Laurel Papworth highlighted Australia’s most popular bloggers. The list is dominated by writers who focuses on marketing and technology themes. A quick scan of the blogosphere reveals a paucity of blogs in the HR/recruitment space. Hopefully things will improve in the future.

Here’s a list of Australian HR/recruitment blogs I read regularly, some I only stumbled into recently.  Read more...

1. Uber blogger, Michael Specht is probably the most prolific in the recruitment/HR space in Australia. His reach is international.

A range of recent news touching on the subject of ‘talent’ shortage.  Read more...

• 28 weeks parental leave sought, as a way to address skills shortage , by the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA).
• Acerbated by the twin problem of high staff turnover (29% in Victoria)  and limited supply of new graduates (2641 university-educated early childhood teachers required by 2012), skills shortage crisis hits the Childcare industry.

It is heartening to read an employment success story, especially when it concerns the indigenous community.

As the country battles chronic skills shortage, employers and the government resorted to the age old practice of looking overseas. Yet, a large undeveloped and untapped human capital resides in our own backyard.

It is good to see a partnership between organisations like Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES) and progressive employers to harness the potential of indigenous communities in Australia. Explaining the immense benefits and potential of such partnership, CEO of AES, Danny Lester, said:  Read more...