How Aussie teens are stepping up and entering the workforce to help contribute to the household, as cost-of-living pressures mount Consequences In a recent interview on Channel 7 Sunrise Natasha Hawker, Managing Director of Employee Matters, discussed teenagers entering the workforce to support spiralling family budgets. The cost of living crisis is not going anywhere […]
In today’s exceptionally tight candidate market, employers are getting creative with benefits. Pawternity leave, a growing trend, recognises the importance of bonding with your new pet or taking care of them if they are sick. It’s a way to attract and retain top talent while fostering strong human-animal connections. Natasha Hawker explains the concept further […]
Payroll is evolving into a powerful tool for boosting your organisation’s Employee Experience (EX) and Employee Value Proposition (EVP). Rather than being laborious and risk-prone, your payroll processes & systems could instead be boosting employee attraction, engagement and retention. In this webinar, Joel Smith (Affinity Payroll) and Natasha Hawker (Employee Matters) share insights and practical […]
Job interviews can be among the most nerve-wracking human experiences. From the overthinking of potential questions and anxiety over stumbling on words, they’re rarely particularly enjoyable for the interviewee. The interviewer, however, has a considerably calmer experience, walking in with knowledge of what they’re looking for and what they’re about to ask. To make things […]
New study finds 1 in 5 retail workers harassed on the job – and leaders need to step up, say experts. Since December last year, Australian employers have been legally bound to have a duty to positively act to eliminate sexual discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Click Here for complete HRD Australia article
Despite many employees having less face-to-face contact with colleagues during COVID lockdowns, bullying in the workplace continues to rear its ugly, insidious head. Office bullies have a new weapon in their armoury – the computer. Despite the expectation that work-from-home employees might be less exposed to bullying, the signs suggest otherwise with online abuse and […]
Harvey Pene from the Inspiring Business for Good Podcast talks to Natasha Hawker on : How to step up your giving as your business grows. The importance of integrating your giving into what you do. Why your global impact goals need to be scary. How investing in education is good business sense. Why employees are […]
Employee Matters director Natasha Hawker provides employee support to businesses and individuals around Australia. She said she often heard stories of people who had trouble finding work later in life — but the struggle for the younger generation was also a national issue. “You get that knockback that says, ‘Everybody who I go for a […]
In this video blog, Natasha Hawker discusses succession planning with Geoff Green of author of Smart Business Exit Need help with succession planning for your business? Employee Matters has helped organisations with their HR needs for over a decade, improving employee retention, productivity, and morale. Outsourcing your HR needs to us can help you with […]
Today on the podcast today we talk to Natasha Hawker, CEO of Employee Matters. Employee Matters provides employee support to small businesses to maximise profitability through employee productivity. Natasha shares some fantastic advice on the interview process and how you can make your practice the sort of place where people are banging on your door […]
By Natasha Hawker – Published in FBAA Broker Magazine May 2018 Recently a client of ours, in his excitement and against our instructions, offered a job to the candidate during the actual interview. The offer was based on little more than ‘gut feel’ and he didn’t complete any reference checks. Guess what happened ? The […]
What happens when you take a client out for a business lunch? You win more work, writes Natasha Hawker. My career started in Banking & Finance in the late 80’s, when “greed was good”. Trading halted for a 90 minutes lunch and the traders vanished to the pub to mingle with clients and drink 3 […]
Natasha and Jeremy of Business Legal Lifecycle chatted about all things HR and the genesis of Employee Matters, the business. Listen in and view Here
By Natasha Hawker Why are Australian businesses not reaching their potential when it comes to productivity? Currently we are lagging behind other OECD countries and our position is not improving. We are behind US, UK, Brazil and France, to name just a few. “Productivity is the real value of output produced by a unit […]
Natasha Hawker discusses all things HR with Chris Bath on ABC Radio Listen in Here
Natasha Hawker works well with deadlines. It was what prompted her to have three children in three years, become a yacht skipper before a holiday and play squash two to three times per week. It also enables her to juggle the different demands that come with being a mother, wife and joint owner with her […]
My guest this week is the incredibly talented Natasha Hawker, director of Employee Matters. She is an author, trainer, speaker and mother of 3. Her book, From Hire to Fire and Everything In Between is a handbook for business owners of the ‘how tos’ of managing staff and even having those difficult conversations. Click […]
If you were to go and ask for a pay rise, would you know the best way to go about it? The Reserve Bank Governor says workers are in a good position to talk to bosses about a pay rise because of low unemployment rates. So how should you do it? HR specialist Natasha […]
Natasha Hawker speaks at the FBAA Annual Conference on the Gold Coast, November 2016
Broker Magazine is published by the Finance Brokers Association of Australia Limited (FBAA) and distributed to more than 8,000 FBAA Members and Finance Industry Professionals in Australia. This online publication includes the very latest Association and Industry news, including the issues affecting Brokers in Australia. Natasha Hawker is featured on page 42 – Click Here […]
Most managers have had to do it at some point in their career but most have never been taught how and they bumble through doing the best they can. Make no mistake, it is still a ‘war for talent’ in the market and to improve the productivity levels of your business and beat your competition […]
In this HerBusiness podcast interview with the Australian Businesswomen’s Network, Natasha Hawker discusses how businesses that build high performing teams have increased profit, increased customer satisfaction, increased customer loyalty and an increased ability to attract employees. Natasha emphasises the importance of employees: they are a lever for your business, with the potential to make your […]
Why do some people want to desperately work for some businesses and avoid others like the plague? Mostly it can be put down to culture or the managers’ reputation. But how do you make or create a culture? Why would you bother? My thinking is that if more businesses focused on their cultural strategy, many […]