“Our staff retention is almost too good”. Wow, I hadn’t heard that one for a long time. This was a statement that a new client prospect told me this week. I asked what he meant by this. He said that his staff retention has dropped from around 16% to below 12.5% and he held some
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The Eternal Gender Debate
Recently, I had the “good fortune” of taking my two sons to the park for a play date. This task is rarely assigned to me but I accepted it with a certain excitement. When I arrived at the park, I was met by approximately 15 mothers and 25 kids but not one father in sight.
Keeping It Real
I am a keen Carlton supporter in the AFL and I am more than aware that we are playing finals footy when in reality we finished outside the eligible top eight for qualification. We rode in off the back of the Essendon ASADA scandal and we now find ourselves having won an Elimination Final moving
Not Just Warm Fuzzies
Working to live or living to work? According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, one in six employees work 49 hours or more each week. In numbers, this translates to almost 1.7 million people. If you then account for the fact that the average person sleeps around 7 hours per night, this means that we
A Healthy Dose of Reality
Last week, I had a reality check. It wasn’t pleasant. It made me feel like a real fool and hopefully made one of my friends feel like a fool. It made me feel selfish and arrogant. I would like to share it with you all in the hope that it resonates with you all as
How Would You Remunerate FIFO Workers?
Recently I read a review that was sent to me about FIFO workers and how overpaid they are in Australia. Well I beg to differ – My husband is a FIFO worker and he earns a good salary for what he does (around $140,000 per year) but to be very honest so do most accountants,
Turnover: Not Necessarily a Dirty Word
Anybody that knows me knows that I am a passionate supporter of the mighty Parramatta Eels Rugby League club. My support has never dimmed despite recent tough times (our only highlight was making the 2009 grand final where we were beaten by the Melbourne Storm. The Storm was subsequently found to have cheated the salary
The Recruitment Industry – Doing the same job, working so very differently
Recently I have started with Optimum Consulting as a graduate recruitment consultant, working through the graduate programme that Optimum provides. This opportunity is a very exciting prospect for me, in that prior to my graduation from university, I had completed a six month internship within the recruitment sector for a different organisation. When applying for
Some People Just “Get It”
As a person with a great deal of experience within the recruitment sector, I regularly get asked what makes a person hire somebody. What characteristics impress potential employers enough for them to hire applicants? My response is always the same; there are no set characteristics or specific competencies, I think that some people just “get