the organisation can function fluidly as a whole. The HR department also needs to make sure that...


Guest Post: Five Ways to Stop Forgetting What You’ve Learnt

This article was written by Jamie Lawrence, Editor of online HR publication HRZone. Connect with him on Google+. Learning a new skill or starting a new course is incredibly exciting: humans thirst for knowledge and opportunities to increase...


4 Ways to Give Constructive Feedback

Giving negative feedback to your employees can be a very daunting task for managers. However, as difficult as it is- being able to do so effectively can result in improved interpersonal relationships and a far more productive work...


Global Talent Shortages and the Evolving Role of the HRM Professional

  Businesses around the world are currently experiencing a profound market shift, one that will impact both the supply and demand for skilled talent over the next decade according to the research study, Global Talent 2021. Oxford Economics...