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Debunking These Top 4 Recruitment Myths

Posted on: September 8th, 2020 by admin No Comments

Recruitment is a dynamic, expansive, and ever evolving field and it has become quite infamous because of the myths that surround it – many of which are simply untrue. Some of these recruitment myths are brought on by the industry adapting its tactics and processes to the shifting workforce demand and technological advancements in the field. Others are hauled from outdated ways of the past that no longer work in today’s market.

It’s time we uncover the truth behind these recruitment myths because believing in them not only waste companies a lot of time and money – they can also completely derail the hiring process.

Recruitment Myth #1: Selecting Candidates Based Solely On Their Job Skills And Experiences

It’s certainly important to choose a candidate with the right skills and experiences needed to be successful in the role you’re trying to hire for. But those two things shouldn’t be the ONLY thing you’re on the lookout for when it comes to scouting for the best candidates. Another factor you should be considering is whether or not a candidate is a good fit with your company culture. Making the mistake of hiring someone who isn’t a good fit with your company culture typically results in people quitting or needing to be terminated not long after being hired.  This can have a cumulative and negative impact on your employee turnover rate.

Scouting for candidates that are aligned with your company culture could be worked into your hiring strategy by clearly defining your values and culture as a company, and including it in all your job ads and descriptions. This will help attract candidates who fit into your company culture early on in the hiring process and filter out those who are not suitable.

Recruitment Myth #2: Employers Have All The Power In The Recruitment Process

As an employer, it’s easy to believe that you hold all the power in the hiring process. But with the current Australian unemployment rate at just 7.62%, it’s very much a candidate-led market and this allows job seekers to exercise more sway. This could present challenges to employers trying to recruit for open positions with a small pool of applicants to pick from. Aside from the limited amount of candidates, fighting with competitors to attract and retain top talent could mean being more flexible when it comes to offering higher salaries, and making quick and decisive moves once you find the best fit. Offering higher salaries and competitive benefits to help incentivise top talent to make a career move might cost you more when hiring a new employee, but it can save you even more in the long run once you have the best people in your company.

Recruitment Myth #3: Finding The Best Candidates Is All About Well Written Job Descriptions

Well written job descriptions are helpful for attracting the ideal candidates for your job openings… Ideal candidates that are actively looking for a job, that is. Because according to LinkedIn, even though only 15% of people are satisfied with their current positions, only 25% are actively looking for a better one. That means there are a lot of people out there that would love to make the switch if the right opportunity presented itself. Unfortunately, these people aren’t actively looking for said opportunity. So while job descriptions definitely work, they only work on people who can see them. And that doesn’t include these “passive candidates.”

So how do you reach these passive job seekers? Recruitment agencies have a better chance of knowing who these people are, how to contact them, and what benefits you can throw their way to help incentivise them into making a career move. 

Recruitment Myth #4: You Have To Handle Recruitment Internally

The recruitment process can be overwhelming, time consuming, and resource-draining; especially when you take on it without the help of professional recruiters. As your company grows, so do the roles that you need to hire for. Because of this, simply working with in-house HR staff might not be enough in ensuring that you get the best talent to fill your open positions. This is where recruitment agencies come in handy. Aside from collecting and assessing CV’s, conducting interviews, and checking references, agencies also have specialist recruitment consultants that are well-informed in specific roles, skills, and industries that in-house recruiters might not always be familiar with.

Recruitment can be filled with misconceptions and uncertainties. But working with an effective recruitment agency in Australia can help you overcome these challenges and better ensure that you hire only the top talents for your open positions.

Connect with us today to find your next great hire! Start the conversation with the best IT recruitment consultants in Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane by emailing office@redwolfrosch.com.au or calling 1300 544 652.

Top 5 Job Search Tips For Getting Hired During The Pandemic

Posted on: September 1st, 2020 by admin No Comments

Looking for a job and getting hired is never uncomplicated. But the Coronavirus pandemic has brought on challenges in the job search process that both employers and candidates have never seen before. As companies move their workforce to remote settings and the number of layoffs and furloughs increase, many job seekers wonder if they should even be sending out applications.

