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How to Negotiate your Salary in a Recruitment Process

Learn how to negotiate your salary confidently in today’s job market. This guide from Motion Recruitment covers practical steps, realistic strategies and the key conversations that help candidates secure stronger offers and better overall packages.

Preparing for an Interview: Essential Steps

Interview prep doesn’t have to be complicated. From your elevator pitch to body language, our no-fluff guide covers the essentials to help you walk in with confidence.

Lessons from Nearly a Decade in Recruitment

With nearly a decade in recruitment, Sinead Edwards reflects on the industry’s constant change, her keys to success, and why resilience is the ultimate skill for anyone starting out in agency recruitment.

Right to Disconnect Laws Now Apply to Small Businesses

Australia’s Right to Disconnect laws now apply to small businesses. The laws give employees the right to refuse unreasonable work contact outside of hours, while still allowing urgent or necessary communication. It’s about clear expectations and fair boundaries so businesses can operate effectively.

What’s a Replacement Guarantee and Why Does It Matter?

A clear, practical guide to how our replacement guarantee works, what’s covered, and why it gives you confidence and peace of mind when hiring with us.

Superannuation is Increasing to 12% – What It Means and Why It Matters

Australia’s superannuation guarantee rises to 12% in July 2025, boosting retirement savings and offering valuable tax benefits. As one of the world’s best systems, super helps reduce reliance on government pensions and supports the economy. Learn why this increase matters for your future in our latest blog.

Choosing the Right Programming Language in 2025

Explore the top programming languages of 2025, from Python and Rust to Go and TypeScript. What’s trending, why it matters, and how to choose the right one for your projects.

How to Break Into DevOps

Breaking into DevOps is achievable, whether you’re from a development or infrastructure background. By learning key tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform, and gaining hands-on experience, you can transition into one of tech’s most in-demand fields. Start small, stay curious, and keep building your skills.

The Role of FPGA’s in the Latest Tech Innovations

FPGAs are transforming tech innovation with their reprogrammable, high-speed capabilities. Powering AI, 5G, autonomous vehicles, and quantum computing, they enable real-time processing, adaptability, and efficiency—making them essential in a world where hardware must keep pace with software

Highest Paying Software Development Roles

Explore the highest paying software development roles in 2025, including Engineering Manager, Staff Engineer, ML/AI Engineer, and Blockchain Developer. Learn which tech stacks are in demand and how salaries vary by role, industry, and expertise.

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What defines a data scientist?

  Everyone is looking for a data scientist, but for a position in such high demand there’s no clear definition of what the job title describes. I’ve tried to get to the bottom of figuring out what’s involved. A company new in the data journey may think they need a data scientist, but they’re probably…

How To Shape Up Your Resume

  Ready to tackle a new challenge? Haven’t updated your CV in a few years? Here’s some tips on making sure your resume sits at the top of the pile. Length As a general rule of thumb your resume won’t be read for more than 20 seconds. If you’re lucky. Keep it under 2 pages…

How To Keep Your Tech Skills Relevant

  In a dynamic and evolving tech landscape, your skills are your greatest asset, and your biggest challenge. What is useful and in demand one year may become obsolete (or at least less applicable) the next. Employer appetites for skills obviously reflects these shifting technical developments, so it’s your prerogative to stay current and ahead…

It’s time for a move to New York, New York!

1. Art Attack New York is the cultural centre of the planet! From fine dining to street food, galleries, museums and fashion, there’s no other place on earth where there’s more to do. 2. All Business As the home of many of the brands and businesses you’ve grown up knowing, not to mention Wall Street,…

Why You Should Be In Sydney For Tech

If you’re in technology, there’s a raft of reasons why a move to Sydney should be on the cards. 1. The Harbour CIty If you don’t live here, you probably should. That’s the sentiment of everyone at the Motion Recruitment offices anyway, an equal blend of locals and ex-pats who’ve traveled the world and settled…

New Year, New Gear: Why We’re Investing In Ourselves

  If you’re taking the time to read this article, chances are you’ve taken our new website for a spin. We’re pretty excited about how it looks and the story it tells. Our old site, if you remember, was a bit of a relic; we hadn’t updated the tech or content since our earliest days,…

Social Staff

  Looking for a job? Or do you just want to make sure you’re ready when the dream opportunity comes along? Social medial strategist Robert O’Reilly gave us five tips on how to get the most out LinkedIn.   Network: Social media is supposed to be social! Connect with old and new colleagues, connections and…

Wise Words: Amazing Quotes For Jobseekers

  Whether you’ve been looking for the right job for ages or you’re starting to get fed up with your current role, the process of finding a new position can be time consuming, confusing and full of obstacles. With that in mind we’ve tapped into some wise and relevant words from the brightest minds in…