Recruitment

Bill Pollock, the founder of Drake International, passed away peacefully last week at his home in Monaco, at the age of 97. Born Robert William Pollock in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1928, the youngest of nine children of Austrian and Polish immigrants, Pollock grew up during the Great Depression of the 1930s. As a teen, he…

Job Matched, owned by female beauty entrepreneur Kayla Parry, which promised “A recruitment platform that combines the simplicity of dating app swiping with AI-powered soft skills matching…….” has ceased operating with the company’s website no longer accessible. After launching the business in April 2022, three years of investment had failed to gain any traction, so…

Victoria’s Labour Hire Authority delivered a damning assessment of Hudson Australia’s recent operating history when it cancelled the company’s labour hire licence on Friday. Less than 48 hours after the reconvened second creditors’ meeting voted to return the company’s control to the same people who called in the administrators ten weeks ago, LHA commissioner Steve…

I heard about Jane McNeill many months before I met her. I joined Accountancy Personnel (or ‘AP’ as it was then known, before it became Hays) in London in February 1989, when the undisputed fee king of AP was Jonathan Farn. Farn was the manager of the largest AP office, which was referred to throughout…

There’s a crisis brewing for many employers, and it potentially looms as good news for the recruitment industry, but not for all players. A recent story about a fictional candidate who beat 261 other applicants for a junior marketing role in the UK is just the tip of a large iceberg. Employers are discovering that…

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…

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.…

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.…

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…

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…