Challenging Year Ahead FY2011

The Cairns Region has been experiencing a great start to the financial year. Four new flights from Taiwan and the national school holidays increased the tourist numbers into our region which was well received by local business. Hospitality and Tourism industries are...

Winner Job Ads

Whether it is an employer market or candidate market, the number one priority is to attract the right candidates to your job vacancy. Being too broad in the description could see you receiving droves of non-related applications whilst presenting uninspiring, boring...

Background checking

Having been in recruitment over a decade, I know all too well the importance of background checking. Let’s face it, the CV is a major selling point for the candidate and is written to portrait him/her in the best possible light, but is it all true? As a hiring...

The 2nd Centrelink Jobs Expo is coming to Cairns

As a follow on from the previous expo held in Cairns in December last year, the Australian Government has recently given the green-light for the 2nd Centrelink Cairns Jobs Expo to be held at the Cairns Showground, Friday, 25 June 2010. The Centrelink Jobs Expo is part...

What’s up Cairns

So what’s happening Cairns? The rest of the country is getting back to normal and we are lacking behind with an unemployment rate @12.4%, which is more than double the national rate of 5.4% with the Tourism and Construction sectors suffering the most. There have...