To avoid being left with poor performers, employers must take stock now of the valuable talent likely to jump ship when the employment market picks up, says the national director of psychometric consulting company SHL, Stephanie Christopher.
An employer group survey of 500 Australian CEOs exposes plans for more training-budget cuts over the next year, which will exacerbate the skills shortage, it says.
More than half of Australian employees would accept working fewer hours in their next job if it offered greater stability, and nearly two in five would take a pay cut, a national survey has found.
Knowledge gaps in contractor management issues have the potential to expose medium-to-large companies to serious financial risks, says payroll tax specialist Stacey Nolan.
Before you embark on the expensive and risky process of adding a new person to your business have you stopped to think why are you hiring anyone at all? I see a lot of employers make a decision to hire simply because they have a current/imminent vacancy, have a perceived skills gap, or just because they simply have an empty box on an organisational chart...
The first step to being an effective manager is to like people. And be truly interested in them. If you're a manager and don't like people, perhaps you're in the wrong job. Business is a people game...
Employers need to stop viewing engagement as "being nice" and start to see it as a way to genuinely drive commercial returns, says RedBalloon CEO and founder, Naomi Simson.
The GFC has caused many baby boomers to rethink their retirement plans, creating opportunities for employers to benefit from their unique knowledge and experience for longer - if they can keep them engaged - says Nola Charkos, corporate consultant for ipac consulting.
