• HR – most incompetent profession in Australia?
  A stinging attack on the HR department. Malcolm King wrote “If the Australian HR industry was a soccer team, it would be struggling to win a game in the 4th division”. Ouch. Also, check the comments page too.

• Disabled workers continues to get a raw deal
  Workforce participation rate of disabled Australians continues to be low, in spite of the increase in the numbers of new graduates. Pathway 9 conference will explore the problems.

• Word of mouth most effective job search method
  Yet another study points to the effectiveness of referrals in job search. 30% of Australians found their job through word of mouth. Of course, the talk doing the rounds is the automation and monetisation of word-of-mouth.

• Recruiting SAP talent in a downturn
  A panel discussion on the challenges of hiring SAP professionals in Australia. Apparently, experience counts more than education when hiring SAP professionals.

• Recruitment blogs/news
  You might want to subscribe to Thomas Shaw’s new project – aggregated HR/Recruitment content, predominantly Australian.

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