Competitive Positioning in a Candidate-Poor Talent Market

In an industry such as agribusiness, it is essential that commercial companies adapt their hiring processes to source top talent to drive their business growth. One way of achieving this is to tap into a broader talent pool and in a candidate-poor talent market, this is the key to competitive positioning. We recently conducted a national…

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The State of Women’s Careers in the Agricultural Workforce

As we celebrated International Day of Rural Women on the weekend, let’s revisit an article published by Margaret Alston, Professor of Social Work, University of Newcastle about women in the agricultural workforce of Australia from our 2020 Trend Report. The contribution of women in agriculture has been historically ignored in Australia, even when at least…

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Smaller Ag businesses at risk of greater hardship due to skilled candidate shortages

Smaller Ag Businesses at Risk of Greater Hardship Due to Skilled Candidate Shortages

In our recent survey of Australian agribusinesses, we found that there was a marked difference between Large-Enterprise businesses and Small to Medium sized businesses in their how challenging they are finding attracting skilled candidates in the current environment. Of the larger companies, 65% of them indicated that they were experienced a challenging to severe shortage…

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Agribusiness Held Back by Skills Shortages

Agribusiness Held Back by Skills Shortages

The skills shortage in Australia is understood to be impacting many agribusinesses, leading to challenges in attracting, selecting, and retaining employees. To gain insight into the current state of the candidate market in the Australian agricultural sector, as well as the implications of skills shortages on businesses, we conducted an online survey. This survey sought…

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Are You Seeking to Hire a Unicorn? Let’s be realistic.

Are You Seeking to Hire a Unicorn? Let's be realistic

Hiring for skills in the agricultural industry today often means that you will encounter a Candidate Driven Market, which means an abundance of job openings and a scarcity of qualified talent. Hiring in such a market is much more difficult than when there is an oversupply of candidates.  In a candidate driven market, superior candidates…

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