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Lessons in Success: George Calombaris
* This is an updated and edited version of an article originally published in InSight 102 on 7 October, 2009 MasterChef has returned to our screens for a fifth season and is not having quite the same ratings success as the glory years of 2009 and 2010. My interest certainly waned as soon…
Read MoreA Lesson in Humility by John Colebatch
Prompted by my lead article last week, Sydney-based executive recruiter John Colebatch contacted me to share a few amusing reminisces from his 24 years as a recruiter (John started his recruitment career in 1989, four months after I started mine). Included in his stories was a link to an article he wrote three years ago…
Read MoreThe lucky country: Australia’s labour market progress since 1992
At this time in 1992 I had just turned 26 and was in my second year as a temp recruiter at Recruitment Solutions in the Sydney CBD with a remuneration structure of $35,000 base plus team commission. We had moved offices from 50 Margaret St to 275 George St and for the first time I…
Read MoreIgnorance is no excuse: check candidates’ work rights
Recent legislative changes introduced under The Migration Amendment to the Reform of Employer Sanctions Act 2013 are changes that all recruitment agency owners, managers and consultants should be fully across. The most relevant change is that The Department of Immigration (DOI) now have the capacity to issue infringement notices of $15,300 (escalating up to…
Read MoreAre you interviewing a leader or a bureaucrat?
There is a distinct difference between interviewing a candidate who has a formal leadership role and those candidates who do not. When a candidate has reached a position of formal leadership, their technical skills become relatively less important to their ongoing success. The critical factor that has the candidate consistently deliver high performance in a…
Read MoreThanks for your $7330: My 2013 MDC fundraising report
My fundraising campaign for the 2013 Mother’s Day Classic has now finished. On Sunday morning 12 May 2013 more than 130,000 Australians, in a record 74 locations, came together to walk or run for breast cancer research and to show their respect for those affected by breast cancer, contributing to the lasting impact the…
Read MoreDo you need to attend Contingent Recruiters Anonymous?
In Australia we are just about to complete one financial year and start a new one. It’s a very good time to review some critical statistics from the past 12 months and make some firm commitments to the way in which you will operate as a recruitment consultant (or as recruitment agency, if you are…
Read MoreAnother recruitment innovator shakes things up
As Richard Branson proved, time and again, it takes an industry outsider (almost always) to truly innovate and create a genuinely different offering. One of the current recruitment sector innovators is 22-year-old Genevieve George a Gen Y entrepreneur with no recruitment experience (other than as a job seeker) who has established OneShift, a short-term job…
Read MoreSir Edmund Hillary – lessons in accomplishment
This is an edited and updated version of an article that originally appeared in InSight Issue #15 on 17 January 2008. Last week marked the 60th anniversary of the first successful summit of Mt. Everest. On 29 May 1953 Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary (both pictured, above) reached the top of the…
Read MoreThe disaster that is our country’s car manufacturing industry
No matter where you were in Australia last week I’m sure you heard or read about Ford’s announcement that they would cease making cars in Australian in 2016. This decision will lead to the direct loss of around 1200 jobs due to the closure of Ford manufacturing facilities in Geelong and Broadmeadows. The media then went into…
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