I recently read a great post about Mary Meeker and her prediction about Mobile Advertising

Mary Meeker was once known as the ‘Queen of the Net’, her predictions are often scarily accurate – she is gifted with truly understanding how technology and the desires of the people fit together!

Meeker’s recent internet presentation on ‘Top Mobile Internet Trends’ made some very insightful predictions about mobile advertising (…

Christmas is such a great time of year! It’s time to celebrate and let your hair down and what better way to celebrate the year than at your work Christmas party?! So here’s a few tips to make sure that you don’t become fodder for office gossip and that you do indeed have a job to go to on Monday!

1. Consume too much alcohol: it’s tempting I know (because generally someone else is paying for the alcohol) but just about everything that can go wrong at your work…

Do you have a worksheet? As a busy recruiter, you are probably aware that systems and processes make your life easier, but it strikes me as funny the number of recruiters that don’t actually have a working job order, or worse still a job order that is not working effectively!

There are 2 main purposes to a job order, most recruiters think there is only one, to gain the information for the vacancy in a clear and detailed manner; but the other important part of the job order is to…

So you've made it past the initial application stage and you've been successful in gaining an interview! What now? In our series of "How to impress at your next job interview" posts we have some advice to help you make sure you put your best foot forward and nail that interview for your dream job!!

We have discussed the preparation that you need to undertake earlier than your interview day (…

So you've made it past the initial application stage and you've been successful in gaining an interview!

What now? In our series of "How to impress at your next job interview" posts we have some advice to help you make sure you put your best foot forward and nail that interview for your dream job!!

We have discussed the preparation that you need to undertake earlier than your interview day (…

So you've made it past the initial application stage and you've been successful in gaining an interview! What now? In our series of "How to impress at your next job interview" posts we have some advice to help you make sure you put your best foot forward and nail that interview for your dream job!!

Last week we discussed the preparation that you need to put in just prior to the interview (see…

One of the MOST stressful parts of looking for a new job is the interview!

At the end of the financial year, it's a good time to take stock of the industries that are going strong and contributing to employment growth!

The Qld Office of Economical and Statistical Research Information Brief for the March 2011 quarter has reported that Health Care and Social Assistance had the largest percentage increase in employment - up a healthy 5.7%.…

Last week we discussed the fact that most Australian recruiters are being paid on a "Contingency" basis when they are proving "Retainer" services, ie: they are putting forward a number of suited candidates for the client to choose from, but the client doesn't end up picking any and therefore doesn't pay ANY fees to the recruiter.

It's time recruiters fully understand the service they are offering their clients. Many of us are working on a Contingency basis (ie: only being paid for a successful placement, irrespective of who is put forward for the position); as we think this is what the client wants - in reality a contingency based payment is really only favoured if you are putting forward 1 candidate, if you are working for the candidates best interest.

As a recruiter, it is obviously important that you match an employee and potential employer well. Aside from the obvious issue of compensation, there is the longer term issue of your reputation (you know what I mean - if too many of your placements don't "work out" you end up wearing this reputation and it can be hard to shake).

It's the age old question all potential employers dread - how do you know you are hiring the best person for the job?

It surprises me in this day and age that there are still managers out there blaming their staff for poor performance!! Yes, you heard me correctly!

We are hugely excited to announce our new sitewww.jobezy.com.au!

We have been watching the “Smart Phone” market carefully and are pleased to announce that you can now choose between abridged SMS job alerts or mobile email!

We all know that the humble mobile phone, like our car keys and wallet/purse is simply something we now all carry! And with the popularity of the new Smart Phones (iPhones and Android phones), we truly…

Following on from our previous post, we have had some job seekers and employees asking us about non-compete agreements!

Recruiters and employers alike are asking the same question:

How do we handle a potential candidate who is subject to a non-compete agreement from their previous employer?

Until fairly recently, most employers did the same thing - ignored that candidate in favour of what was easier (yes, even some recruiters may have been tempted to do the same thing!). That was ok when non-competes were a rare thing. Or within an expected industry role (ie:…

We are excited to announce the release of:

our Detailed MOBILE JOB ADS

(as an add on to our traditional SMS Job ads!) 

Register as a Job Seeker and SMStheJOB will send Job alerts to your mobile and allow you to apply for those jobs by responding with a simple 5 letter code sent by sms.

By registering you tell us in what Job categories,…