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The Time to Move to London is Now!

It’s official – and we’re not just talking about the fact that you can now hug your loved ones or have a meal indoors! We have seen dramatic demand at Australasian Recruitment Company since the beginning of April for all manner of business support roles and top of the list…

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Mental Health Awareness Week

UK 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.…

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Is a 3 Year YMS Visa Just Around the Corner?

Almost in parallel with the prospect of legal limits on social contact being lifted in the UK on June 21st is the news that emerged over the weekend that there is every chance we will see a new Free Trade deal signed between the UK and Australia. But what does…

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How the Best Agencies Help Hiring Managers Save More Than Just the Day!

Our blog this week looks at how recruitment agencies can help business support hiring managers and entry level talent acquisition coordinators find quality candidates quickly.   If you are reading this as a hiring manager, you already have a full-time job without the addition of being required to recruit business support staff – a process which on the face of it should be fairly straightforward, but…

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What is IR35?

You may have heard of the term IR35 around the workplace or in the media in recent times, especially as the legislation came into effect for private companies with the start of the new tax year on the 6th of April – but what is IR35 and does it affect…

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Mind the Gap!

It’s seems like a lifetime since we were being reminded to mind the gap on our commutes in and out of London but with any luck, that time may be coming back again soon. For around 800,000 people in the UK at the last count (and likely to be more…

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The Top 10 Questions to Ask in Your Job Interview

Last week, we tackled the questions you need to ask your recruiter and we had some great feedback from our readers on this topic. This week, now that you know what questions to ask your recruiter, we move on to what questions you need to ask your interviewer. During a…

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Questions to Ask Your Recruiter

Recruiters can be described as anything from a godsend to a necessary evil. We’re a little biased here at Australasian, so we hope to be a necessary godsend for you. The key reason for this being, we may well be the deciding factor as to whether or not you get…

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Using LinkedIn for Your Job Search

Our guest blogger this week is Julia Avitabile who is a senior career transition consultant. Originally from New Zealand, Julia has extensive experience delivering Career Management and Career Development programmes in the United Kingdom, USA and Australia. Julia is knowledgeable in a wide range of topics, from Writing Your CV,…

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Remote Control: How to Manage Teams Remotely

All of us have now been working from home for months and we’ll have our own views on how best we might have been managed over that period. As a leading recruitment agency in London, we’ve pulled together our advice for managing remote teams: “If you’re thinking it, they’re thinking…

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