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Recruiting &
Retaining
OHS Staff
CSG February 2023 speaker: Helen O'Keefe: Recruiting and retaining OHS staff

Recruiting and retaining OHS staff in an inflated job market

Presentation by: Helen O'Keefe, Director, HOK Talent Solutions

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Like many areas of the current job scene, employers looking for quality OHS professionals are finding themselves in an inflated job market, where there are more roles available than suitable applicants.

So what’s required to attract and retain OHS talent when good candidates are spoilt for choice? What do you need to be doing differently? Some useful advice was offered by Helen O’Keefe, who runs a leading national health & safety executive search agency, at a presentation for CSG on Tuesday 14 February.

Helen spoke about the current OHS job market, giving tips for both job seekers and employers looking to recruit. She also discussed post-pandemic changes in OHS roles and where she sees new trends emerging.

The presentation was followed by a discussion with attendees.

The presenter:

Helen O’Keefe is the founder of HOK Talent Solutions, which specialises in national HSE recruitment. Helen has a passion for the health and safety industry, and had been working in recruitment for this sector before founding her own agency in 2015. Prior to this, her background includes working as National Recruitment Manager for the Australian Red Cross, and as an HR consultant with pharmaceutical company GSK.

 
 

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The Rights
& Wrongs of
Safety Comms

CSG March 2025 event - Dr Tristan Casey, Director, New View Safety, Dr Tristan Casey, Director, New View Safety


The rights and wrongs of safety comms

Presented by: Dr Tristan Casey, Director, New View Safety
Topic: The rights and wrongs of safety comms


How: CSG Hybrid Lunchtime Presentation -via zoom or in person

Date: Tuesday 11 March 2025, noon
Non-Members welcome to attend

The rights and wrongs of safety comms
Effective communications are a key part of creating a safe workplace, but what works and what doesn’t? Some valuable insights and answers will be provided by Dr Tristan Casey in his 11 March presentation to Central Safety Group.
Dr Casey, an Implementation Scientist (Workplace Health, Safety & Wellbeing), conducted a detailed study on safety communication, in the field, as a joint project between Queensland’s Griffith University and the nation-wide Protech employment group.
He will discuss some basic principles of safety communications and also give an outline of the project. It involved an in-depth survey of a large cross-section of workers placed by Protech, then an analysis of the results to produce some useful practical recommendations.
Rob D’Elsini, Protech’s WHS Business Partner, will also contribute to the presentation by sharing his experience of applying some of the research outcomes. Rob will outline a number of the study’s ideas and systems for safety communications that Protech have put into practice and discuss their effectiveness.

About the Speaker:

Dr Tristan Casey, Director of New View Safety, is a seasoned scientist-practitioner with experience across private consulting, academia and government.
Tristan has a doctorate in Industrial and Organisational Psychology from the University of Queensland, and has developed numerous award-winning training programs, measurement tools and academic publications.
He is an endorsed Organisational Psychologist with over 15 years’ expertise in the practical management of health, safety and wellbeing.
He is a keen advocate of the positive links between safety, wellbeing and overall job performance.

Date: Tuesday 11 March 2025
Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Where: Regus Yarra Room, 50th floor, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne. Our thanks to Helen O'Keefe for providing the venue.
How: In person or online via Zoom - the link will be sent out on the afternoon of Monday 10 March
N.B. A video recording of the session will be available on the website exclusively for financial members.
Cost: Financial members* free. Others $15
RSVP: COB Monday 10 March 2025. Online using our RSVP form
Join: Join CSG now [Individual membership fee: $85.]
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   RSVP: by Monday 10 March.
Online using our RSVP form or Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., phone the secretary T: (03) 9387 9768 Mobile 0417 040 252
The Zoom event link will be emailed on the afternoon of Monday 10 March 2025.

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