Recruitment
Report
Quarterly Australian work outlook: June quarter 2025
The report provides the survey findings of human resources professionals and decision makers across private, public and not-for-profit organisations in Australia. It offers insights into recruitment and redundancy intentions, employee turnover rates and pay expectations. The report also examines the impact of recent legislative changes on workplace practices, including the right to disconnect and casual...
Report
From classroom to clinic: strategies for recruiting and retaining men in nursing in NSW
Nurses are the backbone of the New South Wales (NSW) public health system, but persistent workforce shortages pose an ongoing challenge. This report proposes a series of targeted strategies to help address the ongoing nursing workforce shortages in NSW, outlining ways to recruit and retain more men into the profession.
Report
Realities and challenges of implementing merit protection frameworks
This report explores the concept of merit in recruitment practices in a modern public sector context, drawing on interviews from three different jurisdictions in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. It outlines a set of key actions and details the latest thinking and practice for governments to consider in their respective recruitment and selection processes.
Survey Report
Aged care worker survey 2024 report
The purpose of the Aged Care Worker Survey is to have a better understanding of how satisfied the aged care workforce is, what their working conditions are and how to attract and keep the right people working in aged care.
Briefing paper
Trends and change in recruitment difficulty
This paper provides an update on the recent trends in the recruitment difficulty rate and examines whether employers are finding recruitment more or less difficult than in the past. It finds recruitment difficulty continues to ease after peaking in late 2022.