With WorkChoices and our ageing population, now is the toughest time to find and retain quality staff. But there are a few techniques to help you recruit the right staff, and keep them happy. Find out what you need to know about managing your team in our comprehensive list of HR & Staffing articles.
Staff leave is an inevitable part of business life that can prove costly if employers are disorganised - Rebecca Spicer takes notes from HR experts who believe planning is key, and there is more to it than marking dates on a calendar
If there is one common theme shared by virtually all of the 17,000 people who have participated in our project management workshops, it is their relationship, or lack of, with their project sponsor
There are plenty of tips for job seekers on how to behave in an interview, but what’s the secret to successfully conducting one? Using the right interview techniques can help employers identify a candidate that is not only technically competent, but a good fit for the company culture as well, according to Nina Mapson Bone, Robert Half Parramatta director
Two misconceptions about employee training need to be dispelled: ongoing employee training and development is essential not optional, and training is an investment for a business not an expense, writes Charisse Gray
Recent surveys show around 80 percent of Australians are employed in some form of service industry, from retail and hospitality to publishing and advertising
Like a river, if rubbish flows down from upstream in a business, downstream will be a mess - Ron Krueger taps into the theories and beliefs of management gurus, past and present, and adds ideas of his own, to show the difference between an effective manager and one who manages only to fail
Like a river, if rubbish flows down from upstream in a business, downstream will be a mess -Ron Krueger taps into the theories and beliefs of management gurus, past and present, and adds ideas of his own, to show the difference between an effective manager and one who manages only to fail