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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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Strategic HR software: how to transform your people strategy

Strategic HR software is the part of the HR stack that helps you make people decisions rather than only record them. An administrative system stores who works here and what they are paid. Strategic HR software helps you decide who to hire, where...

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Choosing the best ATS for mid-market organisations

The top applicant tracking systems for mid-market organisations fall into five recognisable types, and the shortlist that suits a 50 to 500 person...

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GDPR HR software: protecting your people and data

GDPR-compliant HR software is a system that lets you prove, rather than assert, that employee and candidate data is collected for a stated purpose,...

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Understanding BambooHR limitations for growing teams

BambooHR is a well-regarded HRIS for core people administration: employee records, leave tracking and the paperwork of running a team. The...

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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...

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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, take the friction out of your application, tell people what happens next and when, run interviews that do not make...

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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 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

HR software for franchises is a multi-site system that lets head office hold one hiring, onboarding and engagement standard while each franchisee...

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