Re-entering the workforce after a career gap can be hard. Interviewers may want to know why. But with that brings an opportunity to discuss your life, values and learnings. LinkedIn launched their 'Career Break' profile feature on March 1 (above). It signals a more inclusive platform that conside...

With borders open between Australia and the UK, more and more agencies are ready to hire incoming talent. Here's what you can expect for your job search if you're moving.It's no lie, adland has been hit hard in both Australia and the UK as candidates move client side in search for more flexibilit...

Larisa Todd, Stopgap's Senior Consultant, offers insight on employee retention, the importance of wellbeing programs and what it means for your job search.   Employee retention indicates an organisations turnover rate of employees. It can be interpreted in different ways and is a product of...

How can we maintain a sense of sanity, productivity and connection with our teams? The third year of #WFH is upon us and yet again we're back to working under the same roof as our partners, children, flatmates, dogs, cats and ourselves.There are endless benefits to working from home but remote wo...

The past few months have shown a strong rebound for opportunities in Australia across many different industries, but one of the most significant shifts in demand is in the marketing space. The landscape this time last year was fairly bleak, with many marketing departments across the world faci...

If 2020 was the year of adapting to remote work, 2021 is the year of a shift in the landscape of global recruitment. Naturally, hiring for leadership and executive roles places immense pressure on companies and their owners – as it’s not just about finding someone to plug a gap, but someone to le...

We’ve all done it – replayed a moment in your head when you could stopped someone talking over you, stood up for a colleague or corrected someone giving out inaccurate advice or information.“At work, you don’t always say what you think needs to be said, and it’s not just you,” says Molly Tschang,...

Chances are, we’ve all received a rejection from a job application at one point in our lives.  These rejections though, can shape our career just as much as the successful applications do. These rejections influence your career path and, if used correctly, can give you a spring board to improv...

Motivation is defined as “a reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way,” and in a professional environment this can translate to the willingness to get the job done despite distractions, and investing enough effort to succeed. If you break it down, motivation constitutes for 40%...

It’s no secret that there is an abundance of opportunities on the market at the moment, with jobs ads on SEEK at a 23 year record high. We’re finding that strong candidates will have 2 or 3 solid opportunities on the go, so some businesses are bound to miss out on their strongest candidates to co...

Advertising is a field that seems to have well and truly bounced back after the pandemic. This makes perfect sense when you consider the desire for big brands to be front and center of consumer’s minds as economies pick up and a sense of normality returns.For context, our advertising side consult...

Unfortunately, as the end of job keeper comes into play, it is the harsh reality that more job losses could be on the horizon off the back of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Whilst on the one hand we are as busy as ever working with clients that are actively expanding their team, we know it is an incr...

  We are now in a time when video interviews are a preferred step in the interview process for most of our clients.  Whilst the format is the same, it takes skill to know how to capture attention, be interactive and leave a lasting impression through your computer screen Here are some us...

We’re in the business of helping people with their career aspirations and conducting their job search at Stopgap, and for most people, the hunt for new opportunities is something they will experience at least once a decade. The search for a new role can be exciting; with the potential of new oppo...

February is Usually when the job market picks up for the New Year – which should be news to the ears of many candidates who’ve been out of work for a while.For many people, there may be some return to work dread – but for those who have been out of the workforce for a while, there are added stres...

Every cloud has a silver lining, and for many of our clients and candidates alike, this has been the ability to spend more time at home and less time commuting. But, as the economy begins to piece itself back together and staff members are asked to come back into the workplace, return to work ...

There is an 8 out of 10 chance that you are one of the poorest people in the world. However – we don’t mean poor in the sense of material wealth (although this is a pressing issue for many of us at the moment). We’re talking poor in the sense of time – you have a lot of things to do, and not a...

“Your employees are your companies greatest asset” is a quote that has been regurgitated many times by many people in many industries over time.  For any business owner or manager, learning how to nurture and retain your best employees is a valuable skill. To put this in to context, replacing ...

We all get stuck in a work rut from time to time, whether it's struggling to maintain work life boundaries now your working from home, trying to keep in touch with colleagues over Zoom or simply having trouble focusing. But there's good news - reinvigorating our days doesn't require a huge ove...

The Undercover Recruiter recently asked experts in the recruitment industry about the secrets of getting hired and they shared some pieces of wisdom on how to get a recruiter to notice you. Jo Cresswell – Corporate Communications Manager at Glassdoor “When initially getting in touch with a ...