The challenges that organisations must overcome as part of their attraction and retention strategies for 2025.

To keep you ahead of the curve, we’ve distilled an array of insights, reports and thought leadership across the world of work, enabling your organisation to understand the challenges and opportunities ahead.

With major steps being taken globally to make pay transparency law, we look at the benefits and how you can start to implement it.

The results from global trials continue to impress, but is a four-day work week the right fit for your company?

New industrial regulations, demand for flexibility on both sides, new skills needed and acute skills shortages…. 2022 offered some big challenges for HR and Talent Acquisition leaders, so what can they expect for 2023? Hays’ experts offer insights on what trends may continue, and what new challenges might show up so you can be prepared for the year ahead. 

The Federal Government’s Jobs and Skills summit, held on 1-2 of September, was designed to bring together unions, employers, civil society and governments to address the shared economic challenges of near record unemployment and a shortage of skills in Australia’s current, and future, labour forces.

Australia faces a skills shortage at a level unmatched in our 46 years in recruitment in this market. This year’s newly released Hays Salary Guide shows that 91% of surveyed employers are experiencing a skills shortage. More than four in five (83%) say it will impact the effective operation or growth plans of their organisation, up from 64% last year.

After almost two years of disruption, employers and HR now have an opportunity to pause, reflect and reset. Many changes have been made for the better, but others have led to a whole new set of challenges.