We believe that you shouldn’t stop networking and applying. What you should do? Adapt your approach to fit these uncertain times. Here are a couple of tips to help you navigate through the job search process and get hired during the pandemic.

Research Industries And Companies That Are Actively Hiring

In general, the job market outlook is looking bleak, at least for the moment. But believe it or not, there are still companies and entire industries that are trying to ramp up their hiring. To help with your job search, find out about who these companies are, what skill sets they are looking for, and how you can shift your experience and expertise to meet their needs.

Take Advantage Of  The Current Downtime To Boost Your Skills

Take the current downtime to pick up new skills. Not only will these new skills make your resume look sharp and aid in your job search, you can also highlight them during interviews to show recruiters and employers that you have the ability, eagerness, and motivation to learn new skills. 

Add Remote Work-Friendly Keywords To Your CV, Cover Letter, And LinkedIn Profile

Since many companies have moved their current employees to work from home or remote work schemes, most of them are beginning to recognize the importance of flexibility and adaptability to work through these challenges and uncertainties. Many of them are also keen on ensuring that the talents they bring on board in the future are adept and experienced in shifting through these types of unpredictabilities. 

When sending out applications – and even on your Linkedin profile – be sure to include and highlight relevant tech tools that you have experience using, as well as soft skills that come in handy when working remotely such as written communication, time management, and the ability to work autonomously. This will help recruiters and employers know that you’re well equipped to work in #TheNewNormal and can also help take your job search to the next level.

Ace The Video Interview

Interviews have always been nerve-racking. But video interviews can be even more daunting and stressful because it’s more difficult to build rapport and pick up on social cues over Zoom. With that said, it wouldn’t hurt to be overprepared: Dress as you would for an in-person interview (yes, including pants or skirt!), test your audio, framing, and background well before the interview is set to begin, and engage by nodding along and smiling during appropriate times.

Work With A Specialist Recruitment Agency For Your Job Search

Even before the Coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc across all aspects of our lives, looking for a job has never been a leisurely walk in the park. By teaming up with a recruitment agency, you can make your job search a little less challenging.

Recruitment agencies work with businesses who are looking to fill up open positions with suitable candidates so not only will they know more about which companies are hiring, they’d also be able to match you with the most ideal job for your skills and experiences. This will help you save time and give you access to more (and better) job opportunities, and even if you don’t get hired for the first potential match, you stay in the recruitment agency’s database for future positions. Lastly, job agencies make money by placing candidates and they don’t earn anything until after a successful hiring process. This motivation can certainly do good for you and your job search.

Ready to boost your job search and find the most ideal job vacancies in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney? Boost that Profile and CV and send it across to us, we’d love to hear from you! 

Start the conversation with the best IT recruitment consultants in Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane by emailing office@redwolfrosch.com.au or calling 1300 544 652.

Staying Positive & Productive During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Posted on: August 25th, 2020 by admin No Comments

The only way you could have avoided getting hit by the doom and gloom brought by the Coronavirus pandemic would be if you lived under a rock. Considering the very real and very daunting challenges the world is currently facing, it’s hard for even the most optimistic people to stay positive. For many of us, our effort to stay on top of the news has left us seemingly unable to focus on anything other than the calamities, tragedies, and disasters that are happening around the globe. After all, it’s all we ever seem to see in the news these days.

It’s obviously important to stay informed, but this doesn’t mean you have to allow yourself to be bombarded by them from the moment you wake ‘til the moment you sleep. And if you want to be able to stay productive during the Coronavirus pandemic, maintaining some positivity is very important. Here are a few things that can help:

Limit Your News Intake & Reward Yourself  With Some Funny Videos

There are countless news channels, websites, radio shows, and web series that serve piping hot news, round the clock. But in our effort to stay as informed as possible, we need to make sure we don’t end up drowning in all of it, especially since many news headlines these days are negative. You should instead pick a handful of trusted sources to receive your news from, and then decide how much limited time in a day you’d want to spend reading from them. And as you’re consuming content on the internet, make sure you give yourself a break from all the seriousness by watching some funny videos. A little laughter can go a long way, especially during such stressful and uncertain times.

