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Do you have a future like Talent International’s or Boston Kennedy’s?
It’s been an interesting month for the business of recruitment in Australia. Earlier this month, IT specialist recruitment agency Talent International made a massive splash with their mega-event Talent Unleashed at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney (check out the very slick 4 minute video of the event). An audience of clients, contractors and TI staff…
Read MoreGood news all round for New Zealand employment
Statistics New Zealand only releases labour market information every quarter unlike in Australia where the ABS releases labour market data every month. The most recent release for the March 2013 quarter highlighted some excellent news for the New Zealand economy. Statistics New Zealand reported that, nationally, in the March 2013 quarter, compared with…
Read MoreHow will I know (if he has succeeded in the job)?
Back in the (Australian) summer of 1985/86, Whitney Houston released the third single from her self-titled debut album. It was a massive hit, reaching number 2 on the Australian singles chart and number 1 on the (US) Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song ‘How Will I Know?’ (and accompanying video) was a perfect representation of mid-1980s pop music.…
Read More‘Eye of the Tiger’ and other ways to manage your state for high impact
Matt Church is one of Australia’s leading public speakers as well as a mentor to many Thought Leaders in Australia. I re-read a recent blog of Matt’s that was all about how he manages his preparation for speaking so that he is in the maximum, positive state of mind when he steps onto…
Read MoreLooking Good: Global employment growth in the next decade
Macquarie Bank Private Wealth division recently released a report Forward Thinking: Global job growth for the next decade which is a fascinating piece of research on job growth around the world. Below is my edited summary of the most relevant aspects of the 21 page report. The three most significant historical points…
Read MoreHow do you remember what you learn?
Anybody who thinks that by simply going to the occasional professional development event they will develop their capability to any significant extent is kidding themselves. Maximising professional development is all about what you do with what you have learned. Knowledge, just sitting inside your head, very quickly dissipates, as the research proves. The research on…
Read MoreHow committed to your candidates are you REALLY?
I was very fortunate in having my formative years as a recruiter within both Hays in the UK (then called Accountancy Personnel) and subsequently Recruitment Solutions. As with many situations, sometimes it’s only with the benefit of hindsight that I truly appreciated what I had gained. As much as skills development is…
Read MoreSuccess: First you must fail (and often fail again)
On Monday morning, as has been my annual habit for the past 35 years or so, I watched the conclusion of the Masters golf tournament. The Masters, one of golf’s four majors, is especially revered for Australian players as no Australian has managed to win the converted green jacket, with Greg Norman …
Read MoreRecruitment ads in The Age: Loudly knocking at death’s door
Regular readers will recall that this time each year, for the past two years, I have conducted an analysis of the My Career section within The Saturday Age . Here’s part of what I wrote on 10 April last year: The 32 tabloid sized pages of ads which had appeared on 26…
Read MoreOptimism: The only way to go at work (almost always)
During the panel session I chaired at the recent RCSA PEARL Consultant Forum, one of the conversations turned to the characteristics that are important for a recruiter in today’s economic and recruitment environment. I made the point that, in my experience, only optimistic people succeed at recruitment. Pessimists should never be hired. Why did I…
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