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In 10 years of being a business owner Ive learned many lessons and made many mistakes. This year as we celebrate our 10th year in business Im sharing 10 lessons Ive learned in 10 years. This blog and video is lesson 8 of 10, and its a big one for me: Leadership and how Ive […]

Ian joined Aptus in Melbourne in April 2013. He joined us with five years of recruitment experience in the UK, predominantly in the rail sector. Back then, Ian worked in our Energy & resources team, focussing on the transmission and distribution sectors; however, after a year he decided to return to his first love, infrastructure,

In 10 years of being a business owner, I’ve learned many lessons and made many mistakes. This year as we celebrate our 10th year in business I’m sharing 10 lessons I’ve learned in 10 years. This blog and video is lesson 7 of 10, and it’s a common issue I have seen over the years,

Over the past few months I’ve shared 5 lessons I’ve learned in 10 years of being a business owner. Lesson 5 was about empowering our staff to do a great job. Today I’d like to share with you my 6th lesson of 10 in 10 years; the importance of how engaged our staff are at

Job interviews can offer real insights into the mind and likely behaviours of candidates, but only if you approach them in the right way. What Use Are Interviews? Interviews are a key part of the selection process for just about any role. Sometimes, they virtually are the selection process. So how effective are they in

Appointing people to key positions is a risk. Decisions that turn out to be poor ones can knock back project delivery and waste time and effort in recruitment and training. In the worst cases, they can damage your business. Little wonder that more companies are dipping further into the box of selection tools as they

When you’re having a smoke or to trying to warm up on the balcony of your apartment block you’d probably not expect that discarding your cigarette butt would cause a fire that would spread up six floors in a matter of minutes. As residents of Melbourne know all too well, this is exactly what happened earlier this year.

Over the years I’ve learned empowering our people isn’t as simple as simply providing a desk, PC and phone. When deciding to found Aptus the one thing I wanted as soon as possible was to hire staff, build a team and create something everyone can be proud of. When I took that leap of faith

If somebody showed you a way to invest $1 and consistently get $2.50 in return, you’d probably be pretty interested. According to a study by PwC that’s the financial reality behind tackling mental health issues in the Australian construction industry: invest $1 in the mental wellbeing of your people and you get $2.50 back in

How much value do you place on loyal people, those who stay with you and grow with your business?