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The client, a metro-based trade business, was winning plenty of work but had no clear visibility into true job costs. Quotes were often based on experience and rough estimates, with materials, labour, and overheads not consistently tracked against each job. As costs rose and jobs varied in...

The client, a single-location cafe based in a busy suburban area, was operating without clear visibility into margins or cash flow. Pricing decisions were reactive, costs were creeping up, and the owner often felt unsure whether the business was actually performing as expected. Our approach...

Here’s a challenge for you. A father and his son are involved in a horrific car crash and the man died at the scene. But when the child arrived at the hospital and was rushed into the operating theatre, the surgeon pulled away and said: “I can’t operate on this boy, he’s my son”. How...

At the time when you want to put your role to market, your aim is to attract the best candidates, right? Getting something simple like the wording of the position description could be the difference by being handed several great candidates, or showered in dross. In my 15 years of recruitment I...

As a hiring adviser to many businesses, one of the most common questions I get asked is what is the biggest mistakes you can make when hiring. To be perfectly honest, there are many mistakes that can happen during any process and it is because of this, as well as them being relatively unknown, that...

Let’s get these statistics out there straight away: candidates / new employees who do not have an effective on-boarding process to go through with their employer are 22% more likely to leave within 6 weeks of starting (from a study by the US-based The Wynhurst Group). If, then, the role is more...

How to interview for new employees A lot of companies hire workers almost every couple of months. This maybe because they are a large company or because the workers they previously hired just weren’t whom they expected. Businesses can refrain from suffering from the latter by having a...

Here it is: the Number 1 hiring mistake...and potentially the one causing the most issues for any business. Going for a bushwalk into an area you have not been before without a map and proper preparations is akin to trying to blow up jelly with dynamite: it’s pointless and potentially...

Hiring the right people to work in your business and for your business has always been one of the most crucial aspects of a successful organisation. Given the current skill shortage for the high consumer expectations and demands in the market, small business especially struggle with attracting top...