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A candidate who accused an employer of offering him a lower salary based on his skin colour and race has been blocked from pursuing a general protections claim, after the Fair Work Commission found he wasn't dismissed when his job offer was revoked.

The HR profession continues to be "very invested in formal qualifications and formally gained credentials", but there are signs it's starting to recognise these "are not actually the 'be all and end all'", an experienced HR recruitment specialist says.

Too many career websites focus on what an organisation wants, rather than potential benefits for the candidate, according to an employment marketing expert.

Offshoring is enabling many organisations to grow more quickly, but it's not yet broadly adopted due to some misconceptions, a talent advisor says.

The percentage of employers forecasting no staff turnover in the next 12 months has doubled since last year, according to an annual workforce trends report that suggests "a more optimistic view of the future".

Many autistic people have the education, experience, traits and interest needed to fill Australia's most in-demand roles, but the talent pool is "almost completely untapped", research suggests.

A candidate's job offer was never finalised because the prospective employer had a "profoundly negative reaction" to one of his referees, not because he had made an unfair dismissal claim several years earlier, a commission has ruled.

Employers that let vendors be the primary decision-makers when it comes to talent risk amassing "talent clones" instead of identifying a "kaleidoscope of talent", an academic says.

The number of HR jobs advertised in Australia over the past three months has decreased by 3.5%, but the market nonetheless remains "robust", The Next Step's latest HR job market research shows.

Since realising its job ads weren't appealing to female applicants, ANZ's technology division developed a workforce re-entry program that's attracting them in droves.