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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.

AI killed the resume

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The résumé is dead, and AI buried it in hiring slop

Imagine you’re knee-deep in applications for a single job post and starting to wonder if you’ll drown in the mess. It’s because most of these résumés are nothing more than AI-generated hiring slop. That’s right, what was once a trusted tool for...

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Mastering Attrition Risk:  Essential Strategies for HR Leaders

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Mastering Attrition Risk: Essential Strategies for Today's HR Professionals

Attrition risk is the likelihood that an employee will leave your organisation and not be immediately replaced. It builds quietly through...

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Best practices for LinkedIn job advertising

Effective LinkedIn job advertising comes down to four things: a descriptive, searchable job title; transparent salary and benefits; targeting that is...

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The top employee engagement questionnaires to boost team morale

An employee engagement questionnaire measures how connected people feel to their work, their team, their manager and their organisation. The most...

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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 option to post a job, fill in the job details, choose...

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4 steps to implement a Work Personality test for your team

Implementing a work personality test takes four steps: choose a test that is validated for workplace use, set clear objectives and prepare your team,...

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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...

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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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Full Research: Latest HR & Talent Statistics (August 2026)

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Understanding Performance Evaluation Bias for HR Managers

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What is a Job Description? Understanding Its Importance and Components

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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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