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What the Greatest Sports Coach of All Time taught us about high performance
ESPN had him ranked at number 2 in The Greatest Sports Coaches of the Twentieth Century behind NFL legend Vince Lombardi. Sporting News ranked him at number 1, ahead of Lombardi at number 2. Who is this man so revered by his peers? He is a man, I suspect, 99 per cent of readers would not have heard…
Read MoreSeek on the PR offensive: Move on, there’s nothing to see here
It’s been a fascinating past couple of months in the story of Seek, via their fully or partially owned brands Onploy, Sidekicker and JoraLocal, competing against the recruitment agency segment of Seek’s own customer base. It’s clear Seek have been mindful of the less-than-helpful publicity as a handful of my clients advised me that their…
Read MoreInterview with 2017 RCSA Professional Recruiter of the Year: Erin Devlin of people2people
At the recent RCSA Winter Ball we had the unprecedented situation of three finalists for the 2017 RCSA Professional Recruiter of the Year being employed at one company. I am fortunate to to know the individual merits of each of those finalists (Catherine Kennedy, Sam Palmer and Erin Devlin) and would not have wanted to select a…
Read MoreThe long game: is it Seek v Google (with agencies collateral damage)?
A couple of Seek-backed offerings, Onploy and Sidekicker, have created plenty of concern in the local recruitment industry over the past several weeks. Many meetings and phone calls have occurred between senior Seek executives and unhappy recruitment agency owners and the RCSA. At the time of writing, no definitive action has taken place but we…
Read MoreSidekicker: Seek like more than one kind of cake
Onploy, which I wrote about last week, is a product promoting permanent recruitment services. Seek’s product targeting temporary services, Sidekicker has also been creating waves of its own. Just over 12 months ago the AFR reported that “SEEK paid in the low single-digit million-dollar range for the stake, which is understood to be substantial but well…
Read MoreOnploy: Do Seek want to have their cake and eat it too (again)?
For the whole of Seek’s life there has been an uneasy alliance between Australia’s largest jobs board, Seek, and its recruitment agency clientele. In the early days, the large recruitment agencies were a very important foundation source of revenue for the fledging Seek at the end of the last millennium. Subsequent to Seek’s listing on…
Read MoreATC Summary: How to avoid being AI-ed out of your job or career
The standout, among many highlights, of each annual Australian Talent Conference is the closing keynote. ATC co-founder, and one of the most respected people in the world of recruitment, Kevin Wheeler, traditionally closes the two conference days with his Fearless Forecast presentation in which he makes predictions about the way in which companies hire and get…
Read MoreIs that a muddy, smelly swamp I see at the end of the lowest-price highway?
In a recent conversation with a recruitment agency owner, we were discussing the latest demands for margin reductions. He informed me that one of his clients wanted to include his agency on the (ASX-listed) company’s PSA to supply IT contractors. On the surface, this would appear to be good news. However the sting in the…
Read MoreInterview with 2017 RI Recruiter of the Year: Matthew Cossens of Aurec
Ross: What was your background prior to becoming a recruiter and how did you come to choose recruitment as a career? Matthew: Prior to recruitment I was working as both a Fishmonger and in Retail Sales while completing a Bachelor Degree in HR/Management. On completing my degree it was recommended that I try a career in…
Read MoreOne year on: Interview with RCSA CEO, Charles Cameron
Charles Cameron, addressing the RCSA International Conference, 25 August 2016 Port Douglas, Queensland Ross: Welcome Charles and congratulations on your one year anniversary with the RCSA. How different, or similar, has your experience of the role been compared to your expectations of the role when you started in May last year? Charles: Hi Ross, to be honest, the amount…
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