June 2005 Newsletter
June 2005 Newsletter
In this issue:
- Gerry Crispin Presents:CSI: Australia Core Staffing Innovations Australia Attract and Retain Tomorrow's Workforce
- What are today's candidates looking for?
Gerry Crispin Presents: Core Staffing Innovations Australia Attract and Retain Tomorrow's Workforce
As part of PageUp's dedication to professional development in HR practices we are delighted to announce our sponsorship of Gerry Crispin's Australian tour.
As a practitioner, Gerry spent more than a decade in various HR Executive and Staffing Management roles with Johnson & Johnson, and during his 30 year career, he has also worked in nearly every facet of the staffing industry from Executive Search Consultant and Contract Recruiter to Director of University Career Services and General Manager of a major recruitment advertising agency.
Gerry is extremely active in the professional community and has served on the National Board of Directors of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) as well as the National Board of the Employment Management Association. SHRM has over 200,000 members and still enlists Gerry's time and talents to lead a volunteer expert panel of Workforce, Staffing and Deployment professionals that advises the Association on global staffing trends.
Gerry will be presenting this presentation at the following locations
Sydney: Macquarie Graduate School of Management CBD Campus
Wednesday 31st August, 2005 OR Thursday 1st September, 2005 8:00am to 3:30pm
Melbourne: Melbourne Business School
Tuesday 23rd August, 2005 OR Wednesday 24th August, 2005 8:00am to 3:30pm
To register for this event or to find out more please go to http://web.archive.org/web/20060819112429/http://www.humgt.com.au/ and follow the Events Information & Registration link.
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What are today's candidates looking for?
Many of our readers will have seen the recent research undertaken by specialist recruiter Hays Insurance on the topic of ?Why employees look for a new job?
The Hays team interviewed more than six hundred candidates, to ask them why they were looking for a new job. According to the research the ten most common reasons given were:
- Lack of career progression
- Seeking new challenges
- Salary
- Lack of training or development opportunities
- Poor management
- Too much stress
- Travel time too great
- Seeking to specialise in a particular field
- Poor work/life balance
- Office Politics
PageUp recently attended the Careers and Employment Expo at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention centre where there were more than one hundred exhibitors all vying for 'hot candidates'. With the Hays research in mind we decided to do some research of our own to see if the findings were similar. We also spoke to some of the exhibitors to see whether their issues mirrored the issues of the job seeker.
We spoke to a number of attendees at the Expo and they fell into three broad groups:
- Those who were currently employed but were actively seeking a new role in a similar field but with a different organisation.
- Those who were seeking a new direction in their career.
- Those who were looking for greater challenges.
Although our sample was small in comparison to the Hays study the results were broadly similar. Most of the people we spoke to agreed that while pay and bonuses were very important when considering a new job opportunity this was not the only or the most important factor.
Of equal importance to almost everyone we spoke to were:
- Meaningful Work and responsibility.
- An organisation they could be proud to work for.
This applied to job seekers who had many years of work experience as well as those who were seeking their first job.
Further discussions identified that job seekers are looking for an organisation that has a strong culture they can personally identify with. The people we spoke to mentioned terms such as 'compassionate', 'flexible' and 'allowing room for growth'. These qualities were seen as critical in creating and maintaining a harmonious working environment.
Opportunities for growth emerged as a common theme. People are very keen to have new experiences, learn new concepts, perform new tasks and progress their skills to a higher level.
The majority of the people we spoke to said that they were very comfortable using online recruitment tools to complete their job applications.
As long as a system is user friendly and has an easy to use application form, candidates would prefer to use this technology rather than submit their resume through a job board or to an employer's email address.
So what does this mean to organisations today? How can you attract and retain skilled candidates? The solution was once so simple: offer more money than your competitors! It is still necessary to pay a competitive salary, however this needs to be combined with a meaningful job with challenging duties and an achievable career path.
We have heard a lot recently about the current talent shortage and when this is combined with a skills shortage it is critical that employers consider the compelling factors about their company and then set about sourcing the best candidates.
PageUp People is the tool you need to deliver on your recruitment strategies. From employer branding through an excellent candidate experience, to a sophisticated talent pool solution, PageUp People makes it easy for you to source, identify and hire the best people. Make sure you maintain your competitive edge!
For further information on how PageUp People can assist you to achieve your recruitment goals, please contact PageUp on 03 9602 3300 or 02 8252 8252.