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In a world where talent acquisition happens in short content bites on smartphones more often than in newspapers and through recruiting agencies, Australian heavy industry firms have to innovate to keep up. Hiring managers and human resources departments go beyond taking applications. If firms want to compete in an increasingly global marketplace for top talents…
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Here at BenchOn, we also practice what we preach. We found ourselves in a situation where we needed to hire two new specialist staff quickly, yet we didn’t have the allocated cashflow to achieve it. Our only option seemed to be to let go of a non-essential staff member but we just couldn’t do that.…
Read MoreA large enterprise had won a major Government contract and required 25 procurement and contracting staff to support the project over a 12-month period. Time was tight as the project began within one week of BenchOn receiving the request. Within 18 hours, BenchOn provided the company with a prioritised list of 42 resumes from 8…
Read MoreAn Aged Care company was implementing a new CRM system across all of their locations. The staff they had lined up to facilitate the implementation were suddenly unavailable two days before the start date. They contacted BenchOn to find a Business Analyst with CRM software implementation experience for a three-month contract. Within 12 hours, the…
Read MoreA small engineering firm had just had a contract they were working on cancelled by the Government client and now had to find work fast for their two engineers. They contacted BenchOn for help as they only had enough cashflow to support the engineers for another two weeks. Within four days, BenchOn had matched them…
Read MoreA start-up approached BenchOn with a problem. They had just completed their initial tech build but had a six-month delay before it would be approved for release to the App Store. They didn’t want to lose their lead developer but could not afford to keep paying him during the six-month lull. They uploaded his employee…
Read MoreAre you thinking about jumping ship from enterprise to start up? Do it, it’s great! Well….mostly. From personal experience, going from enterprise to start up is both exciting and challenging. You are leaving the stable and dependable for the challenging and uncertain. Will I have a job in 6 months? Who knows. In a startup,…
Read More2018 is well underway and you no doubt have a bunch of new goals and objectives you want to achieve. What we don’t want to do is work harder, we want to work smarter. With this in mind here are five productivities hacks that will help you achieve your 2018 goals without burning the midnight…
Read MoreAccording to Service Performance Insight in their ‘Professional Services Global Pricing Report’ the growth engine of the world’s economy has shifted from manufacturing to project based, people centric services businesses. As competition hots up in the sector, businesses are struggling to improve their margins to remain afloat. But what strategy do you use? Cut expenses?…
Read MoreProtecting workers from being exploited is a noble goal and one I am fully supportive of, yet the new Labour Hire Licensing Bill being proposed by the QLD Government (with VIC and SA now following suit) is so broad that it will impact hundreds of thousands of businesses – just like yours. The problem with…
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