Posts by Ross Clennett

The four-days-work-for-five days’ pay debate is getting a little heated as older bosses find it hard to comprehend that such a policy makes any sense. This approach is best encapsulated by Peter Strong, the former chief executive of the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia, who let fly with Opinion: Peter Strong on why a…

When a recruitment agency owner or leader makes their own hiring mistake, it’s mostly with an experienced recruiter. The assessment process that, almost always, is much more thorough when hiring a rookie seems to go out the window when a person with at least two years’ recruitment agency experience is front of them. The overwhelming…

L to R: Eddy Bidese (2004), Robert van Stokrom (2004) and Robert (2023 at the SHAPE Conference with Robert Darby, MD – GBS Recruitment) Many recruitment agency owners dream of selling their business for ‘life-changing money’ however very few accomplish it. Former DFP Recruitment CEO, Robert van Stokrom is one of those few. Van Stokrom…

Last season my youngest son’s under-15 soccer team had a remarkable turnaround from the beginning to the end of the 2022 season. In the grading component of the season they won one game out of ten and finished third from bottom and were placed in division 3. Three players left the team and a new…

Image credit: Unispace This week I have come across three new pieces on remote work and all are worthwhile companion pieces to my blog of earlier this month Even Zoom has mandated a return to the office – so what now for remote work? Recruiting Brainfood curator Hung Lee published an excellent blog Recap on…

Beware the false positive Applying for a job is not necessarily a strong signal that a candidate wants another job. Attending an interview is not necessarily a strong signal that a candidate wants another job. Progressing through a hiring process is not necessarily a strong signal that a candidate wants another job. Receiving a written…

Image credit: © 123RF Free Images It was quite a shock, earlier this week, via The New York Times, to read that the platform synonymous with remote work, Zoom, announce that any employees living “within 50 miles of a Zoom office” must now work in the office “at least two days a week.” As arsTECHNICA…

Charles, on stage with SHAPERS (L-R) Tom Harkin, Michelle Rushton, Mykel Dixon, at RCSA’s SHAPE 2022, Hobart, September 2022 Ross: Charles, it’s been seven years and nearly three months and a bit years since your first day as RCSA CEO, in May 2016, what gives you the most professional satisfaction when you reflect on your…

Many years ago I was perplexed by a decision taken by my then-employer’s senior decision makers. They hired an external person into a critical leadership role when there was an obvious internal candidate perfectly ready for promotion to that position. The external candidate had no relevant industry experience however his tenure at a couple of…

Recruitment agency bashing was back in fashion this week when the New South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park vowed to crack down on the use of private recruitment firms saying the government’s over-reliance on costly third-party companies to service the state’s health system is unsustainable. Park, who has ordered a special commission of inquiry into…