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Economy still going strong, despite what the media tell you
You might be wondering how the economy can be in such good shape, despite all the media stories to the contrary. And the economy certainly is in good shape. The latest ABS figures indicate that in the first five months of 2012 the Australian labour market added a total of 116,000 new…
Read MoreLessons from Linkedin’s Reid Hoffman: The future’s in network literacy
In The Start Up of You (reviewed in InSight 233) the real gold is in Chapter 7. The chapter opens thus: A decade ago, Bill Gates wrote: ‘The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competition, the best way to put distance between you and the crowd, is to do…
Read MoreGut feeling, evidence and the Moneyball effect: Lessons from ATC 2012
The impact of a conference speaker at the modern day recruitment conference can be quickly gauged by a few tell-tale signs. The high impact speaker will generate a flurry of tweets comprising, invariably, positive feedback from the listener, quotes from the said speaker and then agreement, debate and retweets from others following the conference twitter…
Read MoreSeek’s Application Export: improved service or, not?
Seek’s latest site changes have caused a bit of a stir in the recruitment sector. In short, previously when a candidate clicked the Apply button on the screen that contained the job advertisement they were taken to an external site to complete an online application form and/or to upload their own resume. This process is…
Read MoreVendor Reports: Statistics, damn lies, incompetence and outright BS
As you can probably tell from the lead article in InSight #232, I enjoy reading a good report, research paper or ABS release. Using validated and relevant data can provide the basis of a useful and interesting article when that data is dissected, analysed and combined with intelligent commentary. For many years, smart recruitment agencies…
Read MoreThe ASX-listed recruitment sector: The end is nigh
Most of the recruitment industry would have heard that the legendary duo of Geoff Morgan and Andrew Banks have announced their intention to delist Talent2 and take it back into private ownership. This will occur via a share buyback funded by, what will be a 50/50 joint venture between their private investment…
Read MoreMemo to the Melbourne Football Club: remember the basics of recruiting
Last weekend Melbourne Football Club, the oldest football club in Australia suffered its eighth straight loss in the 2012 AFL season, after losing to Carlton by 58 points. Melbourne now sits firmly at the bottom of the AFL ladder, below the two most recent expansion clubs, the Gold Coast Suns (second season in the AFL)…
Read MoreThank you: $4280 raised for breast cancer research
I am thrilled to announce that I met my revised fundraising target of $4000 for the Mother Day Classic I participated in two weeks ago. I received 115 individual donations to the National Breast Cancer Foundation’s research programs, raising a total of $4,280 which ranked me the number 7 highest fundraiser for…
Read MoreA university education: overrated and underpaid?
Last week Suncorp Bank released its May 2012 Wages Report. This report is a fascinating analysis of Australian average weekly earnings by industry, gender and state and territory. The data is drawn from official Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports (specifically 6291.0.55.003 – Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly, Feb 2012 and 6302.0 Average Weekly…
Read MoreRCSA Gala Ball 2012 Award Winners Announced
At the RCSA gala Ball with fellow Outstanding Contribution Award finalist, Rosemary Scott Two week ago the RCSA held the highly successful 2012 Gala Ball and Awards Night at The Regent Theatre Plaza Ballroom in Melbourne. The event was filled almost to capacity with recruitment agency owners, managers and consultants as well as industry suppliers…
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