The interview with your chosen candidates is often the most critical aspect of the hiring process. Not only is it a chance to meet and learn about your potential new hire, it is also a chance for you to showcase your business, the job on offer and share your long-term vision …

As business owners, regardless of the size of our business we know that it is the people within the business that keep our business afloat. Retaining good staff is crucial for the success and stability of any organisation…

With a changing employment landscape here in Australia, one of the biggest challenges faced by business owners is finding staff to do the job in 2023. Employers are advertising, and advertising some more, unable to find applicants to fill jobs within the workplace. This has put excessive strain on some businesses to the point where they simply do not survive. Forced business closure due to lack of staff is fast becoming the reason among business owners in 2023 as to why they are shutting their doors for good. ..

The importance of effort can go a long way in life, not just in the context of landing your next dream role with a company that shares the same values and ethos as you do.

So you have seen a job advertised that you like and you want to go ahead and apply for it. Most application processes are reasonably standard - submit a resume and cover letter, answer some pre-set questions and hit send …

As we welcome a new year, we welcome all the wonderful things that come along with entering a brand new phase of new beginnings and promises. With time to reflect and take stock of the year that has just gone by, it allows us the prospect to turn our dreams into goals and our resolutions into reality…

Recently, Freedom Recruitment Agency conducted a survey to its followers to gain insight into current trends in the Australian employment market. We are now seemingly living in, and accepting the ‘new normal’ that is our lives as many of us work to get back on our feet to sustain an income and our independence. There is no question that the last 2.5 years have been the most disruptive experienced by our generation…

Employers today are faced with different circumstances within their business than they did three years ago. The COVID pandemic has affected the jobs market in ways that were never imagined. Australia, like many other nations around the world, is experiencing a skills shortage…

COVID certainly has done many things to many people. In many ways, it has shown flawed strategies in our governments and leaders globally. It has taught us where to be more resilient and in what areas as people; with that resilience reflected through our choices and interactions with each step we take. There is no question that the ‘pandemic’ and responses decided by those in power, has created a domino effect in our working world that will be felt for decades to come…