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What we learned: What is driving employees to stay or leave in 2022?

Every year, we do a deep-dive into our candidates' thoughts and feelings. With our detailed survey, we aim to find out what would make them stay or leave a job - and what would attract them to a new one. And so, we present to you our 2022 Candidate Motivators report: telling you, straight, what drives your employees - and what will make them stay.

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The Perks of Contracting and Why It Might Be Right for You.

Tech and digital projects are humming, meaning day rates are generous and job stability is the best we’ve seen in years. And yet, contracting can still get a bad rap. Unfair, we say. That’s why we’ve put together this blog. It covers the pros (spoiler: they’re good) and how it all works.

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The Salary Philosophy Attracting Star Performers

If you’re looking to attract top talent, you need to update your ideas about compensation. And you can follow the lead of Netflix. Yep. Not only does Netflix offer binge-worthy content, they offer next-level compensation to their staff too.

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Is There Still a Place for Waterfall Methodology?

For many years, Waterfall has been a widely used project management method with a linear approach. In comparison, Agile is believed to be the “new” iterative approach to project management that helps teams deliver value to customers faster, and with ‘fewer headaches.’ We’ve all heard it, Agile is the way forward. So an outdated Waterfall must not have a place – right?

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Building a Sustainable workforce in 2022…and beyond!

Taking Your Leadership to the Next Level Through the Power of Conversation

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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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Starting your UX career? 5 UX designers share their “must read” books

Good UX Design helps bridge the gap between us and any digital platform. In this digital-first world and especially post covid, UX Design is becoming the most sought-after position in any company. Whether you’re starting your UX career, or you work alongside UX and are looking to extend your knowledge, we’ve got you covered. We asked five experts to share their recommended reads.

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Stay or go? Top tips for software developers making the most of a hot market

In our recent candidate motivators survey, we asked software developers what’s most important to them in an employer. Here are their top 3 motivators and our top tips to help you get what you most want!

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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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3 High-Paying Tech Roles That Don’t Require Coding Expertise

Been dreaming of a long and illustrious career in tech, but for that one tiny, insignificant detail… can’t code? We’ve got good news for you. You don’t need to know how to write code to work in tech. Our techspert, Miles shares three well-paying tech roles that don’t require coding expertise.

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Salesforce World Tour 2022

After a 2 year hiatus, Salesforce once again has led, being one of the first to host a mega-event back in person. Wow! Did they bring out the red carpet to make sure we all felt safe returning, our bellies were full and an open environment to learn and network!

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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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How To Become A Business Analyst (With Zero Experience)

Business Analysis is one of the hottest disciplines in the market, commanding high salaries and niche expertise. If you have your eye on a career change, here’s a quick guide to becoming a business analyst (BA) without any role experience.

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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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From Developer To Manager And… Back Again? Why Now’s A Good Time!

This blog is for all the developers out there who’ve been missing their spark, pondering their life choices wanting to reconnect with purpose. With the market as hot as it is, now could be the best time for you to return to your developer roots.

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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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The Changing Context of Change

It was refreshing to bring together an incredibly diverse community of Change Leaders from across the industry (and 6 different countries) to pause, take a breath, and talk openly and honestly about their reflections on the ever-changing landscape we have been confronted with.

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What to Expect From a Career in Data Analytics: Market Trends and Salaries

Well, so long as the world spends more time online than offline, data will play a significant role in our lives... Here’s an overview of data analytics and business intelligence careers, salaries, and the current hiring market.

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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.