Self Care 

While it’s easy to want to skip on the self-care during a pandemic, it’s actually more important than ever to focus on it. You’ll want to boost your immune system so it can do its job (and provide a tiny bit of peace of mind while it’s at it). You can also take advantage of the extra time you have these days to get some good sleep and exercise in. Read a book, listen to music, anything to help you relax and reduce stress. These activities will not only make you feel better physically but mentally as well.

Connect With Friends &  Loved Ones

Physical distancing has been put in place in many cities all over the world, but this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t maintain our closeness with our friends and loved ones, nor does it mean you shouldn’t cease the opportunity to reconnect with all those people you said you would if you only had the time (which you do now). And remember, all of us are being affected by the pandemic, some worse than others. Make sure you don’t forget to check in on your friends and family.

Explore & Learn New Skills

While this pandemic has undoubtedly caused many devastating effects, it’s also brought forth something that many of us didn’t really have before — free time. And as appealing as it might be to sit and wallow on all our plans that got cancelled because of the pandemic, it’s better to spend your time on things that you can control and are more worthwhile. Such as learning new skills. Whether it be cooking, a home repair hack, or painting, it wouldn’t hurt to come out of the other side of this pandemic a better version of yourself.

Do An Inventory Of  Your Day

Make sure you close your day, every day, by acknowledging the things you have learned, accomplished, and are grateful for. While it wouldn’t exactly make all the negativity go away, acknowledging these things might help dilute them and remind you that in the midst of all this craziness, there’s still some good to be thankful for.

Start the conversation with the best IT recruitment consultants in Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane by emailing office@redwolfrosch.com.au or calling 1300 544 652.

Job Interview Tips To Get You Hired (Virtual & In-Person)

Posted on: August 4th, 2020 by admin No Comments

The entire process of job searching can be very nerve-wracking. But one of the most (if not the most) intimidating parts of it is the interview. Getting the chance to get your foot in the door is without a doubt something to be excited about, but when you think about how the interview is your only chance to make a great and lasting impression, it starts to feel more than a little daunting.

Importance of job interviews in the application process

Interviews give you and your potential employer the opportunity to determine and decide if your skills align with the company’s needs, values, and culture. It also allows you to become more familiar with your potential work environment, colleagues, and other information that will ultimately help you decide whether the job is a good fit for you or not.

With that said, showing up to your job interview the right way is of the utmost importance. And while it’s true for both in-person and virtual job interviews, screenings and meetings conducted via Zoom or Skype have become more commonplace because of the Coronavirus pandemic. So we’ve compiled tips to help you ace both your in-person and virtual job interviews.

General job interview tips

Do your research
Not only will doing research about the industry and the company help you better determine whether or not the role would be a good fit for you and your skills, but it will also help you go into the interview with confidence.

Learn about and practice answering common interview questions
Being prepared to answer common interview questions like “Tell me about yourself” and “What makes you interested in the role?” is a great way to effectively (and quickly) communicate who you are and the value that you have to offer the company.

Be prepared with examples of your work
During your interview, you’ll likely be asked about specific work experiences you’ve had that are relevant to the position you’re applying for. Reading the job description thoroughly can help ensure that you are able to think of the most fitting examples of work that you’ve done in the past that are worth highlighting.

Dress to impress
This might seem like something that only applies to in-person interviews, but trust us, this applies to virtual ones as well. You don’t have to don a tux or a gown, but dressing professionally will show you’re serious about the position you’re applying for so absolutely no pyjamas, and you definitely need to wear pants!

If you’re going to an in-person interview and you’ve been in contact with the recruiter before you’re set to meet, you can ask about the company’s dress code. If not, you can do your own research about the company to learn what’s appropriate. It also wouldn’t hurt to plan your outfit the night before your interview and to get them ready (and ironed!) for the next day.

Be early
Arriving early for an interview not only helps you get more settled in and relaxed for your interview, it also allows you the time to observe the workplace and your potential coworkers.

