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My first week at Fuse Recruitment was an awesome first week! I was made to feel welcomed by the team right away and felt the warmth and the positive culture that Fuse have developed. I was welcomed with a card signed by everyone excited to meet me which was really sweet. Everyone here is very approachable, and happy to answer all my questions no matter how silly they have be...

From my very first day, working at Fuse Recruitment, I was made to feel like a part of the team! Everyone seemed so happy to meet me. I was even given a welcome card signed by everyone in the Melbourne office. Monday: My first day, Monday, started with a team sales meeting which covered how our office is tracking for the month, both at a branch level and an individual level....

Did you know you can sign up for job alerts with Fuse Recruitment? This is the best way to stay up to date with the latest job opportunities we have on offer! After all, it pays to be connected. Are you an active candidate? A “could be tempted” job seeker? Or perhaps you are happy where you are, but you are waiting for your dream role to come up! Well, whatever you are, you ...

We like to think of ourselves as an innovative recruitment business. Not only are we utilising some of the world’s most advanced recruitment technologies that allow us real-time insight into our data and accurate understanding of exactly what’s happening in the job market (and that’s just a few examples); but we pride ourselves on creating new service offerings that are genu...

According to a report regarding the State of Employee Engagement in Australia, our nation is experiencing a considerably low level of employee engagement. This represents a significant issue to businesses nationwide, as employee engagement not only correlates with employee loyalty, but also the effort employees will put in at work. The same report found engaged employees to ...

In a lot of industries work functions and networking events are a common occurrence – they certainly are in Recruitment! Before a work function, managers are often already breaking into a sweat at the thought. While work functions are an ideal chance to let your hair down with colleagues, sometimes the fun gets a bit out of hand. Remember that the rules of behaviour inside c...

When starting a company, most entrepreneurs are so fixated on perfecting the details of their product or service offering that they don’t take the time to define their overall business culture. These entrepreneurs don’t realise that the culture of a business is just as important as their offering; and that often it’s the company’s culture that determines whether it’s a succe...

According to a report by management consultant group McKinsey & Company, 57% of worldwide businesses say they’re facing a critical shortage of appropriately skilled entry-level workers, with vacancies at this level often remaining unfilled due to a gap in skills. This is a surprising finding in the recruitment industry where “hire for attitude, train for skills’’ has become ...

“… I actually worked with a Rocket Scientist at CGU…who said you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to work in Insurance! …” Cameron Watson, Manager of Insurance & Wealth Management The insurance industry offers a wealth of rewarding, challenging and dynamic job roles, from entry-level positions through to senior management roles. With huge potential for career growth and d...

Chances are the top candidates you have short-listed for an interview are smart and will do their research. In an effort to prepare for the interview, many of them will browse ‘commonly asked interview questions’ online and prepare answers to repeat verbatim when they are inevitably asked. As a hiring manager, you want to avoid soliciting rehearsed responses and instead try ...