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Having a presence in the market can bring you new experiences, new relationships and new business. It helps you build your personal brand, assists you to find meaning in what you do and provides you with the ability to actively seek out opportunities rather than waiting for them to come to you. Here is why… About a month ago, an hour before the time to leave, I had been told...

Most corporate websites look very similar at the moment. Company logo on top with a quick menu, large graphic with the companies latest marketing campaign or product. Beneath that there are normally three columns with links to all the other information that you might want to find on the site followed by some quick links in a block of colour at the bottom of the page. There’s...

After just over 5 years in this amazing country, I bit the bullet and got a puppy!!! So many things have prevented me from getting a puppy so far. Mostly: time, money and work-flexibility. There were a million reasons not to get a puppy and only one reason to get one – dogs make me incredibly happy! According to the RSPCA, there are an estimated 4.8 million pet dogs in Austr...

I must say the best part of my day is meeting my clients. New clients get me really excited to meet new people, see what their story is and to see what the business is all about. Existing clients have me thinking about how the placements I’ve made are going, has the business grown, and overall what’s new? Nosey I know; however, I like to call it being curious! Having almost ...

“Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets or technology, or competition, or products. It is one thing above all others - the ability to get and keep enough of the right people.” In a candidate short market where quality talent is in short supply, we need to widen the talent pool and shift our focus m...

My name is Amanda Carter and I currently head up the General Insurance Practice at Kennedy Reid, recruiting across Underwriting, Claims and Broking within Australia nationally. I’ve recruited within the insurance space in Australia for 5 years. The market is more candidate short than I have ever seen. With over 3,000 jobs been advertised across Australia, attraction to the i...

In today’s employment market good candidates are spoiled for choice. Now more than ever it is critical that companies review their recruitment processes to ensure that every candidate applying with their organisation are left with a positive experience. We live in an age where your brand is everything and unfortunately, small missteps in the recruitment process can leave can...

Working with recruiters day-in day-out has exposed me to all elements encircling all things recruitment. It has also given me an outside perspective on how people view recruiters. From my interactions with others outside of the recruitment industry, the first misconception that I hear about recruiters is: “They don’t care really about the candidates, don’t they just find a p...

Usually, the first thing I hear when I tell people I commute daily from Sydney to Wollongong is “Wollongong?!? But that’s so far away?!” In reality, it's not. Wollongong is roughly 85km away or 1.5 hours on the train. I am 1 of an estimated 20,000 odd people that make the daily commute and I have come to realize it isn’t that bad! (Try convincing a Sydney local of that thoug...

March has somehow crept up on us all, bringing with it - Autumn, Pancake day (woo) and on a more self-indulgent note my 1-year anniversary with KR, as well as my 3-year anniversary in this incredible country! In 2016 a fresh-faced, recently graduated me packed my enormous backpack and booked a one-way ticket to Australia. And it wouldn't have been the true British rite of pa...