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Counteroffers - how do we deal with them?

Counteroffers – how do we deal with them?

Are you wondering how to deal with a counteroffer? 🤔 A salary increase, growth opportunities, a promotion, more flexibility, change in days/hours worked, increased responsibilities or duties, especially in an area of interest to you, a new job title. All of these counteroffers combined are examples of what a counteroffer can look like. A counteroffer…

emps are just as important as permanent staff and they often come in to help save the day when extra hands are desperately needed.

Why temps are just as important as permanent staff?

DON’T FORGET ⚠️ Temps are just as important as permanent staff and they often come in to help save the day when extra hands are desperately needed. It can be easy to show a temp their desk and leave them to their own devices when we are all super busy. Showing temps a warm welcome…

looking for work? australia wide recruitment agency MAYDAY can help

MAYDAY Recruitment are here to help

Sick of trawling through job adverts and websites? Applying for jobs and interviewing can be extremely stressful and sometimes all we need is a bit of advice. Cue a recruiter ✨ It’s our job to not only FIND the perfect job for you but support you, listen to your wants and needs and coach you…

Vaccination results survey

Vaccinations in the Workplace; what’s really happening?

The mandating of vaccinations in the workplace has been a very interesting topic, much talked about in the last couple of years, and debated in more recent months. Back in 2020-21 we saw many of our clients introduce compulsory vaccination statuses for employees and for new hires. For some companies, these changes happened so quickly…

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What’s the ideal praise-to-criticism ratio to keep your newbie motivated?

What’s the ideal praise-to-criticism ratio to keep your newbie motivated? 🥪 We’ve all head of the *ahem* sandwich metaphor for delivering feedback, which is a 2-1 ratio of praise-to-criticism – 💡 However studies have shown that for every feedback that could be perceived as negative or an area of improvement, we need to give 5…

What’s the ideal praise-to-criticism ratio to keep your newbie motivated?

What’s the ideal praise-to-criticism ratio to keep your newbie motivated? 🥪 We’ve all head of the *ahem* sandwich metaphor for delivering feedback, which is a 2-1 ratio of praise-to-criticism – 💡 However studies have shown that for every feedback that could be perceived as negative or an area of improvement, we need to give 5…

SMART Goals – How often do we achieve them?

SMART goals – how often do we achieve them or feel energised by doing so? I know for myself, despite the fact that SMART goals are important & helpful, in years past I’ve ‘pasted’ them on simply because I needed to set a goal… …and I had little motivation to work towards what I’d come…

Candidate dropouts – what to do!

Candidate dropouts You’ve finally secured the perfect candidate to join your team and they’re all set to start in 10 days’ time. But it comes to the day before and they decide to turn to other opportunities, for the simple reason and feeling we all know ourselves – FOMO. In a competitive market where candidates…

MAYDAY Recruitment’s Future Recruiter has now Evolved

MAYDAY Recruitment Group are proud to announce the launch of our latest training program taking recruitment careers further… ‘Future Recruiter: Evolve’. A course designed to help experienced Consultants build on their skills, increase their knowledge on the latest industry best-practice, and watch their billings soar. ‘Future Recruiter: Evolve’ is an extension of our existing rookie…

What’s my purpose in life? How am I going to achieve my goals? Vanessa Cole shares her top tips

We’ve all been there… wondering “what the heck is my purpose in life, & how am I going to achieve it if

3 Top Tips to maximise your LinkedIn Profile

Linkedin has become such an essential tool when it comes to job searching so take a read of our Top 3 TIPS to maximse your profile and update your LinkedIn today! 1. Make sure your profile is complete – you wouldn’t send a resume that didn’t have your most recent role – so don’t just…

MAYDAY’s Webinar on Tackling the Talent Shortage

What are businesses currently experiencing when looking to hire new talent? Fewer job applications? Lack of quality candidates? Are candidates ghosting you? Increased salary expectations? We hear you – the struggle is real. Australia is currently experiencing a talent drought, and with salaries being pushed up by $20k-$30k otherwise happy staff are jumping ship, so what can…

10 things that can make you happy right NOW!

This week one of our Temp Consultants shared a list of “10 things that will make you happy right now” It may not work for everyone however we wanted to share this with you all – just in case 1 of the 10 does help to improve your day/weekend! You are alive so take some breathes…

Caitriona Jackson – Accredited Candidate Expert

We couldn’t be more proud of our girl Caitriona Jackson for being recognised and accredited by Recruiter Insider for her excellence in the candidate experience – she is just one of TWO accredited Consultants in Australia. Well done Cait! In order to qualify as an Accredited Candidate Experience Expert, a Consultant must an average score…

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