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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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10 Employee Recognition Ideas to Boost Engagement and Morale

The most effective employee recognition ideas are specific, timely and tied to real behaviour: peer-to-peer shout-outs, milestone celebrations, a visible wall of achievements, and recognition built into everyday feedback. Done consistently, they...

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4 Steps to Develop a Successful Human Resource Strategy

To develop a human resource strategy, work through four steps: assess your business goals, evaluate your current HR capability against them, set...

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The Strategic Importance of Measuring Company Culture

You measure company culture because the gap between how work happens now and how your people believe it should happen predicts performance problems...

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Understanding Assessment Personality Tools and Their Impact

Personality assessment tools measure how people naturally behave and prefer to work, usually through structured self-report questionnaires....

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Understanding Attrition Rate: A Comprehensive Tutorial for HR Managers

Attrition rate is the percentage of employees who leave an organisation over a set period. You calculate it by dividing the number of departures by...

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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, responsibilities and required qualifications. Done well, it...

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Best Practices for Good Questions for Interview: Proven Strategies for HR Success

Good interview questions are open-ended, anchored to real job scenarios, and asked consistently across every candidate. The four core types are...

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Understanding Performance Evaluation Bias for HR Managers

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The complete guide to employee onboarding: best practices for 2025

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