Recruitment

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…

The role of managing director for specialist recruitment in Australia has been made redundant as part of a major restructure of the Hays ANZ business, which was announced yesterday in an email to all Hays ANZ employees by Asia Pacific CEO Matthew Dickason (pictured, right). As a result, Jane McNeill, the incumbent and long-time Hays…

Clickbait headline, right? For sure. But you’re here now, so you may as well keep reading. The problem with working for Greg Savage is that you think it’s normal to have a boss who wants you to be better, drives you to be better, and will help you be better….if you are prepared to put…

Recruitment is a challenging job. Leading a team of recruiters is a hugely challenging job. Leading a team of recruiters successfully over the long term takes perseverance, skill, and a very thick skin. As a leader of other recruiters, I had many more failures than successes in my early days. These are the six most…

It is difficult to recall what was more terrifying in the 1990s when I lived in Sydney – attempting to drive to an unfamiliar location without my Gregory’s (street atlas) or turning up unprepared to a one-to-one weekly meeting with Greg Savage. Having been a mediocre recruiter and mediocre leader before eventually becoming better at…

(Top photo, January 1987, Salamanca Place, Hobart, bottom photo, November 2025, Delamere Vineyard, Tasmania)   Simon James Hugill Hirst was an influencer decades before it became an occupation or a label attached to anyone with more than 10,000 followers on Instagram. But Simon didn’t influence for money or status. Simon’s 80 years and 109 days…

There’s a simple reason that business owners who are central to multiple unsuccessful companies continue their pattern – they don’t accept responsibility. As I outlined last year when I dissected Ephram Stephenson’s attempt to explain the collapse of the Collar Group, Stephenson attempted, in a podcast interview, to accept responsibility for Collar’s cashflow crisis and…