Archive for April 2024
The Goldilocks Approach to Recruitment
Remember the Goldilocks story; porridge too hot or too cold, bed too hard or too soft? Everything had to be “juuuust right”. Recruiting’s a bit like that. You want your shortlisters to have just the right balance of hard and soft skills. That’s the key to finding the ideal employee. In recruitment, we take…
Read MoreWhat Does a Good Company Culture Feel Like?
When you think of ‘company culture’, what springs to mind? Breakout rooms with bean bags, pool tables and free M&Ms? The Googleplex? Or is it a more serious thing? A workplace where being heard, respected and valued are more important than Friday arvo drinks and nibbles? Humanising business is where it’s at. All the numbers…
Read MoreWelcome, Newbie! Here’s Your Desk … and Some Cake
Appoint recently welcomed Jim Cooper to the team and he’s still coming down from the sugar high we gave him on day 1! Jim has some serious streed cred across the Engineering & Technical recruitment space, so we were stoked to have him join Appoint and wanted him to feel at home straight away. Not welcoming your…
Read MoreTo achieve your biggest career goal, what SUPERPOWERS would you need?
With all the ups and downs facing the world of employment right now, we thought it was a handy time for you to check in with your biggest current career goal. Why can’t NOW be the time to make it happen? There’s a lot of upheaval out there; lots of redundancies, people being stood…
Read MoreFortune favours the brave
Well I did it! I made the leap of faith to start my own business because you know what? I was happy where I was, but I wanted more. Nothing was wrong and everything was OK but I had stagnated professionally. I decided that I had to make a change and make it happen. Appoint Recruitment is the result.…
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