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AI for Talent Acquisition: Embracing a People-First Approach
In today's rapidly evolving talent landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising how organisations att ...
Empower Your Career with an Optimised LinkedIn Profile
In today's dynamic professional landscape, a well-crafted LinkedIn profile is an indispensable tool for success. Ju ...
The data is there.
Today we celebrate International Women's Day, a day dedicated to acknowledging the achievements of women and raisin ...
Job Ready
We have been getting many requests to help people that have been displaced or looking for some help with the direct ...
Ready to take a leap?
So you're feeling the itch. Your intrusive thoughts are winning, and you know there is a better role, companies, an ...
Fresh Start Effect
Have you heard of the Fresh Start Effect? This is the intrinsic motivational power of a fresh start - the Worton Sc ...
Is your people plan fit for purpose?
We all know that a well-designed people strategy should be one of any employer's first and foremost priorities. It' ...
Freebies inside….to benefit your people
You are seeing a theme over the last few newsletters. Mental health in the workplace is very important to us, not j ...
The workplace wave is coming…
From quietly quitting to the Workplace Wave - this new research from Allianz shows that 2 million people will be ...
Employee Experience or People & Culture?
Sterning HR tracks salaries and collates data around what people feel contributes to a great Employee Experience. O ...
Purpose mitigates quietly quitting.
There is a reason why we called our podcast, webinars and gatherings “purpose”. People need it not only to surv ...
How to make the most of working with us
So it happened. You applied for a job and we got back to you! Or, we sent you a message about "a great opportunit ...
That’s somebody’s life
We recently worked on a recruitment assignment for one of our long-standing customers on an exclusive basis. We got ...
How to prepare for an online job interview
Do you have an online job interview coming up? Nervous about using Zoom or Teams or some other online platform for ...
The importance of reflection
Elite Sport and in particular any officiating aspect, comes with criticism and high intensity formal assessment. I ...
Why purpose is so important right now
When a disaster happens it's really easy to go straight to triaging technical things like policy, process and enfor ...
Parenting and business
Unless you're a parent, it's difficult to understand the level of responsibility that comes with being one. It's ...
Update on Sydney’s data analytics market
The Data Science & Analytics (DSA) market in Sydney has consistently improved since 2015 and I believe we’re ...
My first week of recruitment
"Repeat after me: I don’t know what I’m doing. Neither do you. We’re all just making it up as we go along". T ...
Announcement
On the 21st of November I will be moving to New Zealand. I will still be actively involved in all of my organisatio ...
The journey of Claudia Koh
On the 31st of August 2017 I hired the incredibly talented Claudia Koh as a Financial Assistant to our Financial Co ...
How did you sleep last night?
This week our guest post is written by Paul Kiely - Paul is the head coach and owner of CrossFit Hurstville. How ...
Wanna payrise?
Yes, it's that time of year - Remuneration Reviews. Yippee! Are you confident enough to ask for a payrise? Here are ...
Why are your people looking?
Sterning HR tracks salaries and collates data around what makes people thrive to ensure that we stay informed of wh ...
“Your father is going to die”
On the evening of Saturday 11th of May I spoke to my 80 year old father on phone. I do this most days. He asked abo ...
Two year anniversary
Yesterday marked my two year anniversary at Sterning IT. I want to take this chance to say a genuine "thank you" to ...
What are you worth in data?
The market has been absolutely mental in the first quarter of 2019! Even though every Digital/IT/Arts student now c ...
Mother’s guilt
I wasn’t sure what to expect after having my first baby. I wasn’t sure what to expect personally and profession ...
It’s rarely simple
I’ve decided one of the best ways to demonstrate the kind of business I am running and the core principles I work ...
Invest in human resources
A well-designed Human Resources strategy should be one of the first priorities for any employer. It’s not just ab ...
Are you safe?
Again this week we see the headlines containing the death of a worker. In this case it is an apprentice that has be ...
Using a specialist recruiter
Having worked in recruitment for more than 15 years (eek!), I’ve seen big changes as the industry has evolved. Al ...
How to be a data scientist
I thought it’d be a good idea to revisit a blog I wrote in December 2016. Even though it’s been a crazy two yea ...
Learning to recruit
Hi everyone, my name’s Tom and I’m in my first month of being a Recruitment Consultant at Sterning! My very fir ...
Happy birthday to me
It was my 30th birthday almost two weeks ago now. It was wonderful, I spent the day tucked up in the mountains and ...
Want to be a data scientist?
The answer seems to be everyone! I’m writing this article to differentiate between the different areas of data sc ...
Relief effort for drought affected families
Literally thousands of farming families in Australia are facing starvation with no money to buy supplies due to the ...
Back yourself in
It's been just over a year since I went out on my own and it has been a massive learning curve! From the excitement ...
Stop doing these things!
Your selection process is too lengthy Great candidates usually have a few irons in the fire - don’t get caught up ...
Himalayan holiday to Dry July
The last time I sat down to write one of these I’d just returned from an extended holiday and was refreshed and r ...
