Retaining Mid-Career Defence Talent: Why They Leave and How to Keep Them
Attracting and retaining talent in the Australian defence industry can be tricky. Projects like AUKUS, Hunter Class Frigates, Land 400 Phases 2 and 3 and a range of guided weapons programs are driv...
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Hiring A New Employee? Here Are Your Security Clearance Must-Knows
In the Australian defence industry, where access to sensitive information is the norm rather than the exception, the clearance sponsorship process is not a back-office ‘tick-and-flick’. It is a st...
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How to Conduct a Video Interview
This blog has been updated in 2025 to reflect more recent trends. Video interviewing really wasn’t a thing before 2020. However, the pandemic taught us that sometimes it’s OK to do things differen...
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EVP and Employer Brand; How to Position Your Business As An Employer of Choice
Updated May 2024:At Kinexus we speak to a lot of businesses about their employees, their hiring intentions and their workforce needs. We often get asked about employer brand and Employee Value Pro...
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What Additional Benefits Do Gen X Want Compared To Gen Z?
Gen X: born between 1965 and 1980Millennials: born between 1981 and 1996Gen Z: born between 1997 and 2012We’ve all heard the lazy generational stereotypes; millennials are self-entitled job-hop...
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A Spotlight on the Electrical Engineering Talent Pool
With the amount of Defence projects coming downrange, it is crucial to understand what the candidate market looks like for you to best prepare your hiring strategy. We dissect the Electrical Engine...
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How is Defence Industry Feeling about COVID-19?
As a part of our annual Salary Survey we asked respondents how the COVID-19 crisis has affected them. We had over 800 responses, which we have summarised below, with a couple of notable observati...
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