Employers wanting to cut the cost of their temp and contract workforce should manage their recruitment suppliers themselves, rather than enter into a managed vendor or "on premises" arrangement, according to the research division of recruitment systems company Taleo. read more
Training non-finance graduates to become accountants and easing the three-month working holiday visa restriction are among a range of solutions to tackle the shortage of accountants proposed by a roundtable of business leaders. read more
Skilled Group has proposed the introduction of a rigorous national licensing system for the recruitment industry which could effectively block small companies from providing on-hire labour. read more
Centrelink's recruitment tender reaches final stages; Biggest slump for print job ads in two years; ePredix launches in Australia; RCSA seminars on EEO best practice guidelines; HJ&B director resigns. read more
Mentaura wins IT preferred supplier deal with Aviva; New job board focuses on flexible work; Low unemployment rate threatening economic growth in NZ; Manpower to find work for spouses of expats; Employees dishonest about qualifications and salaries, says Beilby; Executives to keep working beyond 70, says Korn/Ferry. read more
The Federal Government has released a raft of proposals for the planned independent contractors' legislation that would free up the recruitment industry from a range of current restrictions. read more
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union blasted Manpower and the recruitment industry in an all-guns-blazing presentation yesterday to the Parliamentary inquiry into labour hire and independent contracting. read more
