Leading human capital consulting company Human Capital Management Solutions has signed a deal to offer an upgraded range of staff retention and recruitment audit tools from the WRDI Institute. read more
Leading industry groups have criticised the Federal Budget for not doing more to boost vocational training and say it will do little to address the growing skills shortage. read more
Following its ground breaking national study on absenteeism, leading recruitment company Hallis says good screening at the recruitment stage can play a significant role in reducing absenteeism rates. read more
NSW Government employers are slowly coming to grips with the detailed new regime for candidate referencing recommended recently by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption. read more
A range of employers have won exemptions from anti-discrimination laws that will allow them to target specific ethnic groups or gender in their recruitment programs. The rulings illustrate the type of business needs that tribunals will accept to grant employers exemptions. read more
HR departments have accepted that the war for talent has returned and are making staff retention their number one priority this year, according to new research from Hudson. read more
A detailed analysis of the "source of hire" of new employees among America's leading companies shows that internal transfer (promotion and transfer) and employee referral are the critical suppliers of talent to US business. read more
ANZ Bank is scheduled to open its new national recruitment centre next month, in a total revamp of its recruitment systems which will bring new pressures for its existing recruitment suppliers. read more
In a vital ruling for all employers and executive recruiters, the NSW Industrial Relations Commission has awarded an executive $1.9 million, after finding he had been misled by a recruiter prior to taking a chief executive job. read more
The Federal Government has released comprehensive new guidelines on retaining mature-age workers and says it is clear that traditional approaches to recruitment and workforce planning will be inadequate to cope with the shrinking workforce. read more