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Welcome to Drake's Media Releases Page. Here you will find up-to-date press releases and articles Drake provides to the market. Return to this page to find up-to-the-minute thought leadership and research.

Media Release: HR No Longer the Soft Discipline

The rate of change in the world today is occurring at an unprecedented pace. There are many implications for employers attached to the fragile state of the world financial systems.

Media Release: Culture - Harnessing the Invisible Force

The past decade has borne witness to a string of corporate scandals, from human rights abuses and environmental pollution to fraudulent accounting practices. Several of the world’s largest companies collapsed, whilst those that survived paid the cost with a sizable dent in profi ts and an even greater battle to turn a tide of negative public opinion back in their favour.

Media Release: Engineering Solutions to the Skills Shortage

When it comes to attracting great employees, it starts with being a great employer. Last week in Melbourne, members of Engineering Australia gathered with HR experts to discuss strategies to ease continued business pressures caused by a dire shortage of engineering skills.

Media Release: Global Recruitment Trends for Engineering

No engineering employer can afford to ignore the option of global recruitment, however the principles of ‘Sustainable HR Practice’ must not be sacrifi ced. Firms must aspire to be employers of choice, focusing on staff development and engagement, high performance and consequent rewards, and low staff turnover.

Media Release: Unemployment rate holds as market braces for downturn

Media Release: Decline in full-time employment partially offset by
increases in temporary and contract labour

Media Release: Drake International acquires Vertical Talent

Media Release: Battle proven baby boomers better during economic uncertainty

Media Release: Back to the future for baby boomers

Media Release: Top Tips for Helping Staff Deal with Cutbacks

Media Release: Signature of M celebrates Melbourne

Media Release: The first cut is the deepest

Media Release: Green paper avoids talking green skills

Media Release: Driest country on Earth demands more access to
commercially relevant environmental skills.

Media Release: Drake throws support behind tomorrow's leaders

Media Release: Can I see your time-keeping records?

From 27 March an Office of Workplace Services Inspector can demand to audit the pay records of any business, at any time, either as a spot check or due to a complaint being investigated. Not having this data will cost employers $2,750 for each employee whose time records are not up to date and accurate.

Media Release: Love them or hate them - Generation Y is here to stay

In one of the largest studies conducted on Generation Y in Australia, Drake International has found 86% of Generation Y (born between 1980 and 1994) expect to be promoted within two years, 63% stay less than two years with an employer, and over half (52%) think it’s easy to find a new job.

Media Release: Australia’s Ageing Workforce, Labour Shortages Permanent by 2010.

Drake International predicts Australia will face permanent labour shortages across many industry sectors and occupations by 2010, due to the country’s ageing population, making it even harder for HR Managers to fill job vacancies in the future.

Media Release: Internet recruitment is about quantity not quality:

A white paper released today by Drake International reveals internet recruitment has not lived up to expectation, with research showing electronic job boards and web sites return disappointing results.

Media Release: Australia’s Top 500 companies are wasting millions on flexible staff costs

Drake International reveals Australia’s Top 500 companies inadvertently waste millions of dollars each year on consultants, contractors and other flexible staff, due to a lack of visibility for labour costs at the senior management level.