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Snowy 2.0 is a major pumped-hydro expansion of the existing Snowy Scheme, and a complex engineering project. Snowy Hydro is an icon of our community, with Snowy 2.0 already employing about 500 people, injecting millions into the Snowy Mountains and involving more than 100 local businesses. Snowy 2.0 is being touted as the economic saviour…

We’re all bonding together collaboratively, with distance top of mind, as we navigate through the marathon journey of keeping everyone safe, well and employed. It’s absolutely wonderful to see people keeping their jobs, achieving great results and being promoted to achieve career changing opportunities, during tough times. One of our talented candidates placed some years ago…

Now is the time to place less emphasis on managing and increase your focus on leading and coaching to build strength and condition your team to embrace change, creative thinking and agility. Here are some tips to consider, to help get you through this journey to arrive better, stronger and fitter as a team and…

Business leaders and managers talk about the importance of critical thinking but they rarely try to encourage it in their own teams. Critical thinking is the ability to make informed decisions by evaluating several different sources of information objectively. As such, critical thinkers possess many other essential skills, including analysis, creativity, problem-solving and empathy. Employers have always…

If you were in the middle of a job search when the COVID-19 pandemic forced sweeping shutdowns, your search is most likely in limbo now. The pandemic has caused devastating loss for people around the world and brought about tremendous economic setbacks, with millions of people experiencing layoffs or salary cuts. If you still have…

Creating a productive, engaged and sustainable ‘remote’ high performing team is presenting challenges for most business leaders. Many managers will be responsible for leading a team remotely without prior experience at this. It can be a daunting prospect especially because their team members are also experiencing very mixed reactions to the continuous threat the virus…

As most of us are in lockdown at home, we are left to wonder what a post-coronavirus-world might look like. There’s a lot unknown about how the world will transform after we get the novel coronavirus under control, but it is extremely unlikely that things will just go back to exactly the way they were…

Projects are being fast tracked to create more jobs. The NSW Government has announced a $3B boost to create $100B infrastructure pipeline in NSW. With a focus on creating new jobs, the new $3 billion acceleration fund will go towards raising the government’s infrastructure pipeline to $100 billion. This initiative is expected to create 20,000…

Congratulations Verity for 10 years with Astrum this week. What an achievement! Your dedication, care and commitment to our team, clients and candidates has been wonderful along with the laughs and team spirit keeping us all happy and energised. And Fleur is celebrating her Birthday today. Best wishes from everyone at Astrum. Enjoy Celebrating your…

Employers and candidates are loving this new Live Video Interviewing experience. We are excited to be connecting more people, giving employers more options, increasing efficiency and reducing hiring costs. The current Pandemic and economic downturn is influencing the way employers connect with people. The need to increase efficiency and productivity is also ‘top of mind’ with…