Recruiting in New Zealand and USA: Lessons for recruiters

2 webinars for the price of one:

TOPIC TITLE: Recruiting in New Zealand: Lessons for recruiters

With special guest Jonathan Rice

Rice Consulting

DATE: Friday 15 July 2011

TIME: 12noon-1pm AET

DURATION: 60 minutes

CONTENT:

In a short space of time Jonathan Rice has established himself as one of New Zealand’s most high profile and reputable rec-to-rec recruiters. As a UK law graduate Jonathan fled a life of 6 minute reporting units to California where he started his professional sales and customer career in hire cars.

Recruiting in Australia and New Zealand with Hays led Jonathan to rec-to-rec recruiting, firstly opening the Hughes Recruitment business in New Zealand and then under his own banner  at the end of 2009. Jonathan’s blog The Whiteboard has quickly become a firm favourite of the Kiwi recruitment community.

In this webinar Jonathan will be discussing:

• The current NZ jobs market

• The differences in the recruitment market across the major NZ cities

• The impact of LinkedIn on agency recruitment

• The success of global recruitment agencies versus locally owned

• The effectiveness of job boards in NZ

• The ‘brain drain’ across the Tasman

• The major factors in successful recruiters moving agencies

• The trend and impact of internal recruiters in the NZ market

• The types of opportunities available for recruiters in NZ

• And, of course, the chances of his beloved Arsenal winning silverware in the upcoming season

BEST SUITED TO: Any recruiter, manager or owner with an interest in the NZ recruitment market

TOPIC TITLE: Recruiting in the USA: Lessons for recruiters

With special guest James Bowmer

President and COO

Workway (California)

DATE: Thursday 21 July 2011

TIME: 10am-11am AET

DURATION: 60 minutes

CONTENT:

James’s formidable global career as a recruitment executive encompasses roles such as Senior Regional VP for Adecco (USA), MD for Kelly Services (Australia) and Head of Professional & Technical Recruitment for Kelly Services (Asia Pacific).

Currently based in LA, James has spent the past year leading the national expansion of one of America’s most successful SME recruitment agencies, Workway.

James has unrivalled current knowledge gained from leading businesses at the coalface of the Australian, Asia Pacific and USA recruitment markets.

In this webinar James will be discussing:

• The current US employment market

• The differences in the Australian and US recruitment markets

• The impact of Silicon Valley on candidate expectations and recruitment practices

• Where growth and profit is coming from for agency recruiters

• The impact of LinkedIn on agency recruitment in the US

• The relative success of global v local agencies

• The effectiveness of job boards in the US

• The movement of labour across the Pacific

• The trend and impact of internal recruiters in the US market

BEST SUITED TO: Any recruiter, manager or owner with an interest in the US recruitment market

TWO WEBINARS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE

AU$90 + GST