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An ever-increasing gap between employers and jobseekers has been identified by a Sustain Group survey, as employers battle to respond to an overwhelming number of applications sent by keen jobseekers.
Earlier this year a comprehensive research study was carried out to identify the issues most affecting Australian businesses today. In particular, it sought to identify current business confidence levels, attitudes to business and employment issues, investment priorities, major business challenges of the past 12 months and anticipated challenges for the year ahead. What no one expected was that a division based on the participants’ gender would deliver clear-cut differences in business practices and expectations.
The end of the financial year is one of the most anxious times for Australian small businesses, with many reporting bewilderment at the complexity of tax reporting in the latest American Express Tax Time Survey.
For a SMB’s, social networking sites like Facebook can provide a real dilemma. Do you allow your employees access and open a potential Pandora’s Box of problems such as unintended security breaches? Or should you impose a blanket ban and risk losing a valuable channel of communication and collaboration?
Organisations without clearly defined mobile phone usage policies and monitoring systems leave themselves open to financial, reputation, legal and security risks, a Stratatel leadership paper has found.
Are you getting ready to travel out of town, to another state, or to another country for business? Here are some tips to help you save money.
Business travel represents the second largest controllable cost for companies. But are you keeping control of what your staff are spending on trips?
Brisbane born company Reload Media has nabbed a place in BRW’s Fast Starters list for 2011, on top of ranking 19 in the Startup Smart Awards earlier this year.
Garald Chait of Reckon Limited blogs about the ‘single point of failure’ in business. What’s yours? And what can you do to better protect yourself and your business?
“First, he needs know what are the single points in his business are that could potentially ‘de-rail’ his plans if they stop functioning. If his business has a non-process driven or a non-collaborative culture he is likely to find several points.”
Julian Smith of MYOB blogs about discovering your business personality. Take the test!
“Define your ‘business personality’ – it’ll help you identify what you care about the most and how to get the best support from others. SME research specialists from the Cameron Research Group have identified three main business personality types.”
Sales managers are devoting too much time to late stage sales meetings and ‘firefighting’ to save deals at the expense of vital early stage opportunities, according to a new survey of 1409 sales managers, marketing executives and general managers.
Small businesses can now access a new free computer-based information tool – the latest addition to the Australian Government’s extensive range of assistance and resources for small businesses.
Employers should use the paid parental leave scheme as a prompt to review their other parental leave entitlements and obligations, says Lisa Berton, Employment Lawyer at Kemp Strang.
Alycia Edgar of Bookzkeeper blogs about those stressful moments in an entrepreneur’s career and how to cope.
“Get out of your environment. Sometimes just getting out of your office, factory, shop etc can be just what your mind needs to solve your problem.”
Rick Mapperson of Rick Mapperson & Associates blogs about the importance of personal branding.
“Let people know who you are, what you do and WHY they should do business with you. People need a reason to contact you. What are your unique selling points?”
Arndria Seymour blogs about how to engage Generation Y through learning and development.
“Generation Y are the ‘connect me to everything’ learners. The ability to give them connection and meaning, search and explore or make it fun/entertain me is how they learn best.”
Australian job seekers continue to go online to search for jobs, but many are growing nervous about the potential career fallout from personal content on social networking sites, according to the latest survey results from global workforce solutions leader, Kelly Services.
Almost 40 per cent of Australian small businesses don’t have a website in today’s digital era.
According to new research released today by Sensis, when it comes to digital marketing, many SMEs are at risk of falling behind their larger competitors.
Australian employees required to travel overseas with their work will have access to unprecedented levels of protection as a result of a new technology suite launched today by Sydney emergency management firm Dynamiq. The Dynamiq Travel Risk Management (TRM) Suite also gives employers the highest possible legal protection by helping them meet – and exceed – their duty of care to travelling staff.
A fully engaged team is more productive. So how do you know if they are fully engaged? And what do you do if they aren’t?
