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Recruitment Trends in Australia: What Employers Need to Know
Labour market analysis from the Recruitment, Consulting & Staffing Association (RCSA) highlights the ongoing pressures facing Australian employers…

BlueScope
IRP has worked with BlueScope for almost 10 years, supporting them with their recruitment and HR needs.

Australian Employment Outlook: What Employers Need to Prepare For
Workforce conditions across Australia continue to shift. Productivity pressure, persistent skills shortages, and cost-conscious hiring are reshaping…

Dowell
For over 18 years, IRP has assisted Dowell with the recruitment, onboarding and retention of employees for their Perth facility.

Labour Productivity in Australia: Why Operational Discipline Now Determines Performance
Australia is experiencing its weakest labour productivity growth in decades. For business leaders, this is not an economic headline, it is an…

Australia’s Employment Outlook for 2026 – What It Means for Western Australia Employers
Australia enters 2026 with a labour market that is no longer cyclical but structurally tight, particularly in Western Australia. While the volatility…

Employee Retention Strategies: How to Keep Good Employees
If you manage a warehouse or manufacturing operations, losing a good employee isn’t just frustrating, it’s operationally expensive.

Perth’s Labour Pool Set To Tighten 10-15% by 2027 – What It Means For Employers
Western Australia’s infrastructure, defence and housing pipeline is creating the most competitive recruitment landscape Perth has seen in more than a…

Why Your Performance Review Isn’t Working (and How to Fix It)
Let’s be honest, very few people genuinely enjoy performance reviews. Managers understand their purpose, but in practice they often…

Closing the Warehouse Skills Gap in WA
Walk your warehouse floor at 6:45am and you can feel it immediately. The pallet jack moves, but it drags. Not enough to stop the shift, but enough…

Time-Efficient Onboarding for Managers
If you manage a warehouse or manufacturing floor, you already know time is scarce. Production schedules, equipment uptime, team management…

The Cost of a Bad Hire in Supply Chain (and How to Avoid It)
In supply chain, warehousing, and logistics environments, a bad hire isn’t just an HR issue, it’s an operational risk. From missed deadlines to…

Tired of Churn? How Managers Can Work Better With Recruitment Agencies
Filling vacancies is one thing. Building a high-performing, reliable operation is another. A purely transactional approach - “find a candidate, fill…
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