At PERSOLKELLY Australia, we take pride in our teams of experts who specialise in providing recruitment solutions for a wide range of industries. We understand the unique challenges that businesses face when it comes to finding and hiring the right talent, which is why we offer tailored solutions that can help businesses reduce the time, effort, and cost of recruitment.

Our team of experts is made up of experienced recruiters who specialise in the following industries:

Professional Services: Our team has a deep understanding of the professional services industry and can help businesses find top talent for roles in accounting and finance, business support, human resources, legal and procurement.

ICT: With a strong background in information and communication technology, our team can help businesses find skilled professionals for all roles within the IT sector, including software development, project management and cybersecurity.

Government: Our team has a thorough understanding of the government sector and can help businesses find top talent across all levels of government.

STEM: Our team has a deep understanding of the STEM industry and can help businesses find skilled professionals for roles in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Management & Executive: Our team has extensive experience in executive search and can help businesses find top-level talent for key management and leadership roles.

Specialist Recruitment: Our team has expertise in niche recruitment areas such as Japanese Services and Veterans Employment and Training Services, providing businesses with access to specialised talent pools.

• By outsourcing recruitment to our team of experts, businesses can benefit from a range of advantages that include:
• Reducing the time and effort spent on recruitment: With our team handling the recruitment process, businesses can free up valuable time and resources to focus on other areas of their operations.
• Accessing a wider pool of candidates: Our team has access to a wide range of networks and channels, enabling them to source top talent from a diverse range of backgrounds.
• Reducing the cost of recruitment: By outsourcing to us, businesses can reduce the effort of recruitment while still accessing high-quality talent.

At PERSOLKELLY Australia, we understand the importance of finding the right talent for your business. With our team of experts and tailored solutions, we can help businesses reduce the time, effort, and cost of recruitment while finding the best candidates for the job. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help your business grow.

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Recruitment is an essential process for any business, but it can also be costly. The time, effort, and resources required to attract, screen, and hire candidates can quickly add up. The average cost of a bad hire can be up to 30% of the employee’s first-year earnings.

Fortunately, there is a solution to reduce the cost of recruitment while still attracting top talent: partnering to a professional recruiter like PERSOLKELLY.

Here are some of the ways in which outsourcing recruitment to PERSOLKELLY can help businesses save time and money:

1. Reduce advertising costs: One of the biggest expenses in recruitment is advertising job openings. Posting job listings on job boards or in newspapers can be expensive, particularly for businesses with multiple openings. PERSOLKELLY has an extensive network of job boards and social media channels that it uses to advertise job openings, reducing the cost of advertising for businesses.
2. Streamline the hiring process: The hiring process can be lengthy and time-consuming, particularly for businesses that lack a dedicated HR team. PERSOLKELLY can help businesses streamline the hiring process by handling all aspects of the process, including screening resumes, scheduling interviews, and conducting background checks. We can also support you in areas that people don’t often talk about, like counter offers. This can reduce the amount of time and effort required from internal staff, freeing them up to focus on other business priorities.
3. Access to a wider pool of talent: Businesses that try to recruit candidates internally may miss out on top talent who are not actively looking for work or do not see your company’s job ad. PERSOLKELLY has an extensive network of candidates, including passive candidates who are open to new opportunities. These relationships have been built over many years with the time invested in building our candidate database. This can help businesses find the best candidate for the job and reduce the cost of turnover.
4. Expertise in candidate assessment: One of the biggest costs to a business is investing in the wrong candidate. PERSOLKELLY has extensive experience in candidate assessment, including conducting skills tests and assessing cultural fit. This can help businesses reduce the risk of hiring the wrong candidate and save money in the long run. Additionally, if the candidate does not progress as expected, partnering with PERSOLKELLY provides you with a replacement guarantee, ensuring the investment is not lost.

Partnering with a professional recruiter like PERSOLKELLY can help businesses reduce the cost of recruitment while still attracting top talent. By leveraging the agency’s expertise, businesses can streamline the hiring process, access a wider pool of talent and reduce the risk of hiring the wrong candidate.

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Recruitment is a crucial process for any business, as it helps to identify and attract the most talented and qualified candidates for job openings. However, it can also be a painful and time-consuming task for hiring managers, particularly for those who lack experience in the hiring process. Fortunately, partnering with a professional recruitment company can bring numerous benefits, making it a wise investment for any business.

One of the most significant benefits of outsourcing recruitment is that it saves time and resources. A dedicated recruitment company can handle all aspects of the hiring process, from screening resumes to scheduling interviews, allowing hiring managers to focus on their core responsibilities. This can be particularly beneficial for small and medium-sized businesses that do not have a dedicated HR department, as it can help them avoid the cost of hiring additional staff.

