HR
Are you Ready to Tackle Poor Performers in 2023?
There’s a jobs boom in Australian Agriculture as agribusinesses recover from the pandemic and drought.
Read MoreA Time for Rest, Revival and Renewal
One of the biggest contributors to employee turnover during the holiday period is leaders who fail to acknowledge and respect the need to refresh and revive.
Read MoreIf You Don’t Plan, You’re Planning to Fail
Once it was accepted practice to foster skills through apprenticeships, internal and external training programs, graduate programs and the like. In the 1980’s and 1990’s the unrelenting pressure to cut costs to improve the bottom line commonly resulted in a gradual decay of the training budget. A mindset emerged that when skills were required, it…
Read MoreWhat Constitutes a Good Job?
A century ago, Henry Ford was purported to have said “Why is it that whenever I want a pair of hands, I get a human being as well”. It is doubtful whether Henry’s attitude towards the workforce would yield him the required labour if he was operating in today’s employment market. Gone are the days…
Read MoreWays to Attract People to Work in Agriculture
Agriculture has traditionally drawn its workforce from farming families, but the pool has diminished because young people attracted to farming has persistently declined since the 1970’s. The shortage of labour in agriculture applies equally to both skilled and unskilled positions. It is reported that in recent years, there are six jobs for every agricultural graduate…
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