The “candidate market” and recruitment generally changes with market influences, and we’ve got plenty happening right now, to make recruitment difficult. Many employers are recruiting without success, and retaining people is just as challenging in the shadow of the Covid era.

We get candid, as always, with Tanya and open the discussion up.

Check out Recruit Corp here https://recruitcorp.com.au/

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This week, we talk with Phil Di Bella, AKA The Coffee King. When someone can take $5,000 and change the game forever, you bet they have many tales to tell and relevant lessons for all of us. Phil is a renowned entrepreneur who changed the hospitality industry with his customer-centric approach in the coffee/café market.

These days, Phil is changing the game again with his world-first concept “The Coffee Commune” and graciously gives back to Australian small and medium sized employers, while also influencing large organisations to do better, strategically aligned business.

Visit the Coffee Commune in Brisbane https://www.coffeecommune.com.au/ .

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Josh Hill gets real on some workplace subjects that aren’t for the faint-hearted (trigger warning) and we explore the trials and tribulations of starting businesses, the journey from conceptualising a business to creating an operating company, and hear Josh’s thoughts on the difficulties of employing in Australia, complying with laws, and all while competing in competitive markets.

Are you launching or growing a business? Check out McLellan Hill and their associated companies at https://www.mclellanhill.com/our-companies

Video Note: We apologise for the few moments where the quality of the video drops. Technical issues and reliability aren’t our friend when recording in real-time.

A wonderful James Clear quote set me on fire this week: “You don’t rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems”. And how correct he is – so, we explore the HR Cartel concept of “platforms” and explain how you can simply and systematically capture knowledge, develop your organisation, and get improvements compounding to operate better than ever. Of course, the result is great culture, and great performance.

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Smaller Employers: there is a perfect storm approaching so we’re looking ahead for the next five to ten years and considering what’s in store for you. We talk about the risks that are manifesting, over-regulation and the information you need to protect yourself into the future.

Listen in to hear about small business and smaller employer capability needs you needs, not just to comply and avoid employee-challenges, but to keep yourself out of jail under the regulator’s new Wage Theft laws.

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We’re talking to Employers; Labor’s IR moves are about to bite us hard. Let’s talk about the demands of the Union, now infiltrating the Fair Work Commission who is currently drafting wording for Modern Awards, that will impose the Union onto Employers, harder than ever before. How do you feel about paying the Union’s operating costs? That may very-well be in our immediate future. We also discuss the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s misleading previous claims, and how they’re now weaponising their data against employers in Australia, potentially impacting negatively on employment for women in larger businesses.

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Show Links:

Draft wording for Modern Awards:

https://www.fwc.gov.au/hearings-decisions/major-cases/variation-modern-awards-include-delegates-rights-term

Union Demands:

https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/union-delegates-should-get-free-ipads-from-bosses-cfmeu-20240402-p5fgq2

Workplace Gender Equality Agency:

https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/government-contracts-on-the-line-if-gender-targets-not-met-20240325-p5ff1a

Post Termination Restraints:

https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/ban-restraints-on-poaching-staff-rba-board-member-20240327-p5ffnk