And while this also seems like something that only applies to in-person interviews, there’s plenty of reasons why you’d want to be early for your virtual interview as well. Being early will allow you ample time to check that your tools and tech are working properly. Overall, arriving late (or even ‘just in time’) for an interview just isn’t the best idea.

Video job interview tips

Check internet connection and do a test run
And this is something that you shouldn’t just check and test right before your interview, you should be ensuring that your tools, technology, and connectivity are all working the minute you agree to the interview. With that said, you should still check and do a test run of your internet, microphone, camera, and any other tools you’d be using on the day of your interview, just to be sure. 

Set the scene, minimize distractions
The best time to determine which area in the house you’d be having the interview in is when you’re testing your tools and tech. This will help you find the spot with the best lighting, background (tip: a blank wall will ensure you’re the focal point), and the least noise and distractions.

Mind your body language
Just because you and your interviewer aren’t in the same room, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep your body language in check. The fact that you’re engaging with someone virtually actually makes it even more important that you pay attention to body language. After all, you couldn’t really do the firm handshake trick on Zoom. So instead, compensate by sitting up straight, maintaining a friendly smile, and ensuring that your camera is at eye-level.

Make a connection, stand out
You’ll never know how many interviews a recruiter conducts in a day and who knows, you might be at the very end of the list. That’s why it’s important to be genuine and positive throughout your interview to allow the recruiter to be more at ease and relate with you. Mentioning relevant common interests can also help break the ice and might also allow the recruiter a bit of break from routine questions and conversations. 

Connecting with people isn’t always easy. And in our #NewNormal, it’s easy to think that having a genuine connection with an interviewer isn’t as important as it was pre-pandemic. When in fact, it’s quite the contrary. It is an integral part of interviews, even virtual ones. You want the interviewer to remember you as a capable and qualified person, rather than just a face on a screen that easily blends in with other job seekers.

We wish you luck! 

Start the conversation with the best IT recruitment consultants in Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane by emailing office@redwolfrosch.com.au or calling 1300 544 652.

The Redwolf + Rosch team

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Top 5 benefits of using a specialist recruitment agency

Posted on: July 3rd, 2020 by admin No Comments

Using job boards, attending job fairs, and asking for referrals are good ways to find your next hire. But if you want to find your next GREAT hire then using a recruitment agency (a great one) is your best bet. The basic purpose of recruitment agencies is to help companies find the perfect people to fill their open positions while also helping job seekers find the most ideal roles for their skills. But many of us don’t realise that they provide some other great benefits as well. Here are some of them:

Better Access To Quality Candidates

Recruitment agencies have access to a wide range of highly skilled job seekers that have been pre-screened and/or referred by a reputable source. The goal for job agencies is always long term and worthwhile employment, so not only will they align you and your company’s needs and values with availability, but with the right abilities as well. 

Save Time

Part of an agency’s role is to collect and assess candidates’ CV’s, filter talented job seekers, check references, and conduct interviews. This is all so companies don’t have to. Consistently working with recruitment agencies also allows them to keep track of and better understand a company’s recruitment needs, which can, in turn, ensure that they hire the most ideal candidates at a timely and cost-effective manner.

Recruitment Agencies Have Knowledge Of Specialist Skills & Industries

Together with a company’s growth, the types of roles you’ll need to hire for will expand as well. This will require special and complex interviews for positions that in-house recruiters might not always be familiar with. This is another area where recruitment agencies come in very handy because they have staff and specialist recruitment consultants for specific industries and roles. Because of their experience in specialist recruitment, they would also be the perfect resource for industry-specific trends, required skills, and salary levels.

The Focus Is Always On Fulfilling The Clients’ Needs

Recruitment agencies don’t get compensated before a successful candidate is placed. And if there is no successful placement, no fee is collected. This means that the focus is always on fulfilling the client’s needs first by ensuring the roles are filled by the best candidates who possess the right skills and are genuinely interested in becoming a part of the company.

