• How to Ace Your Interview and Secure a Job in the Australian Mining Industry The Australian mining industry is one of the largest and most lucrative in the world, offering numerous opportunities for those with the right experience and skillset. If you’re looking to land a mining job in Australia, your interview is your golden […]

  • As we begin 2025, some of you may have started a new job. It’s a fresh start, and with that comes new challenges and opportunities. For me, after two years of recruiting in the blue-collar sector, I took the leap and joined Optimum in October 2024 to focus on white-collar recruitment. Even though I had […]

  • As I write this, we are waiting (and hoping) to see if tomorrow the Reserve Bank will announce the first rate cut since holding the cash rate at 4.35% since November 2023. With so many headlines around a stagnant economy and the cost-of-living crisis, are we really basing all optimism on this announcement? What’s been […]

  • Career Defining Moments – Maddi’s Bold Career Move Moving to a new city is one thing. Moving to a new city and stepping into a brand-new career? That’s a whole different challenge. But that’s exactly what Maddi Carroll did. She left behind a promising career in Melbourne’s commercial projects and maintenance industry, packed her bags […]

  • The popularity of high-potential (HIPO) employee programs across organisations continues to rise and there’s a number of reasons why. Such programs are designed to address a common company challenge across many organisations, which is cultivating promising future leaders. Too often organisations invest in current leaders offering them leadership training and development programs, but forget about […]

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