Video Interviewing during Covid-19 & the new world

by | Mar 20, 2020 | Business, Featured, Recruitment

In this ever-changing world of recruitment, we face due to Covid-19 and social distancing now is the best time to start a conversation with the video interviewing experts Hunter Recruitment Group.

Let us help you continue to do business, grow your team and find great talent in this new world.
HRG has several models that your business can utilise to source great people through our innovative Video Interviewing Platform.
We can work as your true outsourced recruiter and source you the best possible people whilst limiting face-to-face interactions.

If you would like to find out how HRG can assist your business with better, more streamlined recruitment strategies then Start A Conversation with us today

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Listen to how HRG changes lives and businesses

by | Mar 11, 2020 | Business, Featured

This 2 minute excerpt highlights Hunter Recruitment Group’s ability to source people that deliver holistic fit. We go beyond the “just fill the job” mentality and when we discover candidates that truly fit an organisation and it’s trajectory we make more meaningful placements

To hear the full podcast with Salena Avard from Kis Marketing, follow the links on the right hand side of this post via iTunes, Spotify or Soundcloud. It is an inspiring Career Conversation that explores her career path and what it means to find true work life balance.

If you would like to find out how HRG can assist your business through better recruitment strategies then Start A Conversation with us today.

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Return to work mum’s can power your business

Return to work mum’s can power your business

by | Mar 11, 2020 | Business, Featured, Recruitment

Client: We need an administration/accounts officer for 2 days a week.
HRG: Great lets make it 3 days
Client: ?
HRG: 2 days a week with 7.5 hour days = 15 hours a week – 3 days x 5 hours (9am- 230pm with 0.5 hour break) = 15 hours per week – same investment but potentially much higher engagement

Then we do what we always do and find the best fit

This little tweek in thinking has lead to a high number of amazing placements by HRG over the past decade. For the business they get a dedicated employee they can grow with and for the employee it is meaningful work that suits the hours that the return to work mum value so highly.

HRG recognise that being a return to work mum is an individualised process, each mum has different ideas about how work life balance looks.

In our office we have our Admin and Accounts guru Amy that works the school hours 5 days a week and we have our Recruiter extraordinaire Laney who works 3 days in the office and a half day from home (we have embraced tech) and it works for our employees and for our business.

With recent advertising and our brand really drawing great, highly skilled mums looking for casual / part time hours that suit, we have a high number of excellent admin and accounts candidates ready for work

So if you need a dedicated, loyal, high calibre addition to your workforce then Start a Conversation with Laney from HRG today

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HRG to Exclusively Recruit for Hume in the Hunter

by | Apr 15, 2019 | Business, Featured, Recruitment

Hunter Recruitment Group is excited to announce that they will be exclusively recruiting in the Hunter Valley for Hume Community Housing
Hume enters the Hunter Valley region after securing over 2,200 properties to manage in the Community Housing space in Maitland and Port Stephens.
This project commences in late April so keep an eye on our website for individual job advertisements, or if you would like to submit an expression of interest simply click on the apply now button below or call for a confidential conversation on (02) 4936 6537.

 

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How much does it cost you to hire the wrong person?

How much does it cost you to hire the wrong person?

by | Mar 19, 2019 | Featured

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST YOU TO HIRE THE WRONG PERSON?

At HRG we recently had a role we were trying to fill for a client in professional services. It is in a very tight market and a candidate presented with what looked to be a great skills and potential culture fit. However, at interview our trained consultant wanted to gain more insight into their background. We didn’t follow the usual reference procedure of most SME’s or others in our game; just call the one person at the bottom of the resume. We dug a little deeper and used our network to gain valuable information to assist with this potential hiring decision.

We walked away from proceeding with this candidate and in the end saved the client some potential employment headaches.

If it’s not a great fit, then HRG are happy to keep working to find the right person. Recruitment for us is not all about getting paid.

Our work is really important and we take pride in it, sometimes the true value is in the one you don’t fill.

In SME’s hiring the wrong person will be a very costly exercise. The effects are multilayered. We’ve delved into this to help you understand the impact it can have on your business.

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Many business owners and managers don’t fully appreciate the financial burden the wrong person can have on a business. The Australian reported that a bad hire can cost a business 2.5 times the employee’s salary. So, an employee earning a $60k salary can end up costing $150k as a result of salary and benefits, then the double handling of necessary advertising, time consuming interviewing and recruiting, and education and training

CULTURE
If your new hire isn’t the team player you’d hoped for, you have a problem. A fragmented team is catastrophic in terms of staff morale. If a new employee is failing to meet expectations, the other teammates often have to pick up the slack. There is potential for this situation to lead to bitterness amongst the team. Similarly, if the new hire is simply not a good cultural fit, this can lead to tension and unrest.

OUTPUT
Productivity is reliant on harmonious teams. A bad hire can expose you to being unable to service your clients to the standard they expect while at the same time other team members are stretched to capacity with a heavier work load. The effects of a bad hire can extend beyond their tenure too – it often takes time for remaining employees to recover from a “bad egg. A recent survey on the topic of recruitment, Smart Company reports that 21% of respondents had “lost clients or good staff members” as a result of a bad hire they had made.

If you are a small business that struggles to get this right, refine your recruitment tactics today to make the right investments. Start a conversation with Hunter Recruitment Group today.

WRITTEN BY LANEY JORDAN RECRUITER/RESOURCER – HRG

Laney Jordan – HRG’s Newest Recruiter

Laney Jordan – HRG’s Newest Recruiter

by | Nov 9, 2018 | Featured

Hunter Recruitment Group is excited to announce that Laney Jordan has started with our business as a Recruiter. Laney is well known in our region and passionate coffee lovers will remember her as the owner and smiling face of Slices then East Village Deli Café.

Laney brings her passion and knowledge of small business, Maitland and helping people to the HRG brand.

After selling her business & the growth of her family Laney has embarked on a new career path post the café and was working in the government recruiting space until the opportunity to join the HRG team presented.

Possessing great people skills coupled with her knowledge of the local market Laney has hit the ground running and is currently immersed in sourcing great employees for local business through Hunter Recruitment Group’s Permanent, Temporary and Temp2Perm solutions.

“Laney fits our business so well, she is people focused, passionate about helping and just loves having deep conversations with employers and potential employees alike. Her positivity and energy really fit our brand and we can’t wait to watch her grow as part of the HRG family” – Craig McGregor Managing Director of Hunter Recruitment Group.

So, if you are an Employer looking for your next great employee or an individual seeking your next positive career move – Start a conversation with Laney today

e: laney@hrgroup.com.au

p: 02 49366 537

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laney-jordanhrg/