Another key advantage of working with a  recruitment partner is the access to a wider pool of talent. Recruitment companies typically have a vast network of candidates, including passive candidates who are not actively looking for work but may be open to new opportunities. This can be especially beneficial for businesses seeking to fill specialized or hard-to-fill positions, as it can be challenging for internal recruiters to reach these candidates.

Finally, outsourcing recruitment can also lead to better-quality hires. Professional recruiters have extensive experience in assessing candidate skills, qualifications, and experience. They can use their expertise to identify the best candidates for the job and ensure that they are a good fit for the company culture. This can help businesses reduce the risk of hiring the wrong candidate, which can be costly in terms of time and resources.

Partnering with PERSOLKELLY can bring numerous benefits to businesses, including saving time and resources, accessing a wider pool of both passive and active talent and making better-quality hires. By leaving recruitment to the experts, hiring managers can focus on their core responsibilities and ensure that their business has access to the best talent available.

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The accounting industry has undergone significant changes over the past few years due to advancements in technology and changing business environments. These changes have given rise to new emerging trends that are expected to shape the industry’s future. In this blog, we will explore some of the key emerging trends in the accounting industry.

Automation

One of the most significant trends in the accounting industry is the increasing use of automation. Automation has become a popular solution for repetitive and time-consuming accounting tasks such as data entry, reconciliations, and reporting. Automation tools such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotic process automation are used to automate these tasks, reducing errors, improving accuracy, and saving time.

Cloud-based Accounting

Cloud-based accounting is another emerging trend in the industry. Cloud-based accounting solutions offer several benefits over traditional accounting software. These include remote accessibility, scalability, automatic software updates, and improved data security. Cloud-based accounting also allows for better collaboration between accounting firms and their clients, allowing them to work together in real-time.

Outsourcing

Outsourcing is another emerging trend in the accounting industry. Accounting firms are increasingly outsourcing non-core functions such as bookkeeping, tax preparation, and payroll processing to specialized service providers. Outsourcing allows firms to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and focus on their core competencies. It also enables firms to offer specialized services to clients without having to invest in additional resources.

Advisory Services

Accounting firms are increasingly offering advisory services to their clients, providing strategic advice on business growth, risk management, and financial planning. Advisory services require a broader range of skills beyond traditional accounting expertise, including industry knowledge, business acumen, and analytical skills. Offering advisory services allows accounting firms to differentiate themselves from their competitors and offer additional value to clients.

Data Analytics

Data analytics is an emerging trend that is transforming the accounting industry. Data analytics allows firms to analyze large volumes of financial data, providing insights into trends, patterns, and anomalies. This information can be used to identify opportunities, manage risk, and make informed business decisions. Data analytics also enables firms to offer more accurate and timely financial reporting, improving the quality of information available to clients.

The accounting industry is undergoing significant changes due to advancements in technology and changing business environments. Automation, cloud-based accounting, outsourcing, advisory services, and data analytics are emerging trends that are expected to shape the industry’s future. Accounting firms that embrace these trends and adapt to the changing landscape are likely to thrive in the years ahead.

PERSOLKELLY Australia is a leading recruitment company that can help businesses find the right employees to meet their business needs in the Accounting and Finance space. Our experienced recruitment team uses a range of sourcing methods and selection tools to identify and attract top talent. We work closely with clients to understand their specific requirements and culture, ensuring we find candidates who fit the job and the organisation.

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By Kurt Gillam, Executive General Manager PERSOLKELLY Australia.

The field of recruitment is not only fast-paced, challenging and dynamic, but it also offers a plethora of opportunities. Consultants can not only advance their own career trajectory but help others with their own careers as well. If you’re looking for a new direction, a move into recruitment could be worth considering.

Here are five reasons to consider a recruitment career:

1. Gain valuable and in-demand skills
One of the great things about working in recruitment is the skills you gather while working in the industry. A role in recruitment can build your interpersonal, communication and relationship management skills. These skills are all transferable to other industries, making them invaluable no matter which field you may choose to work in future. Recruitment is extremely people-focused and centres around interacting with a variety of individuals in a range of situations. Helping you develop soft and interactive skills and gain experience dealing with people from all walks of life.

Recruiters can conduct job matching, character assessments, interviews, background checks and due diligence in a typical day. As such, the job naturally suits analytical and organised individuals with excellent time management skills. A job in recruitment will help you learn and further develop a range of easily transferable skills that you’ll continue to draw on for years to come, no matter what industry you end up in.

2. Help others while you also advance
A career in recruitment means regularly interacting with employers and job seekers, helping you improve your interpersonal skills and active listening ability. It’s important to be able to carefully listen to both clients and candidates to find out exactly what they’re looking for. Doing so can vastly improve your problem-solving skills and foster critical thinking while helping individuals and companies find their perfect matches.

