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Here we come Melbourne!

On Tuesday 14th June 2022 we expanded into our third Australian state by occupying a new office location in Melbourne. You can find the new Talenza Melbourne offices at Level 14, 333 Collins Street, Melbourne.

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Improving the Customer Experience Journey Within the Insurance Industry

The overwhelming feeling around the room was that many of our industry’s leading Insurance firms are perhaps behind the curve, particularly compared to other industries such as Telecommunications and Aviation, in how they are improving the customer journey innovatively.

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Why Retention Bonuses Are A Bad Idea (And What To Do Instead!)

Retention bonuses tend to be a quick-fix cure-all during critical business events like mergers and acquisitions, product development, and as we’re currently witnessing, to combat talent shortages and the devious efforts of competitors poaching.

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Would Your Business Be Prepared If Pay Transparency Got A Major Shake Up?

We’re specifically talking about Labor’s commitment to ban pay secrecy clauses that prevent some employees from discussing their pay and bonuses with colleagues.

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Just In: Talenza is a certified Great Place to Work®

​In what can only be described as the moment we’ve all been waiting for, Talenza has been certified as a bona fide great place to work! And with ninety-eight percent of our people scoring us at great, must be somethin’, hey?

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3 Workforce Trends Making an Impact in the Age of Change

We’ve all had to make a lot of adjustments to our work and personal lives during this pandemic-inspired change process, and home-schooling was the gift no one saw coming! We explore 3 strategies worth considering in 2022.

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IWD: 4 Major Moments for Gender Equality in 2021

Recruitment and hiring, in particular, can attract unconscious unjust bias that promotes sameness at the expense of diversity (not here, obvs). It can feel slow-moving at times, but we’ve reflected on the last year and pulled out some major moments for gender equality that are truly worth celebrating. Check them out.

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Developers Are Hot Property, So How Do We Attract and Retain Them?

Developers are hot property for organisations right now. Developers are leaving stable jobs in droves, heading to the greener pastures offering almost 40% more pay than 3 years ago. Here’s what you need to know about the current state of developer roles in Australia for those looking to attract or retain top talent.

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Can Transformation and Sustainability Co-Exist?

Through sustainability, a company’s ability to create positive environmental and societal impact is rapidly reshaping its competitive advantage. Talenza Project Services is starting to see roles that mean companies not only have a strategy, but they are building capability and executing it.

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The 702 Day Wait. Is the Transformation Talent Shortage Over?

For just shy of two years many of our conversations have revolved around international border closures dramatically impacting our access to the best possible talent, particularly within Transformation...

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Emerging Employer Branding Trends of 2022

Needless to say, the role of employer branding is more prevalent than ever in attracting and keeping great talent. ​External drivers are forcing change in the talent industry. It’s causing employers to look deep within their companies to find ways to better represent themselves to employees as a viable option and in effect attract new people. Let unpack the predicted top trends of 2022.

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Employee Retention: How to Get it Right in 2022

Losing top talent in this market will be a costly mistake. If your organisation is currently in fret mode about the Great Resignation in 2022, then there are some things you can be doing right now to boost employee engagement and retention before the ship is jumped.

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How to Address One Of TAs Biggest Challenges: Closing a candidate with multiple offers

Short answer: Optimise your candidate experience. The candidate experience can sometimes begin before they even hit apply on your job ad. To put your organisation in pole position at crunch time, you need to be wooing candidates from the get-go. Focus on 5 core things.

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Employer branding for tech talent attraction and retention during The Great Resignation

It’s never been easier to find talent, and yet, it’s never been harder to hire talent. So, what should companies be doing to better attract, secure and retain the right people? We sat down with Charlotte Anderson, Talent Brand Lead @ Canva, and Angelika Scuderi, Employer Brand Project Lead @ Domain to talk about the role employer branding has to play in tech talent attraction.

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5 Signs the Great Resignation is about to hit your team

The Great Resignation is still in full force in many industries and locations. How do you know when you are being impacted? Here are 5 signs.

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Defining the Future of Leadership Development

To overcome the challenges in front of us and pave the way for long-term competitiveness, organisations need every leader to be at their best. Doubling down on leadership development amid market shifts, budget constraints and ongoing uncertainty can seem ambitious, but it’s also an opportunity to shape the future of how we support and upskill those at the front to maximise bottom-line results.

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2021-2022 Salary Survey: candidate motivators and salary expectations

We’ve just launched our 2021-2022 Salary Survey to gauge the market. This is what we’re seeing, and what you, as employers, can expect over the next 12 months.

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A new beginning for Louis: How he got his start at Talenza

Louis Goth is the first consultant to arrive straight out of university. So, we wanted to know what made a human resources management grad choose a career with us in agency recruitment. For anyone considering a career in recruitment, this one is for you.

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Half the world away during a global pandemic

Adam Higgins shares his struggles during the Pandemic on R U OK Day, watching his family in the UK suffer through lockdowns and Covid outbreaks from the other side of the world.

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4 ways to address the tech talent shortage in Australia

Where are all the technology candidates? With border closures and lockdowns affecting the supply and demand of Australia’s tech talent, we’ve been working with our clients on a few strategies to address the skills shortage. But it’s not an isolated problem.