Don’t base your decisions, on the advice of those who don’t have to deal with the results
Offering flexibility in the workplace (not Yoga related)
Article Employee Trust and respect – now measured in Flexibility Another blog all about keeping workers happy, and all more expense, you might be groaning? Well, the fact of the matter is FLEXIBILITY IN THE WORKPLACE SAVES MONEY. So keep reading! In previous blogs, we talked about how the pandemic has already begun rapidly tearing…
Get your EVP on!
Article Everyone running a successful company knows that staying ahead of the competition is about having the best people. In fact, Harvard Business Review details that your top performers are four times more productive than your average worker. So, how do you get and keep these people? Well, it starts with an “Employee Value Proposition” or (EVP)….
Retention of high performers = Enticing high performers
Article Our last blog looked at how the Great Resignation could be coming to Australia in 2022. But even without this happening, there is still a current shortage of talent. For the past two years, we have had no incoming talent to Australia. And the interstate lockdown also means that no people from other states have been…
It’s Coming……The Great Resignation of 2022
Article The pandemic-driven Great Resignation has already begun to hit the UK and the US. And experts predict that Australia’s is about to follow with resignations starting on mass in March 2022. In this post we look at: Changes in working lives – a background What is the Great Resignation? Who is being affected, and…
Our Process and Stages of Retained Assignments
Article Statistics show that a retained search process increases the fill rate from the 15% to 20%, produced by a Contingent Recruitment model (no placement no fee) to 90% – 95% when delivered as a Retained Search Assignment. Reporting Our Retained Search process commences each assignment with a ‘kickoff’ meeting which includes all the key…
Use immigration to Solve Skills Shortages
Article Around the world, it is often the case that immigration is used to solve supply and demand in the labour market when facing significant staff shortages. For example, when the NHS failed to train and recruit enough UK nurses, it was easy enough for this vast employer to look overseas and hire qualified professionals…
Equality, and Recruitment in Construction
Does Discrimination Still Take Place in Recruitment, Could You Be Missing Out On Hiring Excellent Workers? When it comes to delivering equal pay and equal rights for all people regardless of race and sex, it’s been a long road for minorities. Many people will happily conclude that great strides have been made, and we can…
Why a ‘Retained Search’ is the better solution for hiring
So, what is good about retained search; what precisely is special about it? Let’s jog our memories: this type of recruitment search is a partnership between the client and the recruiter, undertaking a robust search process to identify and entice the ideal candidates. Here is a link to another blog we wrote about the difference in…
Announcing: Building Environs Recruitment Partners with Headway DNA
Supporting our clients and Candidates For too long, we believe that hiring managers (often untrained in interviewing techniques) have been making ‘gut instinct’ decisions when seeking new employees. By partnering with Headway DNA, we are assisting our clients with removing the risk of ‘gut feel’ hiring. The Headway DNA assessment compares a candidate’s Soft Skills with…