Recruitment Agencies Have An Extended Reach

It’s easy to think that all the best candidates for your company’s open positions are actively looking for a job. But that isn’t the case at all. There are those that are referred to as ‘passive talent’, and they reaffirm the saying that the most worthwhile things take time to find. This talent isn’t really looking for a job, and it’s most likely because they are valued and are happy in their current position, which often means they have a lot to offer and contribute to the company. Recruitment agencies have a better chance of knowing who these people are, how to connect with them, and the right ways to incentivise them into making a move. 

Another benefit of working with recruitment agencies that’s worth noting is the simple fact that recruiting people is really what agencies are all about. Finding the best people to match with the most ideal roles in the most prime companies is where our focus and passion lies. With that said, we ensure to maximise not only the number but the quality of candidates we receive as well. We do this by supercharging the hiring process, from writing the most compelling job advertisements, to conducting the most effective interviews to better filter candidates, and more.

Ready to find your next great hire? Start the conversation with the best IT recruitment consultants in Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane by emailing office@redwolfrosch.com.au or calling 1300 544 652.

10 Remote Onboarding Tips

Posted on: April 27th, 2020 by admin No Comments

HR leaders play an essential role when introducing a company to a new employee. It is fundamental to brief about the organization’s culture, values, processes and expectations to ensure that the new team member proceeds comfortably in its role.

Welcoming starters in person brings a higher sense of interaction. However, with most people working from their homes because of the recent COVID-19 situation, companies felt forced to embrace remote work and the onboarding process.

Many companies have been hiring remote workers even before the coronavirus situation started. Obviously, this brings us one question: How can I onboard my new employee remotely and efficiently?

We’ve decided to share 10 tips to have a powerful remote onboarding process:

  1. A warm welcome – Make the new team member feel welcome!
  2. Delegate – Name a contact person responsible for the onboarding. This person will be the main contact, responsible for the induction process, sharing files, links, videos and will be open to future questions
  3. Test – Refine your onboarding process. We have 3 words: Test! Test! And Test! It’s all about the user experience. Ensure that you have an efficient process, everything is working properly, all the links are connected and the expected results are set in terms of what you want to achieve with each action
  4. Improvement – Embrace automation. If you have to onboard several workers this will definitely save you some time and training cost. Create videos linked to actions that allow the new employee to navigate and learn by himself
  5. Share values – Introduce the company’s culture. Make the new employee get familiar with your organisation’s shared values
  6. Goal-oriented – Have clear goals for the first week. Set expectations, so they know exactly what to work on during their first week
  7. Communication – Choose a good video chat channel with a shared screen to be used when necessary. Most commonly used are Zoom, Whereby, Google Hangouts, and others
  8. Videos – Create short videos with shared screens. A great tool to teach a process, not even for new employees but also for veterans that haven’t done any particular task yet. You can also leave it available in your internal system as Intranet, for example, so all the employees may access it whenever they feel like some learning and development
  9. Awareness – Be mindful that not everyone had previous remote working experience. It’s important to provide proper support to cover eventual challenges faced by this starter
  10. Open mind – Be open to feedback. This is important to improve your onboarding process for future hirings

Remember, it’s crucial to make the new employee feel welcome, getting familiar with the organisation culture, and also comfortable knowing exactly what is expected from them. Working remotely can be challenging especially for those who are new to this and are used to the physical working space itself. It is your role to ensure that you make a positive first impression, adopting dynamic systems, keeping a healthy connection with other employees and be genuine supportive in order to maintain the new member’s motivation and performing favourably.

If you are interested in learning more, please start the conversation with the best IT recruitment consultants in Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane by emailing office@redwolfrosch.com.au or calling 1300 544 652.

The proactive candidate gets the worm

Posted on: February 12th, 2020 by admin No Comments

There is something I’ve noticed. As a recruitment agency in the digital and tech space, we get many many (many) CVs and applications every week. Hundreds and hundreds in fact.

So how many phone calls do we get per week about those jobs? How many candidates call us after they have applied?

Maybe 10.

What that shows me is that many candidates are applying for jobs and crossing their fingers and toes hoping someone will call them back about it. And sure, that might happen some of the time, but it will take time and sometimes never happens. All you get is an email reply (sometimes nothing).

