Six things Kate Save wishes she knew before she started Be Fit Food (and went on Shark Tank)
Kate Save co-founded healthy meals business Be Fit Food in 2015 and there have been many highs, lows, and lots of bitter-sweet moments in between.
Age is no barrier: Why Australian businesses need to give older workers a fair go
Australian businesses must tackle ageism and prepare for the talent shortage that will come as our population ages.
“We’re taking advantage of the wastage”: How recruitment startup Scouta is commercialising existing behaviour
The secret to successfully disrupting legacy industries is to leverage existing behaviour, according to Scouta co-founder David Smyth.
About 14% cheaper: Meet the recruitment platform saving employers money by only listing women
Today marks the launch of PinkJobs, a platform aiming to help founders develop their startup at a lower cost by only listing women.
The perks of perks: In a skills shortage, how can small businesses win qualified talent?
When considering a job offer, six in 10 Australian employees will prioritise perks over base salary, according to new research from Robert Half.
“Your difference is your superpower”: A Q&A with Lynn Dang, head of talent acquisition at Microsoft Australia
In this Q&A, Lynn Dang talks intersectionality in recruitment, the importance of being your authentic self and the pursuit of work-life integration.
My post about a recently hired chief financial officer went viral on LinkedIn — because she is four months pregnant
"I’d met a chief executive officer who'd just hired a woman for the role of chief financial officer … who it just so happens was four months pregnant."
Why references are no better than paid endorsements
Do a rush job on reference checks at your peril, avoid a miss hire by remaining vigilant against exaggerations and mistruths.
Want a gender-diverse workforce? Scrap tokenistic quotas and hiring bias
When you focus on hiring processes that prioritise merit, coachability and attitude, and consciously remove unconscious bias, diversity is a by-product.
‘You have to spend money to make money’: The five phrases all financially illiterate managers use
End of financial year is coming up for many of us, so how do you know if someone you’re hiring truly has an understanding of finance?
Kate Cornick: Perceived risk and financial insecurity is turning job seekers away from scale-ups
Victoria has lots of talented individuals looking to take their career to the next level, but who are unaware of the career opportunities at scale-ups.
The age of lifelong employees is dead: Why contractors are the future
It doesn’t matter how cool a company’s offer is, because talented and technical contractors don't want to sign away years of their lives.