Finding good fits for both active or passive job seekers and organisations will widen your understanding of the job market and how it differs between industries and roles. Finding these perfect fits involves interacting with hiring managers, human resources teams and high-profile positions with companies, helping you build up a valuable range of connections.

You may use these connections to help find candidates or even for the advancement of your own career.

3. It’s a fast-moving and ever-changing industry
Recruitment is dynamic, offering countless opportunities for change and growth. As industries and job markets change, the recruitment industry evolves. New technologies have come along and transformed the way the recruitment process is conducted. From paperless applications, and digital background checks through to remote video interviews and testing suites. While application Tracking Systems (ATS) have streamlined and automated parts of the hiring process.

Advancing technologies have also brought about numerous improvements in learning opportunities available to recruiters, such as online training and conferences. You’ll have the chance to develop leadership skills, set clear directions and be agile as you advance through your career in recruitment. 

4. Autonomy can assist in better mental health
Recruitment is a people business that revolves around servicing the needs of candidates and clients. Like many roles over the past few years, recruitment has become more agile and flexible in terms of the location in which work is conducted. As consultants will often meet with clients and candidates both in and out of the office, it’s a career that suits driven individuals that thrive working autonomously.

According to Mental Health UK, autonomy in the workplace can help promote better mental health and even prevent excess stress and burnout.

5. It’s an in-demand profession
The 2021 Business Market Insights report predicted that the online recruitment industry in APAC is expected to grow from USD6.8 billion in 2021 to USD12.4 billion by 2028, nearly doubling in just seven years.

As the job market continues to boom after being heavily impacted by the pandemic, the search for clients will ensure the demand for qualified recruitment consultants remains high. Resulting in great prospects for those either already in the industry or looking to enter recruitment.

Conclusion
There’s no doubt that a career in an established recruitment firm has many long-term benefits for your career. Transferrable skills, and building your network while also helping candidates achieve their career goals are just a few of the things to be gained from a career in the industry.

Once you build your career, the rewards are endless. Quite often, there is nothing quite as rewarding that the long-term friendships that you will build with your colleagues as a result of working in a vibrant company culture, however, you will have the opportunity to get back from what you put in – be it interstate or overseas travel, awards and prizes, learning and development opportunities, promotions and uncapped earning potential. The sky really is the limit.

If you’re looking for a change to a challenging yet rewarding job, then a role in recruitment could be the perfect move for you. You never know where it’ll take you.

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We’re always on the hunt for great people to join our team. If you’re confident and caring, proactive and passionate, smart and resourceful, and want to kick-start or continue your career in helping others achieve their career goals, then we’d love to hear from you.

To register your interest in a future with PERSOLKELLY, visit our careers page.

We saw it early last year, but the job market continued to bounce back throughout the rest of 2021 and into 2022 after taking a hit during the first year of the pandemic.

Compared to February 2019, the number of job ads rose by 41% in February 2022 according to SEEK research. Add to this that job applications are at very low levels compared to historical data. As such, there’s an increased demand for workers, forcing companies to offer more enticing salaries, packages and benefits to get the best employees to fill vacancies.

Some of the key sectors in demand by job ad volume, increase year on year, include admin and office support, education and training, retail and consumer products and manufacturing, training and logistics.

In March 2022, SEEK reported that applications per job ad had fallen by 7.6% from the previous month. Versus three years earlier, applications per ad were down 47%. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there are an extra 170,000 job vacancies since the borders closed. At the same time, unemployment is the equal lowest since 2008 at 4%, which is contributing to rising salaries in advertised positions.

While wages are forecast to increase by around three per cent over the next year, unfortunately, inflation is set to rise by more than that amount. At an annual rate of 5.1% in Australia, the highest in two decades, the surging inflation rate will be one of the biggest challenges for workers managing their personal budgets moving forwards.

Interestingly, 40% of candidates say that salary and compensation are now more important than they were pre-COVID. Not getting paid enough is the main trigger for candidates looking for a new job. Those on the lookout seek 10-20% extra in their pay packet before accepting a new role. Highlighting that changing jobs is the most straightforward way to keep ahead of the rising costs of inflation.

However, it’s not simply remuneration alone that comes into play when choosing a place to work. When workers in a recent survey were asked if they’d refuse to work at a place with poor diversity, equity and inclusion, 67% said they agreed or strongly agreed. While 85% of respondents said they believed their current organisation hires a broad mix of people. Pleasingly 82% agreed that they feel included and belong in their organisation.

To find out what your role is worth and a full breakdown of salaries by industry and region, as well as insights and tips, download PERSOLKELLY and Programmed’s Economic and Employment Key Insights and Salary Guide for 2022-23