EPM: HR and Recruitment
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How to overcome wage woes in the modern agency
What is stopping your agency from achieving growth, and not just surviving but thriving in the current market? Most people would say it’s cash. Whether it’s growing your people through training and development, growing your…
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Losing It: Perspective and the Property Manager
Times of stress and demand, such as the start of each new year and the close of each financial year, can take their toll, both psychologically and physically, on even the most experienced of property…
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Why Am I Here?
AFTER 17 YEARS IN REAL ESTATE, business coach Jacob Aldridge has sat through more than 6,800 meetings. You’ve probably been to a few yourself. If you’ve ever found yourself asking ‘Why am I here?’ you…
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You Thought You Were a Property Manager, Didn’t You?
THREE YEARS AGO, you were employed by your agency to run a portfolio of 150 properties and had the title ‘Property Manager’ on your business card. As times have changed, many agencies have resorted to…
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The Undercover Temp: Lauren Kropp
What is it really like to be a temp in a property management department? Easy, you might think; you just come in, do your job, leave at the end of the contract and get paid…
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Top Three Ways to Recruit on Social Media
Social media has become an integral part of Real Estate marketing strategies. Most activities, including recruiting agents, gathering customer interest and promoting agents, run through social channels in some way. Here are three top ways…
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Five Tips for Managing Virtual Teams
Virtual teams are an increasingly common part of the Australian real estate industry, thanks to the reduced overhead and limitless location flexibility they allow. Whether you're going all-virtual or integrating one remote worker, the lack…
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Searching for Wally
Finding the right member of staff can be a matter of sifting through a great many potential candidates before you strike gold. For our new people-focused column, Fiona Blayney asks: is your people strategy really…
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Choice And Challenges: Where Will You Go Next?
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT is a career that is rich with options. Where will you go next? Virginia Brookes outlines the possibilities for the years ahead. LEASING OR PROPERTY OFFICER You’ve landed your first role in property…
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Paying A Revenue Split – Holy Grail Or Poisoned Chalice?
PAYING A PROPERTY MANAGER a percentage of income generated by the properties they manage seems to have some obvious benefits and is discussed often. But is it all plain sailing? Brock Fisher looks at the…
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Human Resources – Virginia Brookes
In Issue 08 of Elite Agent we had six experts provide their top tips for 2016 in our special feature 30 top business boosting ideas. Here are the top five from Virginia Brookes of Resolver Recruitment. Success…
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Who’s Behind That Door?
PERSONAL SECURITY IS A MAJOR CONCERN to real estate agents as the job involves a high degree of working alone or in remote areas. Bob Barrington from Lone Worker Safety looks at a range of…
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Right From the Start
Natalie Hastings looks at ways to improve your team’s performance in 2015 through better recruitment and training. A FRESH NEW year lies before you, offering the chance to make 2015 your best real estate adventure…
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A Good Property Management Temp is Hard to Find
Currently, the average life span of a Property Manager is nine months, causing a constant headache for a principal with an average rent roll of approximately 500 properties employing 3 portfolio Property Managers. Three Property Managers,…
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Backing a winner!
There’s a common saying in sport that ‘winning is a habit’, and it’s a saying which should become a mantra for you when hiring new staff for your business. If you can find staff that…
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The Romance of Recruitment
You might not realise it, but there are many similarities between the recruitment process and dating. You might not present a potential employee with a bunch of flowers or a box of chocolates, says Nikki…
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Legends of Tomorrow
Richard Taylor from Real Estate Jobs Search offers some advice on how to find a super-achiever next time you are recruiting. There’s a common saying in sport that ‘winning is a habit’, and it’s an…
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A Match Made in Heaven
Whether you are an employee or an employer, this month our experts look at how to find your dream job or ideal staff member. As a young girl in my Year Seven science class I…
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Blue Ocean Recruitment
Blue Ocean Recruitment: Thinking outside the square when it comes to finding new staff. It was in the recent issue of Leased Magazine that Fiona introduced ‘Blue Ocean’ property management. The concept of a ‘Blue…
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Off and Running!
Dean Carpenter looks at how best to welcome a new staff member to ensure they stay with you for the long haul. So, you have worked hard to find a candidate who is a perfect…
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Last Impressions Count
When you are heading for greener pastures, you should always leave on a positive note. Nikki Taylor from REJS explains why. We’ve all had the daydream – you lucky numbers tumble out of the spinning…
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Horrible Bosses!
A recent Hollywood blockbuster starring Jason Bateman, Kevin Spacey and Jennifer Aniston, focused on a group of friends, all frustrated by their selfish, conniving bosses, and raised issues that the majority of us will have…
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The ‘Recruiter’
A new team member must fulfil many other requirements such as; knowledge, skill, attitude, cultural fit, as well as being able to grow with your vision. We really don’t like the term “Recruiter”, it sends…
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