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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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7 Essential Tools to Enhance Manager Skills for HR Leaders

The most useful tools for building manager skills combine insight into how people work with structured capability development. For HR leaders, seven cover the ground: a people development platform, behavioural assessments, an engagement feedback...

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Define Manage Up: Essential Strategies for HR Managers

Managing up means building a productive working relationship with your manager by understanding their goals, communication style and pressures, then...

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Comparative Analysis of Software for Recruitment Solutions

Recruitment software falls into a handful of categories: applicant tracking systems (ATS) that manage active applications, recruitment CRMs that...

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Workforce engagement: building a thriving, connected workplace

Workforce engagement is the emotional commitment employees feel toward their work and organisation, shown in the discretionary effort they choose to...

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PTO Policy on screen

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How to Create a PTO Policy Template That Works for Everyone

A PTO policy template needs four things to work: a clear leave structure (accrued, unlimited or banked), fair and transparent accrual rules,...

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Unlocking Recruitment Efficiency with an ATS Tool

An ATS tool (applicant tracking system) is software that automates the repetitive parts of recruitment, including collecting applications, screening...

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Business Leader Standing in Office

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Decode Your Culture with Compono's Culture-Candidate Checker™

As your organisation grows, hiring the right people becomes one of the most critical factors for success. Yet, many businesses struggle with the...

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Diversity of Thought

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The Balance Between Culture Fit and Diversity in Hiring

Yes, you can hire for both culture fit and diversity. The criticism of fit-based hiring is legitimate, though: when "fit" means a hiring manager's...

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The Six Learning Science Principles We Live By

The six learning science principles that make training stick are retrieval practice, spaced...
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Full Research: Latest HR & Talent Statistics (2025)

Last reviewed August 2026 The latest talent acquisition and HR research points the same way from...
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7 Free Personality Tests for Employees to Boost Engagement

Last reviewed August 2026 The best free personality tests for employees and team building are the...
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How to post job ads on LinkedIn: A step-by-step guide for HR managers

To post a job ad on LinkedIn: log into your company Page, go to the Jobs section and select the...
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What is a Job Description? Understanding Its Importance and Components

A job description is a formal document that sets out a role's purpose, essential duties,...
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The complete guide to employee onboarding: best practices for 2025

Employee onboarding best practices come down to four things: start before day one, structure the...
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HRIS system: complete guide to human resource information systems

An HRIS (human resource information system) is software that stores all employee data and automates...
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Understanding Performance Evaluation Bias for HR Managers

Last reviewed August 2026 Bias in performance appraisal is a systematic error in judgement that...
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