Recruitment
The Savage Truth book review
On Wednesday 28 February 2018, Greg and I had lunch in Sydney. The two of us catching up was not unusual as we have known each other since November 1990, when I accepted his offer to join Temporary Solutions as a temp consultant as part of the Sydney accounting team. This catch up was slightly…
Read MoreThe rise and RISE of Talent International: Richard Earl interview (parts 1 & 2)
Talent International (Talent) commenced business in 1995, initially operating out of Richard Earl’s Perth home. Opening a Talent office in Sydney four years later began an expansion of Talent’s footprint , first across Australia, then into New Zealand in 2009, the UK (in 2012), continental Europe (in 2016), USA (in 2016) with the latest Talent…
Read MoreIs coachability the #1 reason new hires fail, really?
What is the most common reason new hires fail? A three-year study, by USA-based, Leadership IQ, of 5,247 hiring managers from 312 public, private, business and healthcare organisations, who collectively hired more than 20,000 employees during the study period, has provided the answer as to why 46% of newly-hired employees will fail within 18 months.…
Read MoreMason makes astonishing plea to retake control of Rubicor
The second Rubicor creditors meeting was held on Monday 9 September. The administrators, based on further developments prior to the meeting, withdrew their support for their original recommendation of Polygon’s DOCA (Deed of Company Arrangement), stating: “It is our position that none of the proponents have provided sufficient evidence that any of the DOCA arrangements…
Read MoreRubicor creditors stare into the abyss of incompetence and debt
It’s been just over four weeks since the Rubicor Group went into voluntary administration. In my blog of that week I outlined the specific culpability of the Rubicor directors; Angus Mason, Sharad Loomba and David Hutchison. The Rubior administrators, Joanne Dunn and John Park of FTI Consulting, have just released their Report to Creditors (Report).…
Read MoreIn defence of KPIs (and what the evidence suggests)
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are one of the most misunderstood concepts in the recruitment sector. To clarify what KPIs are: KPIs are the most important activities and results that underpin the level of performance required for the successful fulfilment of a person’s role. The effective use of KPIs leverages an employee’s time, leading to higher…
Read MoreA giant has fallen: V. John Plummer, 6 August 1928 – 14 August 2019
The Australian recruitment industry lost one of its very best when Victor John Plummer, FRCSA (Life), passed away last Wednesday, one week past his 91st birthday. Mr Plummer was best known as the owner and Managing Director of Centacom Staffing; a leading Australian recruitment agency for temporary office placements for thirty years, until it was…
Read MoreInterview with 2019 RCSA (NZ) Recruitment Leader of the Year: Angela Cameron of Consult
Two weeks’ ago, the RCSA announced the winners of the New Zealand industry awards. The winner of the Recruitment Leader of the Year was Consult’s Angela Cameron. After completing her undergraduate degree at Victoria University in Wellington in the late 1990s, Angela commenced her professional career as an auditor at Big 4 professional services firm;…
Read MoreAustralia’s worst directors culpable as Rubicor collapses
One of the most unsurprising events of 2019 occurred on Monday: Rubicor’s directors finally called in administrators (FTI Consulting) to take charge of the company they had gradually destroyed over the past four years. Yes, in layman’s terms Rubicor finally ran out of money and have gone broke. Rubicor’s auditors, Pitcher Partners, unambiguously flagged the…
Read MoreThe permanent long weekend (on full pay): recruiters lead the charge
I read between fifty and a hundred articles each week, every week of the year. I am a voracious consumer of content on recruitment, employment, productivity, high performance and leadership. It takes a something pretty special to impact me significantly. A year ago, this week, I read such an article. It struck me right between…
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