Appeared in: Shortlist
Date: June 2012

Recruitment companies need to stop resisting the trend towards allowing staff to work from home, says recruitment advisor Nicole Underwood.

Underwood, who runs a consultancy for businesses and recruiters on staffing and retention, NicoleUnderwood.com, said allowing consultants flexibility around where they worked was a great attraction and retention tool, but would involve a shift in attitudes for the traditional recruitment industry.

Appeared in: Smart Company
Author: Nina Hendy
Date: June 2012

The talent shortage is affecting a range of industries, forcing employers to consider new ways to attract and retain staff.

Increasingly, employees are raising the possibility of working from home as being an appealing proposition, forcing businesses to consider loosening the reins.

Appeared in: ZDNet.com.au
Author: Suzanne Tindal
Date: June 2012

It’s a debate that has raged for years: is there a tech skills shortage in Australia? According to the responses from ZDNet Australia’s CIO jury, the answer is no.

Despite encouraging growth figures for Australia released on 6 June, other research released last month by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations showed that the number of online ICT jobs advertised in April was down 2 per cent from the month before, and down 22 per cent from a year before.

Appeared in: Rust Report
Date: June 2012

Australian recruitment company, Peoplebank has been named as a Best Employer – 2012 by global consultancy Aon Hewitt, acknowledging it as a company with high levels of employee engagement that demonstrates outstanding people and leadership practices.

Peoplebank is the only recruitment company on the 2012 Best Employers list.

Appeared in: The Australian
Date: June 2012

The 2012 accredited Aon Hewitt Best Employers were announced at an awards evening on on 31 May 2012 and published in The Australian in the Weekend Professional.