Graduate employment is the worst since the 1992-93 recession, with only 71.3 per cent of bachelor degree graduates in work four months after completing their degree, according to a new report from Graduate Careers Australia.

The survey, taken last year, shows that the job market for graduates is far weaker than in 2012, when 76.1 per cent of new graduates were in work. It measures the number of bachelor degree graduates under the age of 25 with full-time jobs as a proportion of those available for full-time employment, four months after completing their course. (more…)

The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) is the Commonwealth Regulator that promotes and enforces minimum wages and conditions for employees.

While it is imperative for employers to ensure they are compliant with the current minimum wages and entitlements for their employees, it is also beneficial to keep up to date with the industries that the FWO is targeting.
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Dating as far back as the 1970’s, organizations all over the world started using recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) as a more effective means of locating, selecting and acquiring global talent. In its early days, RPO was regarded as a full life-cycle solution (end-to-end process) by the providers of such services.

Growth of RPOs

Changes in the external environment, triggered by the global economic and financial crisis of 2008, have forced RPO providers to adjust their services to better meet recruitment needs of globally proactive organizations. IBM explains recruitment process outsourcing processes quite nicely, in fact, in many of their white papers. (more…)

Accolade Wines, which has range of Australian wine labels, says it will shed 175 jobs in South Australia.

Accolade Wines, which has range of Australian wine labels including Hardys, says it will shed 175 jobs at Reynella in southern Adelaide. (more…)

Victoria’s aircraft maintenance industry has suffered another blow, with 164 jobs to go with the closure of a company co-owned by Qantas.

LTQ Engineering, an aircraft engine overhaul company based in Tullamarine, will close in September after reporting a string of losses.

The company, a joint venture of Lufthansa Technik and Qantas Airways Limited formed in 2008, blamed a decline in demand for engine overhaul services for the closure. (more…)

There will inevitably come a time when a reseller has to let go of staff. It could be for any reason. Maybe the company had to cut costs. It could be a changing direction that needs different people. Maybe the person just wasn’t up to the job. Or perhaps there was a personality clash.

Sacking anyone is the hardest decision for any manager. But knowing how to fire correctly is a skill few managers have displayed or bothered to cultivate. That’s a risk, because it’s a critical skill for any manager. Letting people go with dignity is important not only for the ones being dismissed. It’s also important for those who stay because management is sending them a message, too. (more…)