Posts by Ross Clennett
Medical recruiters in the firing line as the usual suspects flog the wrong horse (yet again)
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…
Read MoreElitism and arrogance are not just a problem at Lord’s – it’s a very English recruitment problem too
The third Ashes test in men’s cricket kicks off tonight with Australia leading the series 2-0. Even the most casual observer of the news over the past week would not have escaped the many headlines that flowed after the second test ended in a close win for Australia. Controversy arose because the Australian team was…
Read MoreThanks for your leadership, Nick and Jacky
Hays Australia is a top-quality business. It’s not just a high-performing business within the recruitment sector, its performance is top tier across all industries in Australia. My respect for Hays is not just borne out of my long-term interest in, and review of, their financial performance, it’s because I have come to know a few…
Read MoreRecord migrant workers arrive as unemployment falls (again)
The Australian labour market continued its bull run with the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, released last Thursday, dropping from 3.7% in April to 3.6% in May even though the participation rate reached a record high of 66.9%. Total employment rose 75,900 to exceed 14 million workers for the first time and the total number of…
Read MoreWhy do good recruiters leave good recruitment agencies?
My Linkedin updates indicate an increased number of good recruiters with decent tenure at their existing agency are leaving their current employer to join another recruitment agency. The motivation for agency recruiters leaving their employer to set up their own agency is mostly about freedom to be their own boss and the potential for asset…
Read MoreTradies still hardest to find despite construction sector topping company failure data
Jobs and Skills Australia produces a Labour Market Update every three months. The most recent update provides a deep dive into recent changes and trends in the Australian labour market. Here’s a selection of relevant data (all for the three months to the end of March 2023 unless otherwise noted): Full time jobs and women…
Read MorePwC destroys itself with greed, lying and hypocrisy
Recruiting for global accounting and consulting giant PwC (formerly known as PriceWaterhouseCoopers) is difficult at the best of times. As one of the ‘Big 4” accounting and consulting firms, it is perenially in competition for the same pool of candidates as its rivals, Deloitte, EY, and KPMG. PwC’s job listings in Australia currently number in…
Read MoreThe AI end game for workers: greater focus on critical work
Two months ago Microsoft announced it was bringing the power of next-generation AI to its workplace productivity tools with Microsoft 365 Copilot. Currently in testing with an initial wave of 600 invitation-only enterprise customers worldwide, Copilot combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with business data and the Microsoft 365 apps, to unlock the…
Read MoreChanges loom large in Canberra as extent of APS reliance on labour hire and outsourcing revealed
The landscape for recruiters and consultancies servicing the labour force requirements of the Federal Government is set to change dramatically after the Audit of Employment within the Australian Public Service was released late last week by the Department of Finance. The audit examined the 2021-22 financial year, to analyse how the APS was outsourcing work,…
Read MoreWhat I told eighty Year 12s about their working life ahead
Earlier this week I gave a 15-minute presentation on jobs and careers to the year 12 cohort of my youngest son’s school. To open the presentation I shared three true stories. The first was about my cousin’s eldest son, Gabe, who was raised, and lives, in Canada. At the age of 12 Gabe and his…
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