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Asia-Pacific employers want more checks on safety workers

More than two-thirds of energy and mining employers in Asia-Pacific say they need extra checks before taking on workers from nearby sectors.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Today

Human Capital Management

Compensation leaders miss impact of above-market pay

Many employers cannot link above-market pay to performance, with 58% assessing fewer than half of significant premiums against business outcomes.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

React says AI still needs human leadership training

As AI reshapes workplaces, employers risk neglecting the human skills needed to handle conflict, feedback and change, React says.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

Data centers

Black & White Engineering opens Virginia & Tampa offices

The move gives the UK consultancy a foothold in two key data centre markets as it targets 200 North America staff by 2029.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

React warns AI must not replace management training

As employers roll out AI across the workplace, React says managers still need live practice to handle difficult conversations with judgement and empathy.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month

Artificial Intelligence

Talent Group COO Megan Woodbury makes global power list

The recognition highlights Talent Group's push to unite its brands, with cross-brand collaboration up 35% and integrated gross margin rising 24.6%.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • This month

Construction

Australia needs more skilled workers. It also needs to stop wasting their time

Technicians are losing up to two hours a day to admin, squeezing capacity and worsening delays as labour shortages bite across essential industries.

By Andrew Wiltshire • 5 min read • This month

Human Capital Management

The future of successful HR will use AI with human oversight

AI could free HR teams from routine admin, but Workday says sensitive hiring decisions need deterministic guardrails and explicit human oversight.

By Anthony Caruana • 5 min read • This month

Human Capital Management

Eightfold AI appoints Joe Korngiebel as Chief Executive

The handover gives the HR software group an executive with 30 years' sector experience as AI tools increasingly reshape hiring and workforce planning.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • This month

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Recruitment

Armada launches hospitality platform with competition

The new service aims to ease restaurant hiring by giving workers and operators a fuller picture before they commit, starting in Atlanta.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Today

Space

Colare raises USD $2.5 million for hardware hiring tests

Hardware employers could cut hours of senior engineers' time spent on late-stage interviews as Colare raises USD $2.5 million in pre-seed funding.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Today

Digital Transformation

La Fosse CEO: Tech hire aid key amid possible 'do-nothing' budget

Employers fear higher taxes and weak incentives will keep hiring and training subdued, as the government prepares a cautious Autumn Budget.

By Jake MacAndrew • 4 min read • Today

Recruitment

Gen Z workers put pay before purpose, survey finds

Pay is the main draw for most young Australian workers, with 72% saying wages that keep up with living costs top their job list.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Today

New Zealand Labour Party

Women flown out of region to give birth due to hiring challenges, not funding, MP says

Expectant mothers were flown or driven to Nelson for safety after temporary staffing gaps at Wairau Hospital exposed Marlborough's obstetrics shortage.

By Kira Carrington • 6 min read • Last week