
Women in Accounting & Finance - Katie Robertson,…
To celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th, this week we will be bringing you a series of guest blogs from leading senior females in Accounting & Finance. They will be discussing their success, career defining moments and what advice they would give to another female looking to pursue a similar career. This is what Katie Robertson, CFO - Banking and Financial Services at Macquaire Group, had to say.

Attracting and Retaining Talent: Top Reasons why…
We all know how important hiring the right talent is to your business - employing talented professionals is consistently a prominent leadership challenge. How to attract, retain and develop the best talent is also the challenge that most organisations feel least equipped to deal with.

The ins and outs of a successful cybersecurity career
The cybersecurity landscape continues to develop at a rapid rate. Those who have set out on a cybersecurity career can expect to be in high demand for the near future.

Women in Tech - Lisa Zhu, Prospa
Lisa is currently working as an Engineering Manager at fintech Prospa, from where she draws her strong technical background from over 10 years within the industry.

Women in Transformation - Deborah McDonnell
Deborah McDonnell, Agile Portfolio Manager talks about her success, career defining moments and what advice she would give to another female looking to pursue a similar career.

Stand out and succeed: Leadership tips for Risk…
As part of our ongoing commitment to our specialist communities, we interview accomplished leaders on a monthly basis to bring you insights on their career progression and advice that will help you progress your career further.

Reimagining the Interview: AI and Video Technology
The traditional recruitment process, while fundamental, often falls short of delivering optimal results. Studies reveal a stark reality: unconscious bias significantly impacts hiring decisions. Furthermore, traditional interviews are characterised by manual processes, reliance on intuition, and a heavy emphasis on resume screening, and are plagued by inefficiencies and biases. Challenges such as the high volume of applications, time-consuming interviews, and difficulty assessing soft skills have long been prevalent.

Hiring Contractors: A Guide
The skills you need, for when it matters most.

3 Trends Defining The Future Of Recruiting
Never before have so many industries concurrently implemented hiring freezes, truly displaying the historic magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst you automatically expect it for those industries so directly impacted, like Hospitality, Travel & Transportation, Retail and Media & Entertainment, strict hiring freezes have also been seen across Accounting, Marketing & Advertising, Manufacturing and Financial Services, as well as many more.

Women in Tech - Naomi Howard
Naomi is currently Head of Application Development at ASX, with a background across financial services and investment management. She has experience across a variety of companies from small agile startups to larger heavily regulated organisations and currently leads a multi-disciplinary team of Software, DevOps and Data Engineers.

3 New Recruitment Strategies Every Business Should Use
The hiring world was already changing, but now the transformation is clearer to see. New recruitment strategies - such as the rise of skills-based hiring - have been accelerated by the recent different ways of working.

4 Ways To Shorten Your Recruitment Time
The easiest way to lose out on top talent is a drawn out recruitment process that extends far longer than needed, and more importantly far longer than the market average. If your recruitment process takes longer than 40 days, you are on par with some of the longest hiring process worldwide.