“Do we only work with Australasians – no!”
Australasian Recruitment Company was first established in London primarily to help people from the Australian and New Zealand communities to find temporary roles. But Brits now make up the largest chunk of our candidate base! We first formed back in 2003, setting up our HQ in London to focus primarily…
View PostCould You Be Due Some Tax Back?
While we have excitingly been seeing the job market pick up in the first half of 2021, and we expect this trend to continue as the UK makes it way out of restrictions, one of the sad realities of the pandemic was people ending up out of work or on…
View PostUK Mental Health Awareness Week takes place this week and this year’s theme is nature and the environment. It goes without saying that access to nature, and variety of environment, are very important pieces of the mental health puzzle – and most of us experienced this during the lockdown periods.…
View PostLooking After Your Wellbeing When Working from Home
We are now at a point where we have gained more than enough experience of working from home – to the point where many of us miss the office environment and the benefits it can offer. As we all endure our longest lockdown to date, it is also apparent that…
View PostUnravelling Unconscious Bias (Part Two)
In part two of unravelling unconscious bias, we look more specifically at different types of unconscious bias and ways to avoid them. 1. Similarity bias Think of your own organisation. Is there a typical background that a majority of employees share? Is the majority very sports-orientated? Have the majority attended…
View PostUnravelling Unconscious Bias (Part One)
As part of our series of blogs discussing diversity and inclusion, we take a two-part look at what unconscious bias is, and what we can do to mitigate it. Starting at the beginning – how does unconscious bias differ from bias? In simple terms, if we are intentionally biased, we…
View PostHow to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Work!
While it is tempting to dwell on the latest lockdown announcement (our view is to look through the lockdown, and to look forward to a time not too far away from now when pent up demand will see all parts of the economy bounce back strongly later this year) instead…
View PostDiversity and Inclusion – MOB Academy
Our clients often ask us as a London-based recruitment agency what our policy is for diverse and inclusive hiring, as well as what commitments we have made either externally or internally in relation to diversity and inclusion. Today we wanted to share the contribution that our co-founder, Jeremy Nicholls, has…
View PostOur Time Best Spent 2020 has been a year when many freedoms we took for granted such as being able to go on holiday, socialise with friends, or see our loved ones, have been removed. One freedom we did not lose was the freedom to choose our own response to…
View PostRecruitment Company – and Not Just Australasian!
Recruitment Company – and not just Australasian! “Does exactly what it says on the tin” Ronseal’s strapline has been the cornerstone of its advertising since 1994 and secured the brand its position as a market leader. When the founders named Australasian Recruitment Company 17 years ago, they sought to do…
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