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Withdrawing Candidates: Reasons Why & How to Mitigate Risk
A recent Gartner HR survey has highlighted substantial challenges in talent retention, revealing that within a 12-month period, 50% of candidates accepting job offers withdrew before their scheduled start dates. As we step into 2024, despite a slight easing in the scarcity of candidates, the competition for top talent remains intense, particularly within the accounting…
Read MoreDoes Your Job Title Really Matter?
By David May, Director Having a job title that inaccurately describes your skillset may have more consequences than you think. At a time where an increasing number of people are throwing the words “sustainability” and “ESG specialist” into their resume/LinkedIn profile (when in reality they have no related skills of note), it makes me wonder…
Read MoreCost of Leaving Crisis
Employee Turnover across Australia Employee turnover has been very high across most sectors in Australia since 2021. This has been fanned by a super storm of reasons from Covid to Cost of Living. Some turnover is better than stagnation but too much turnover is disruptive to business and extremely costly. The costs of employee turnover…
Read MoreCEO & Leadership Team Short Term Incentive Plans
In the face of rising costs of living, our research found that the majority of employees will be seeking pay rises greater than 8% which is a number most businesses can’t accommodate. Firms are left with 3 choices; Refuse the pay rise the employee is looking for and risk them leaving or even worse, staying…
Read MoreInterview Guide for Interviewers
All interviews should form a basic understanding of the candidate’s motivations, skill set and particular interest in your organisation’s opportunity. Our attached guide includes useful information regarding how to structure a successful interview, whether to interview alone or with a colleague, and the value in providing feedback. Download the Guide We hope our guide assists…
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