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Ross Clennett is a high performance recruitment coach committed to raising the ethics and performance of the recruitment industry.

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Leadership Coaching for High Performance Program

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

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30 July 2026

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Interview with 2026 RCSA (Aus) Recruitment Professional of the Year: Michael Jones, MRCSA

By Ross Clennett | Jun 12, 2026
Michael Jones, MRCSA was the popular winner of the 2026 RCSA (Aus) Recruitment Professional of the Year, announced at the Rec Gala at the Melbourne Town Hall on 21 May 2026. For the first time in the history of this award category, the winner was a person who operates predominantly as an industry vendor. Michael…
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Ten years on and we are now an industry of collaborators: interview with RCSA CEO Charles Cameron

By Ross Clennett | Jun 3, 2026
Photo credit: RCSA  At the recent Rec Gala (Australia) held at the iconic Melbourne Town Hall, RCSA President Natasha Olsson-Seeto congratulated Charles Cameron on his ten-year anniversary as RCSA CEO (photo, above) and thanked him for his service and commitment to the association. I followed up with a request for my fifth interview with Charles.…
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The unstoppable narcissism of Luke Hemmings continues

By Ross Clennett | May 28, 2026
The narcissist who won’t shut up, Luke Hemmings, is back on the PR train, attempting to launder his image through gullible content producers. This time, the patsy is Bill Barker, whose Sensory Overload podcast (“Spotify’s 2025 Breakout Podcast of the Year”) promises, “ From the kind of real-life dilemmas you only confess at 2 A.M.…
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Ephram Stephenson shuts his latest recruitment business

By Ross Clennett | May 21, 2026
Australia’s most infamous recruitment entrepreneur, Ephram Stephenson, has quietly exited his latest venture, Leo Jackson, after eight months of operations. Stephenson’s LinkedIn profile has disappeared, along with the Leo Jackson company page and the company page of his consulting business Ephrams. His tell-all podcast has remained dormant since the fourth episode three months ago. I understand…
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Mistakes, bad timing and bad luck: A timeline of Hudson Australia’s slide into administration

By Ross Clennett | May 14, 2026
The more that comes to light about the Hudson Australia voluntary administration, the gloomier the picture becomes. Here’s a brief timeline of significant events in the life of Hudson Global Resources (Aust) Pty Limited. 1999: Morgan and Banks shareholders agree to a merger with TMP Worldwide 2003: TMP Worldwide is split into the monster.com job board…
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Nearly a century and half of experience departs as Dickason swings the changes at Hays ANZ

By Ross Clennett | May 7, 2026
The role of managing director for specialist recruitment in Australia has been made redundant as part of a major restructure of the Hays ANZ business, which was announced yesterday in an email to all Hays ANZ employees by Asia Pacific CEO Matthew Dickason (pictured, right). As a result, Jane McNeill, the incumbent and long-time Hays…
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