Employee engagement is far from a new concept, but in tougher times for small business, it’s one of those things, like many peripheral business activities, that gets pushed to the side while business owners and managers focus on trying... read more
The blogosphere has been buzzing recently with the news of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s controversial decision to stop allowing Yahoo employees to work from home. The majority of comment is focused on two themes. Mayer has caused Yahoo to... read more
With more and more employers in workplaces today understanding the value and importance or making the correct hiring decisions the first time, it may seem surprising that the process of reference checking has declined significantly in recent years. When... read more
With the job market in many sectors and locations across Australia being ‘flat’ and slow in movement at the moment, employers are often finding they are getting bombarded with applications for positions they advertise. This seems especially true for... read more
Given that the interview is still the primary selection tool used by employers, when you step back and think about it, you are making some fairly substantial decisions about the future of your business and your team based on... read more
When we are candidates and going through the interview and job seeking process, we seem acutely aware of the concept of making a good first impression. We spend time and energy thinking about how we will present for the... read more
As we approached the end of 2012, we said goodbye to our outgoing group of interns who left the Australian Businesswomen’s Network having made invaluable contributions during their time with us. Their dedication and commitment to the internship program... read more
As social media blurs the lines more and more between personal and professional, who owns your social media contacts is an interesting question to pose. Although the question is most likely relevant to all social media sites, it is... read more
As a HR consultancy, what Footprint Recuitment is most passionate about is working with businesses to help improve their business performance by improving their people structures, people based processes and putting better compliance checks and balances in place. However,... read more
Women continue to make steady inroads into Australian boardrooms, claiming nearly one in five board seats at the top 100 companies last year, according to a recent report in recent report in The Australian newspaper. Personally, I don’t see this as anything for... read more
Kristy-Lee Johnston runs The Footprint Group, a consultancy business that works with businesses to improve their performance and operational efficiencies by providing recruitment strategies and services. After discovering a gap in the market for a locally based professional services... read more
If you’re tired of fighting traffic and forcing yourself to listen to yet another round of office gossip, technology might provide just the reprieve you need as more and more jobs can be done from home using a computer... read more
