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There’s plenty of content out there on making sure your new employee has an awesome first day – and tips for seamless onboarding and induction. But, what are the key mistakes every employer should avoid during the employee induction process and when introducing a new staff member into the team? Providing a great first impression to a new starter is vital for your business – it ensures a low staff turnover rate and overall higher employee satisfaction, engagement and wellbeing. That’…

the what, why and how reward and recoginition

Employees who feel valued for the work they do will show higher levels of engagement within your business. They will contribute more, innovate and smash goals. And it makes sense, when we feel valued and recognised we’re motivated to seek the warm fuzzies time and time again. In turn, …

Did you know, 98% of businesses plan to implement or continue to use learning technology throughout their workplace? Senior executives are encouraging this growth. In a recent Linkedin report, 82% of HR learning professionals say their execs actively support this key business strategy. Not only this, the global online learning or eLearning …

OKRs is the new buzzword amongst many businesses. But what are they? And why should businesses go through the effort of migrating an entire workforce over to this new way of thinking? 🤔 We touched on the ‘what’ in a previous blog post, which highlights our brief introduction to …

The product team at Employment Hero have been the busiest of bees building new features to make your world better at work. Along with SuperHero Nominations, Custom Fields, Hero Learning and Goals, Employment Hero’s HR API is now ready for launch. So first things first – what’s an API …

Performance management is a set of activities that ensure the goals of a certain task are being met in an effective and efficient manner. It can focus on the performance of the business as a whole, a department, an employee, or the processes in place to manage particular tasks. It’…

Retail recruitment can be more hectic than a department store at Christmas time. The industry is huge. It encompasses everything from international department stores to local family-run shops selling everything from fruits and vegetables to the latest fashion trends. Just within one store, you could need sales assistants, finance buffs, …

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At Employment Hero, our mission is to make employment easier and more rewarding for everyone. Everyday we set out to achieve this mission, and using our core values as a guide, we’re constantly iterating on the different ways we can help Australian businesses be better employers. In the spirit …

Every business needs to recruit employees. Employees are the ones that make a business thrive and determine how successful it will be in the future. Our very own CEO Ben Thompson in a recent webinar we hosted on business compliance stated, ‘We always say that people are the foundation of …

The hospitality sector is becoming less popular as a career pathway for many people in Australia. This is due to a combination of long hours, stressful working environments and low wages. The recent 457 visa changes and penalty rate cuts aren’t helping this once thriving industry, either. This has left …

Introducing HR software like Employment Hero to your team

Reward and recognition is the key to employee engagement. Studies have shown that for every piece of criticism that an employee receives, whether constructive or not, six pieces of positive reinforcement are needed to counteract it. Employees that don’t feel recognised or appreciated are less loyal to their employers …

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Employee Recognition: The What, Why and How

Online Learning: The What and The Why

Why the World’s Leading Companies Use OKRs

Employment Hero’s HR API: What, why, how?

The History of Performance Management

Retail Recruitment Guide

What is Employment Hero Platinum?

The Hidden Cost of Recruitment: What’s Recruitment Costing You?

Hospitality Recruitment Guide

The Rules of Engagement: Reward and Recognition