Here is a little recruiter secret. If we find someone suitable who applied before you then we will start the process with them and there is a chance you miss out. Because let’s face it, going through hundreds of CVs is a time-consuming process and most people only go through enough until they find the few they want.

We want to find the best person for every role but we also want to find them quickly. I posted a role a day ago and already have more than 100 applications. I got about 3 phone-calls about that role. Guess which candidates I’ve spoken with first? Yep, the ones who called me.

One of them wasn’t suitable for that role but was ideal for another role so after the screening and interview process was complete I submitted him to a more suitable opportunity that he would have never known about had he not been proactive and called me up. He now has a shot at a great role that will grow his career.

Another candidate applied for a different position and then kept calling and calling me and finally managed to reach me (between meetings). He was perfect for the role he had applied for and was submitted after the screening and interview process was complete.

Another candidate also did the same thing and she impressed me even further by coming in for an interview 2 hours later!! That kind of attitude and proactivity translated into every facet of her work and it was clear she was a go-getter. She was submitted and the next day she had a client interview. Wow, what a response time.

Now, some candidates will just ‘machine gun’ applications out to everyone and everywhere, hoping something will stick and someone will call them back. Sure that might happen some of the time and you can try your luck that way.

But if you see a job you LOVE and one you think you’d be PERFECT for then I highly encourage you to pick up that phone and give the recruiter or hiring manager a call and let them know you are there. It’s already a great start because it demonstrates you are proactive, you don’t have to tell them. Tick.

A quick note, please always send your CV or click apply BEFORE you call so you don’t waste your call and we can access your experience immediately and if the fit is good we can move quickly.

If you wonder why you are not getting call-backs to positions you’ve applied to that you think you are perfect for, it could just be that some proactive candidate beat you to it. So next time you see that dream job, apply and then pick up the phone and have a chat!!

Good luck and hope this helps.

Bart

Start the conversation with the best IT recruitment consultants in Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane by emailing office@redwolfrosch.com.au or calling 1300 544 652.

ABN Sole Traders, are you a contractor or employee?

Posted on: February 11th, 2020 by admin No Comments

We get asked this question quite often so I wanted to write a short post to help anyone out there who is confused about the difference between PAYG, ABN and PTY LTD and clarify the difference for you in terms of Tax obligations.

PAYG: Standard employee arrangement. Either as a permanent employee or temp where you submit timesheets and get paid regularly, Super is paid quarterly and tax is deducted every pay. You can then claim once a year when you do your tax return.

PTY LTD: Some long term contractors invest in creating a company to contract through. This comes at extra costs and admin overhead but it can have some tax benefits if you are a career contractor. Probably not worth the hassle for shorter-term contracts.

And here is the curly one… ABN Sole Traders

Do you have an ABN and want to do some contract work? Are you an employer looking to engage an ABN contractor?

There are some pretty strict guidelines set out by the ATO regarding ABN Sole Traders so hopefully, this information will help you be compliant and prevent you from getting into hot water with the ATO.

We often get asked the question by contractors that have an ABN and are a Sole Trader why we still have to withhold their tax and pay their Super ourselves.

The simple answer is that ABN Sole Traders that do 9-5 type work are effectively seen as employees in the eyes of the tax office. If you are doing regular work during regular hours and getting paid a regular (daily or hourly rate) then you are not doing ‘contract’ work.

ATO TOOLS

Employee or contractor decision tool: https://t.ly/e9mVk (are you really a contractor?)

Employer tax and super obligations: https://t.ly/WjB7v (if the decision tool decides someone is an employee then it’s against the law to treat them as a contractor)

If your engagement came up as an employee classification. You can still probably claim more via your ABN but it looks like legally your employer will have to treat you as an employee and withhold tax.

The ATO is getting smarter and smarter these days with their Machine Learning and AI and you want to make sure that you can continue contracting and engaging contractors without exposing yourself.

Hope this helps 🙂

Bart

Start the conversation with the best IT recruitment consultants in Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane by emailing office@redwolfrosch.com.au or calling 1300 544 652.


Note: I’m not an accountant so this should not be taken as financial advice.

