Posts by Ross Clennett
Interview with 2016 SARA (NZ) Recruiter of the Year: Alex Allan of Randstad
Following on from my interview last week with New Zealand SARA winner of the Recruitment Leader of the Year, Randstad’s Brien Keegan, this week I speak to his colleague, Alex Allan who won the New Zealand SARA for Recruitment Consultant of the Year. Originally from the UK, Alex started his working life in professional sport before leaving the UK…
Read MoreInterview with 2016 SARA (NZ) Recruitment Leader of the Year: Brien Keegan of Randstad
In mid-November last year, one week after the equivalent Australian awards, Seek announced the winners of the New Zealand SARAs. The winner of the Recruitment Leader of the Year was Randstad’s Brien Keegan. After completing his undergraduate degree at Massey University in 2001, Brien worked at Telecom New Zealand for just over 18 months before…
Read MoreSummer down under: the music recruiters will be listening to
I love music. I can’t play an instrument but ever since I was about 9, I have been fascinated by music of all kinds. Growing up in 1970s Hobart there was only two commercial stations (7HO and 7HT) and the ABC. I listened to the only commercial station that played music all the time…
Read MoreHays hiring surge: ANZ division grows by 65 consultants in past quarter
The confidence that Hays Australia/NZ has in the market conditions, continuing their strong run, is amply demonstrated in their September quarter recruiter hiring surge as detailed in the Hays Q1 Trading Update. Hays reported “Consultant headcount in Australia & New Zealand was up 7% in the quarter”. According to my calculations (Hays do not release actual consultant or employee numbers in Australia,…
Read MoreVale Danni Cookesley: Fundraising champion and wonderful human being
I had planned on ending this year with a light-hearted blog about the eclectic music preferences of those in the recruitment industry. I had the requisite responses from those whose preferences I requested but on Friday, 16 December 2016 the Mother’s Day Classic posted a brief note on their Facebook page as follows. It is…
Read MoreInterview with 2016 SARA Recruiter of the Year: Clare McCartin of Davidson
When I moved from Sydney to Melbourne in 2001, I joined SACS Consulting under the leadership of Andrew Marty. Early the following year, Andrew hired three fresh-faced graduates to join the team. One of those graduates quickly stood out as being smarter, quicker to learn, and more suited to the challenges of recruitment than the other two. Andrew…
Read MoreHappy birthday, Mary
I am attempting to write this blog on Thursday 8 December. It’s a tough day to try and think of something to write about because I keep thinking of my sister, Mary; my deceased sister, Mary. Mary would have turned 49 today. Instead she died from breast cancer one month after her 44th birthday. By…
Read MoreDecent research shows talent is very far from a company’s #1 priority
In a recent blog, I tackled the ludicrous claim made by LinkedIn in their fancifully named ‘Australia Recruiting Trends 2017: What you need to know about the state of talent acquisition’ that Australian and talent leaders say that Talent is #1 priority at their company (79%). I suggested that you would be hard pressed to find one agency…
Read MoreDoes Donald Trump have the necessary character to be a successful President?
In the past week several people asked me when I was going to blog about the President-elect of America. I wasn’t sure what I would say, whether it would be relevant for readers of this weekly missive, or whether I even wanted to say anything. I was shocked as (almost) everybody else when the results…
Read MoreAnother moronic ‘the recruitment industry is dead’ article
I try very hard to ignore the frequent blogs and articles that either (a) pronounce the impending demise of the recruitment industry or (b) hysterically highlight what the author sees as some fatal flaw or failure of the industry. You’re almost certainly guaranteed that such a piece is written by, or contains quotes from, the…
Read More