Safety first
The motto “Think Safe Work Safe Home Safe[i]” applies to our working (and private) lives. There are multiple ...
Does networking make your stomach churn?
I love meeting new people. I love hearing their stories and learning about what motivates them. Some call it networ ...
Work safe – home safe
“Albury paper mill gas leak kills two Norske Skog workers, third in critical condition” courtesy of ABC News. ...
Embrace who you are
Have you ever wondered what your best asset is? I always thought mine was my height. Well, it’s not my height. It ...
What a healthy workplace looks like
We spend plenty of time there, and the healthier our workplaces are, the healthier we are likely to be. So what doe ...
I absolutely love this stuff!
I love seeing client and candidate feedback about our team. Emma's been exceptional from day one (and long before d ...
Link between talent and value
Do you know where the best people in your company are to gain maximum value and growth for your business? Getting t ...
Good luck, bad luck – who knows?
Good news bad news – this is not my original story and has been around for some time. I am not sure who first pe ...
Reflect, plan, take action
In our team meeting yesterday - one of our esteemed colleagues piped up and proclaimed “optimism + positive actio ...
Sterning rolls up its sleeves
16 April 2018: The Sterning Group Australia today announced that it’s flexing its muscles and expanding its reach ...
A candidate you need to know about
A little unorthodox I know, but I have this really great candidate you need to know about... I've been working wit ...
Thought of the week
Every day we face a challenge – some small some big. For some it’s going to work – for others it’s finding ...
Avoid the ‘What the?!? Why did they leave?’
I have never worked with an organisation that has not wanted to attract the next high achiever. They want someone t ...
Holidaying near the Himalayas
I’m still saying “Happy New Year” & “How was your summer?” which might seem a bit odd, but I’ll exp ...
Scared of innovation?
Throwback to a blog I wrote in 2014 - 3 years on - do you think things are moving in the right direction? I would l ...
5 minutes with Rebecca Doyle
This week I sat down with Rebecca Doyle - the Head of People and Culture for the National Rugby League. With a rich ...
5 minutes with Che Lewer
Che Lewer is the Head of Human Resources for Heinemann Australia. She is a commercial, friendly HR professional wit ...
Requesting flexible working
With many employees seeking a more balanced, family-friendly working environment, the employers of choice are those ...
A little piece of advice…
...Is to "know where you are going". We have had a couple of instances recently where we have been working with ca ...
5 minutes with Kate Tones
Another one of my favourite Human Resources leaders - oh how I love my job! I get to talk to the best people. Kate ...
Agency recruitment is dying
This was one of the many interesting topics that were discussed at Sterning's first meetup last week. Needless to s ...
Building our own solutions
I've never been a fan of simply shelling out funds to a third party provider to solve a problem for me with their o ...
5 minutes with Sarah Sammut
I am privileged to talk to some of Australia's leading HR professionals. These people are inspiring and I want to b ...
Spring clean your job search
Okay – it’s time to come out of hibernation and put the spring back into your job search. 1. First things firs ...
2: What data & analytics managers want to see in your resume
If you missed Part One, you can find it here. Part Two of this blog will go into more detail about how to best hig ...
Meet with triumph and disaster
Imagine being able to face both success and failure and neither alters the course that you have set yourself. You t ...
1: What data & analytics managers want to see in your resume
If you’re looking to cash-in on the crazy Data Science & Analytics market, the first thing to do is update yo ...
The Gender Pay Gap
Yep, we are still writing about it and will keep doing so until things start to change! This post was put together ...
What are you known for?
Last week I shared with you some tips to brand yourself fabulous, as published on Womens Agenda where they shared ...
My food bank in Sydney
Like most Sydneysiders, I’m used to being approached for money when travelling through the streets. I’m used to ...
Work experience in high school
When learning about the work experience program at my school, I was initially not so sure about. Considering there ...
Your human resources recruiter
“There will always be someone that will try and bring you down, be true to yourself, trust your instincts and bel ...
My first real lesson in business
In a world where the title 'entrepreneur' is taken by almost anyone with an idea, I never thought too much about b ...
‘State of Origin’ in your workplace
We love sharing insights from our HR community. This week Athena Chintis gives us some lessons that can be learnt f ...
Parental job satisfaction and bullying
I wanted to share this podcast by Simon Sinek as he covers my favourite topic of how parents job satisfaction drive ...
An open letter on climate change
I'm writing this letter to you, an individual who has the power to impact upon those around you. What I'm about to ...
Candidate shortages for Sydney sales jobs
A high number of vacancies is changing the way sales jobs are recruited – with big implications for employers and ...
Trends in engineering and construction jobs
In the last 5 years, technology has sparked big changes in construction and engineering. What does this mean for co ...
What to do about the Gender Pay Gap
Not much has changed in the last 20 years. And it will stay the same for the next 20 if organisations and society d ...
An important lesson from a sad passing
“Oh. And if you're reading this while sitting in some darkened studio or edit suite agonizing over whether housew ...
Would you hire a woman?
In this day and age, you wouldn’t expect to hear those words. But as anyone who’s worked in recruitment will kn ...