The magic of little tomatoes (pomodoros)

Posted on: March 7th, 2019 by admin No Comments

What is a pomodoro? Yes it’s delicious sauce made of fresh tomatoes basil and olive oil that you can mix in with pasta. But it’s also a time management technique and it’s magic. Some of you may already be aware of this secret sauce but I thought I’d share this for the benefit of those who are not. 

Why is it magic? Well, think about the way we all work now… open offices, constant interruptions, pings and notifications, communication and multi tasking overhead, it’s amazing we can get any work done at all.

After discovering pomodoros, I was surprised what I could achieve with extreme focus when everything else was ignored except one task I’m currently working on. It’s really when you decide to focus on one thing and ignore everything else for 25 mins at a time that magic starts to happen. 

A simple technique originally developer in the 1980’s by an Italian University student name Cirillo. Pomodoro is used globally now as a form of time boxing and in software design in paired programming contexts. At its simplest, it’s a 4 step process listed below. 

1.     Decide on the task to be done

2.     Set the pomodoro timer (traditionally to 25 minutes)

3.     Work on the task

4.     End work when the timer rings and put a checkmark on a piece of paper

Then you just repeat this process over and over again. Some tasks only require one pomodoro (eg. Checking emails in the morning) and some complex and involved tasks need 5 or 6 pomodoros. When work is timeboxed into 25 min intervals, its easier to become productive and when the whole office is doing it people stop casually interrupting people that are in pomodoro sprints (slack is still ok) and everyone becomes more focused and productive (and happier). The other little benefit is that at the end of a pomodoro you can take a guilt free 5 min break. I have a pomodoro timer that I got at the Mac App Store for $7 which combines a to do list and pomodoro timer so you can stack your pomodoros for the day. 

Changing to this type of work does require a change of mindset and some discipline to get started and stay focused on one task but once the concept of pomodoros starts to kick in, it will change the way you work forever! 

Bart 

Start the conversation with the best IT recruitment consultants in Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane by emailing office@redwolfrosch.com.au or calling 1300 544 652.

Redwolf Consulting is now Redwolf + Rosch!

Posted on: November 2nd, 2016 by admin No Comments

Passionate specialists in Digital, IT, Sales & Marketing recruitment

It’s my great pleasure to formally announce the recent merging of Redwolf Consulting and Rosch Group!

We are honoured to bring together our highly specialised Digital, IT, Sales & Marketing consultants to form one cohesive group of best-in-breed recruiters with deep roots in the Australian ecosystem going back nearly 25 years.

WHY NOW?
Over the years, we have seen a tremendous rise in activity across the Digital, IT, Sales & Marketing ecosystem here in Melbourne. With the goal of organic and smart growth from the start, we see this merger as an opportunity to drive Redwolf + Rosch’s expansion across Australia and cultivate our depth of expertise in Digital, IT, Sales & Marketing recruitment consulting.

Equally exciting as part of our merger we welcome the business acumen, passion and technology experience of Rosch’s Director Philip Weinman.

WHAT’S NEXT?
We look forward to continuing to serve our growing network as the leading Digital, IT, Sales & Marketing recruitment consultants. We get excited about working with great candidates and employers, because we believe the right person in the right organisation can literally change the world!

And we want to go on that journey together with you.

Over the coming months you’ll notice updates to our digital assets and branded collateral as well as our increased presence in local activities, meetups and events for Digital, IT, Sales & Marketing.

THIS CALLS FOR A CELEBRATION!
We’d love to invite you over to our new digs at 42 Barkly St in St. Kilda for a BBQ on Thursday, 8th December. We’ll kick off the holiday season & summer-time sunshine. RSVP HERE!

Clients and candidates from every industry will be there so RSVP NOW! It’s a great opportunity to meet-and-greet with Melbourne’s finest in Digital, IT, Sales & Marketing. Feel free to bring along anyone who would be interested in meeting the team at Redwolf + Rosch and our fantastic network.

Want to learn more about how Redwolf + Rosch can you help Work Somewhere Great? Contact our specialised consultants today to find out how.

All the best,
Bart

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“Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”
– Jim Collins, Good to Great

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