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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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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 perspective or work style your team currently lacks. The strongest teams use both: fit on core values, add on...

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Hiring bias software: how to build fairer recruitment teams

Hiring bias software reduces bias in recruitment by standardising how every candidate is screened, assessed and scored, then reporting the numbers...

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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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How to use situational judgment tests for better hiring

A situational judgment test (SJT) presents candidates with realistic workplace scenarios and asks them to pick or rank the most effective responses....

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Effective team dynamics assessment for high performance

Last reviewed August 2026 A team dynamics assessment measures how the people in a group prefer to work, communicate and make decisions, then maps...

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How to identify skills gaps in your team for better results

To identify skills gaps in your team, work through five steps: watch for the everyday warning signs, anchor against your goals for the next 12 to 18...

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How to measure and improve your quality of hire metric

The quality of hire metric measures the value a new employee brings to your organisation, usually as a composite score of performance, culture fit...

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Best Australian LMS: Top learning management systems in 2026

For Australian mid-sized organisations that need training tied to real capability, our pick is Compono Develop. It is a learning management system...

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