Wouldn’t it be great if there was a Google® just for jobs? Well, there is!  It’s called Indeed.com.  It’s huge, it’s world-wide and now it’s in Australia.  It’s a one-stop-shop for job ads… and the best part?… it’s free.  Yes, that’s free as in it costs you nothing. And the even better news?  Expr3ss! partnered with Indeed.com in mid December, meaning your job ads get perfectly indexed by the Indeed.com search engine… automagically. That’s right, you need do nothing at all.  The moment your ad goes live on Expr3ss! [visible and in “Apply” mode] Indeed.com will pick it up and…  Read More

Expr3ss! Jobstr3am puts your jobs onto Facebook and Twitter, the two key social platforms reaching over 14 million Australians monthly [1] Expr3ss! Jobstr3am harnesses the power and reach of social media to put your jobs in front of a receptive audience who share them with their friends and followers.  And it does so with no fuss and at absolutely no cost to you. Everyone understands that social media and endorsement is the most effective way to reach large audiences.  Audiences that often are not reached by conventional “above the line” advertising.  You just can’t afford not to be there. How…  Read More

This month Dr Glyn Brokensha features as the cover story on well-known monthly audio programme “Business Essentials”, interviewed by Heather Dawson. And in conjunction with Expr3ss! Business Essentials has a special offer to readers of the Expr3ss! blog that’s worth a cool $100.00 In “How to Recruit Outstanding Employees”, Glyn has resisted the temptation to speak only about Expr3ss! and instead covers developing trends in internet job advertising and the bad habits that often carry over from “print media thinking”.   Heather also draws him out about our ‘3’ … it’s a very important number here at Expr3ss! that signifies much more…  Read More

Tracy Schulze from Beaumont Tiles has hit the headlines in a Case Study published by online HR resource Shortlist.net.au Recounting Beaumont’s experience of near tenfold  staff turnover improvements (20% to 2.5%), Tracy talks about now only needing resumes from her final shortlisted applicants. Here at Expr3ss!, when we recruit we do not even allow a resume to be uploaded until we have our final shortlist.   Believe it or not, it works best that way!   See what Hannah Gartrell from shortlist.net.au wrote in her article ‘Employer sees “massive” staff turnover reduction after eliminating early resume checks’ … you can subscribe…  Read More

“Nothing spoils a good argument like a few facts”, as my late father taught me.  And nowhere could we use a few facts more than in the matter of the myths about screening questions in job applications:  the myths and misconceptions are legion! Expr3ss! makes extensive use of simple “Yes/No” screening questions.  Why?…  because resumes are such appalling predictors of success in role.  That’s a separate topic that I’ve covered before in “What is a Resume For?“.  In a nutshell, resumes are “applicant advertisements”,  no more. “Yes/No” screening questions confer three great advantages.  They are straightforward and unequivocal, making the employer think clearly about…  Read More