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Whenever I have inspiration for my next blog, I have to start writing straight away! I’m currently on a plane flying up to Cairns for the weekend to meet my partner and his parents who are over on holiday from Scotland, and I’m having a moment of gratitude for being able to live in such an amazing country. I think it’s fantastic that Australia has been built on immigration, ...

What makes our advertisement or our job pitch stand out from the sea of competitors in the recruitment industry? A simple answer… your company’s story. Unfortunately, for any company, this is the secret weapon which many recruiters don’t utilize. At Kennedy Reid, we build a relationship with our clients that allows us to understand how their company has evolved and what type...

Laws of attraction – Insurance, a career for young talent or are we still in the mindset that people just fall into the insurance industry? My name is Amanda, I have been recruiting within the General Insurance industry for four years, and more of my clients are asking daily where the graduates are and why aren’t they interested in a career within Claims, Broking or Underwri...

It seems to be an oncoming trend that employers are encouraging staff to find the balance between work and life. Some businesses implement strategies like extended lunch breaks to make time for exercise, offering flexible working hours and even the option to work from home. Finding the balance is what is important for you to be able to succeed within a role at work. If your ...

It’s Monday morning and your alarm goes off, the Monday blues feel like the end of the final episode of your favourite Netflix series and you start to question whether you really need money or whether it’s possible to live off the fat of the land with your new tomato plant… It sounds like it’s time to put your virtual ‘Open to Opportunities’ cap on and let Recruiters know yo...

We all interact briefly on a daily basis with many wonderful and interesting people. Maybe it’s your regular bus driver, your “go to” coffee guy, your concierge where you work, or the busker on the street on your daily commute. We were curious about the back stories of these unique individuals and decided we are going to find out “a little bit” more about each of these peopl...

You could say that Beyoncé is an icon... And if you did, you would be right! Now, I’m sure a lot of you would agree that so many lyrics we hear in modern music today can really relate to our everyday life. Today I’m going to use Beyoncé’s lyrics to provide a little bit of insight into the world of recruitment! 1. Mistakes Shine the light on whatever's worse Perfection is the...

As a Graduate, new to full-time employment and the recruitment industry, I have gained an insight as to individual’s feelings and thoughts of recruiters as well as the other side of the spectrum, the profound impact a recruiter can have in securing an individual their dream role. What a lot of people are unaware of, is the process in which that entails. So, I have combined t...

If you have ever worked in retail or hospitality, you may know that feeling when you hit a certain point of time where you feel stuck, closed off and unsure if there are other career opportunities out there waiting for you. That was me 3 months ago. I had been working as a Store Manager within Retail. I started as a Christmas casual whilst completing my Bachelor of Commerce ...

I recently did a 134-meter bungee jump and I was genuinely petrified! I was so proud of myself though, as out of the 15 or so jumpers, I was the only female! I was representing! It got me thinking, what makes us scared or nervous and how can we overcome those feelings? My rational brain knew that when doing the bungee, I was all strapped in and attached to a giant piece of e...