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| Jobs figures cause for great optimism for Australian workers
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 Australian workers should be optimistic for the future and the lead up to Christmas thanks to a fall in the unemployment rate and an increase in full time jobs by 35,400. As predicted by Drake, the month of August already showed signs of the recovery and the predicted increase in full time jobs for September was unexpected in its size.
While corporate Australia and business in general should remain cautious, now is also the time to invest in jobs and skills development. The fact is that the Australian economy remains the most resilient in the developed world. |
| The Economic Downturn makes workforce planning the new priority for organisations
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 Organisations are currently making tough decisions about which staff and capabilities are critical to their current business operations. At the same time they are making plans about how they will acquire additional resource capability as and when the economy starts to recover. A good understanding of workforce planning is crucial to these strategic activities.
The Victorian State Government shares this view and in doing so, has launched a new initiative, “Skills for Growth”, which will deliver quality workforce and training planning at no cost to small and medium sized businesses. |
| Nine ways to keep employees engaged
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 Are your employees engaged in their work or are they estranged from your company's mission and their role in making it happen? Mounting evidence suggests that the more engaged employees are in what they do, the better their performance and the higher the rewards for everyone. The key is to have managers who are skilled at creating employee engagement.
Are your employees giving your company "their all?" Do they believe that what they're doing is important? Do they feel appreciated? Do they show up for work each day with passion and purpose?
A 'red flag' should go up if you answered "no" to any of those questions. |
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How do leaders drive performance and productivity in their organisation? Podcast. |
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Experience and knowledge are crucial ingredients in a company’s growth. However, without an inspired team stagnation can set in quickly. In this month’s leadership podcast, Dr John Demartini offers advice on communicating with your staff to increase productivity and performance.
To listen to the podcast click here.
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| New era in permanent recruitment
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Drake is pleased to announce a launch of Drake Recruitment - its restructured permanent recruitment arm established as a result of a merger of Drake Executive and Drake Personnel at the beginning of the financial year 2009/2010.
The change will facilaite to both increased internal efficiencies by creating a more simple organisational structure and for external communication - our client partners will have one point of contact for all levels of recruitment. The merger is evidence that Drake continues to be a highly dynamic organisation.
Drake has always been at the forefront of innovation and a thought leader in the HR and Recruitment Industry. The internal changes taking place are to support that on-going innovation. We want to send clear messages to the market about what we do as we have such a plethora of outstanding products and services.
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| CEOs On The Move - A life line for C-level managers in transition
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Drake International has recently partnered up with the CEO Institute to support their “CEOs On The Move” program – a new initiative which aims to give transitional Senior Managers throughout Australia a solid business network and career service platform during their job search period. | |
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