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Mathan Allington

Mathan Allington is Head of Marketing at Compono, where he writes about hiring, culture, capability and the people-insight side of HR that most tools ignore. He turns behavioural science and workforce data into decisions HR teams can actually defend, and has spent his career building demand for B2B software across Australia and beyond.

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Best hospital recruitment software for ANZ healthcare

The best hospital recruitment software for ANZ healthcare providers combines high-volume applicant tracking with automated clinical credential checks and behavioural fit assessment. Workflow alone is not enough. A hospital ATS has to manage AHPRA...

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How to choose the best certification management software

Choosing certification management software comes down to five checks: automated expiry alerts, self-service uploads with verification, reporting an...

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How to improve candidate experience for better hiring

To improve candidate experience, cut friction from your application, communicate clearly at every stage, respect people's time in interviews, and...

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Effective employee training: a guide to building better teams

Effective employee training is training that changes behaviour on the job, not training that gets completed. It starts with a clear gap analysis,...

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Choosing the right onboarding platform in Australia

The right onboarding platform for an Australian business handles compliance paperwork (TFN declarations, superannuation forms, Fair Work statements)...

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Choosing the right recruitment software for your team

Choose recruitment software by working backwards from your bottlenecks: too few candidates, too many wrong ones, or a process that loses good people...

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Franchise HR software: how to scale culture and consistency

Franchise HR software helps multi-location networks hold one hiring and culture standard while giving local owners room to run their own operations....

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Culture-fit vs culture-add: a guide to smarter hiring

Culture fit means hiring people who align with your team's existing values and ways of working. Culture add means hiring people who bring a...

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Hiring bias software: how to build fairer recruitment teams

Hiring bias software reduces unconscious bias in recruitment by standardising how candidates are screened and assessed. It anonymises identifying...

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How to maintain audit-ready training records

Training records are audit-ready when every completion, certificate, expiry date and assessment result is accurate, current and stored somewhere...

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Full Research: Latest HR & Talent Statistics (2025)

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7 Free Personality Tests for Employees to Boost Engagement

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The complete guide to employee onboarding: best practices for 2025

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HRIS system: complete guide to human resource information systems

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Understanding Performance Evaluation Bias for HR Managers

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