Podcasts
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Recruitment News Australia Weekly Podcast
Each Tuesday the RNA podcast featuring Ross Clennett & Adele Last drops and is full of news, movements, statistics and industry insights and a ‘Question of the Week’ which tackles some of the most burning questions in the industry. Tune in and subscribe.
We feature the weekly episode here and also prepare a written overview of the podcast if you prefer to read the information.
Recruitment Related Podcasts - Global
Hung Lee – Recruitment Industry Expert & Community Builder
Hung Lee is a seasoned recruitment industry professional with over 15 years of experience spanning agency recruitment, recruitment management, internal talent leadership, and recruitment training. As the founder of the award-winning online recruiting platform WorkShape, he has been at the forefront of innovation in talent matching. Today, Hung is best known as the Editor and Community Builder at Recruiting Brainfood, a highly regarded newsletter and platform that curates the best insights, trends, and discussions in the global recruitment space. Passionate about the evolution of hiring, recruitment technology, and community engagement, Hung continues to shape industry conversations and connect professionals worldwide.
Australia’s labour market delivered a genuine surprise in February, with employment jumping by 48,900 people – well above what economists had forecast. Full-time employment increased by 9,800 to 10,125,100, while part-time employment rose by 14,200 to 4,596,300.
Artificial intelligence has quietly doubled its footprint in the Australian jobs market, and the hiring data tells a story that is both encouraging and unresolved.
Artificial intelligence has quietly doubled its footprint in the Australian jobs market, and the hiring data tells a story that is both encouraging and unresolved.
As Sydney’s tech market moves into the second quarter, recruiters are reporting a clear shift away from broad, exploratory role postings toward highly specific, narrowly defined briefs.
The platform lets recruiters replace static CVs and job ads with clean, interactive links. A candidate profile becomes a branded, shareable page. A spec CV becomes a trackable beautifully presented float.
Australia has its first AI-specific workplace law. New South Wales passed the Work Health and Safety Amendment (Digital Work Systems) Act 2026 on 12 February, making it the first jurisdiction in the country to impose explicit legal duties
Australia’s patchwork approach to labour hire licensing is tightening, state by state, and the direction of travel is unmistakably toward a single national framework that will capture almost every agency placing workers with third parties.
On 1 July 2026, one of the most significant compliance changes in years hits every Australian employer. From that date, superannuation contributions must be paid at the same time as wages, not quarterly as has been the norm for decades.
The era of the all-powerful candidate is winding down. After several years in which job seekers held most of the cards, Australia’s labour market is quietly but unmistakably tilting back toward employers, and the recruiters who understand what that means stand to do well from it.
Australian workforce solutions company PeopleIN has announced the appointment of co-founder Tom Reardon as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, with the leadership transition scheduled to take effect on 17 April 2026.
