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How engaged are your employees?

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In a recent press release the Gallup organisation claimed that 52 percent of U.S. employees were not engaged at work or that they were essentially checked out. Diminished performance from these employees costs the U.S. economy a staggering $370 billion per year, according to Gallup. In a similar Gallup survey conducted in 2005 showed that [...]

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Workforce Dropouts: a new trend seems to be emerging

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A recent article in the International Herald Tribune (US) caught my eye, claiming that a new survey discovered that there is a growing number of men (aged between 30 and 55) who are leaving the workforce because they don’t want to work full time or because they can’t find a position that matched their interests. [...]

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Warning by ACER for young people not to spend too much time out of the labour force

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A recent report released by ACER (Australian Council for Education Research) warns that young people who spend extended periods of time outside of full-time education and the workforce may find themselves at a serious disadvantage when trying to find a job. Whilst the study found that spending a short amount of time (between one to [...]

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Unemployment figures – are we being bluffed?

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Recent Australian Bureau of Statistic figures claim that as many as 1.5 million “hidden unemployed” are not counted in the official jobless figures, which can lead one to believe that the current figures showing 5.2 per cent jobless rate is grossly under-estimated. The Sydney Herald Morning Sun (24 April 2006) states that the unemployment rate [...]

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Recent salary survey findings for the HR professional

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I just received my latest issue of the Australian Human Resource Institute’s (AHRI) e-zine in my inbox today, and read some interesting statistics concerning HR professionals in Australia. 1,583 AHRI members responded to a survey regarding salary movements and compensation within the Australian HR profession. The 2005/06 AHRI Remuneration and Benefits Survey Report findings concluded [...]

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