Four-year-old boutique agency Frazer Tremble says complete transparency with clients and candidates is the cornerstone of its award-winning approach to customer experience in recruitment, and has driven its growth since launching at the start of the pandemic. read more
Talent has bucked the recruitment industry trend of declining financial results, reporting EBITDA growth of 3% year-on-year in the six months to December, largely due to its focus on "adjacencies", says CEO Mark Nielsen. read more
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has moved above 4% for the first time in two years, coming in at 4.1% for January, according to ABS figures released today. read more
Seek's half-year revenue in the ANZ region was down 10% and EBITDA was down 14%, and despite a recent firming in job numbers, the company retains a conservative view of hiring intentions over the remainder of the financial year, CEO Ian Narev says. read more
The Closing Loopholes legislation has now passed, and a lawyer warns it will herald the return of class actions over 'misclassified' casuals and contractors. Meanwhile, mid-sized recruitment companies without enterprise agreements might struggle to win tenders under the new laws. read more