Ross-Clennett

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Ross Clennett is a high performance recruitment coach providing
specialist programs for owners, leaders and consultants

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Rookie Recruiter
Training Program

Agency recruiters in their first
year of recruitment 

Next program commences
18 September 2018

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Advanced
Recruiter Program

Agency recruiters with a minimum of two years
recruitment experience

Next program commences
22 August 2018

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Leadership Coaching for High Performance Program

Owners of small agencies, and team leaders of medium to large recruitment agencies

Next program commences
10 September 2018

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Individual
Coaching Program

Tailored programs designed for
owners and leaders

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Owners' Coaching
Group Program

A year-long  collaborative group program designed to create a solid foundation for your agency’s growth.

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Big bang start-ups: The rise and fall of FutureYou (parts 1, 2 & 3)  

By Ross Clennett | Sep 3, 2018
Building a recruitment agency into a profitable, sustainable business is tough work that, typically, takes many years. It almost always starts with a founder, (sometimes two or three co-founders) who, after a number of successful years with a leading agency, departs to hang out their own shingle. Most of these agencies start small and grow…
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Michael Page results: Two years on from their infamous ski trip

By Ross Clennett | Aug 20, 2018
If 1992 was Queen Elizabeth II’s annus horribilis then 2016 was surely PageGroup Australia’s equivalent. The genesis of PageGroup’s (PG, although still best known as ‘Michael Page’) year from hell occurred in September 2015 when long-time PG employee, Simon Meyer signed off as PG Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, four years after taking…
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A real leader knows when to sacrifice a limb to save a life

By Ross Clennett | Aug 14, 2018
On Saturday afternoon I watched by youngest son play Under 11s soccer. He plays for his local club in the top grade for his year group. The team is coached by a jovial and committed dad who knows his soccer and drills the team in how he wants them to play – as a quick…
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Group email sprays are from Mars, real toughness is from Venus*

By Ross Clennett | Aug 6, 2018
The Australian recruitment industry gained some unexpected worldwide publicity late last month with the social media frenzy over an email sent by Mars Recruitment owner and MD, Marcus Wood, to his Sydney employees two Friday’s ago. The email, subject line reading Friday observation, was: Morning guys, Quick observation that is really getting on my tits.…
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A.I. will change agency recruitment but in an unexpected way

By Ross Clennett | Jul 11, 2018
The Australasian Talent Conference, held in Sydney last month, was another fascinating and stimulating couple of days. I immersed myself in conversations about talent with a wide range of people across the worlds of agency recruitment, corporate recruitment and recruitment technology vendors. The theme of the conference was Thriving with A.I. and having read a…
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The benefits of failure: Easy in theory but hard to admit and talk about

By Ross Clennett | Jun 28, 2018
Earlier this month I received a professional request that was a first. The request was from a former recruitment industry MD. His specific request was that I remove two of my blogs that contained extensive commentary about a company that he was the MD of (at the time of writing the blogs in question). I…
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Japan's demographic troubles and robust economy have created what some defense insiders call a "silent crisis" for military recruiting as 2018 is looking likely as the fourth year in a row that military recruitment will fail to meet targets https://t.co/Qj56mPnU7a

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The annual search for Australia’s best and brightest creative talent has launched today through @clemengerBBDO 's ‘Exceptions to the Rule’ program, with applications open for placements across Clemenger BBDO Melbourne and Sydney https://t.co/3AwTJqaYJe

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Queensland company Touchpoint Media ordered to pay $570,000 for underpaying young workers https://t.co/MANX9DC6Yy via @SmartCompany

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At our recent Conference, @seekjobs sat down with some of the movers and shakers of our industry.
We'll be releasing some of the discussions they had, starting with @rossclennett, on why staying relevant is vital for recruiters.
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The @ICC announces global executive recruitment firm @EgonZehnder to conduct search for new CEO following the end of current CEO David Richardson’s tenure next summer https://t.co/eFuZ38n5vQ via @SIADailyNews

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