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Candidate interviews: the dud KPI
When I am running my ‘Building a Profitable Desk‘ workshop and it comes around to the discussion of High Pay-Off Activities (or KPIs, if you prefer), I will inevitably have a participant nominate ‘interviews’ as a high pay-off activity. When I disagree, there is often a slight pause and then this look of confusion appears on the…
Read MoreSocial media 101: Invest in reputation by Gihan Perera (special guest contributor)
Garr Reynolds is the author of the excellent book Presentation Zen, which I bought a few years ago. When he released his next book The Naked Presenter, I had no hesitation buying it. But I bought it in a different way. I bought the first book in the traditional way – while browsing…
Read MoreInterview with 2011 FEMA Recruiter of the Year: Katie Borton, Launch Recruitment
Katie Borton, Launch Recruitment It’s award season in the recruitment industry and as you are sifting through the various categories in the respective SARAs, FEMAs and REAs, you will notice that there is only one individual award, and that’s the FEMA Recruiter of the Year . Last year Sydney-based executive…
Read More“I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord”
*This article was originally published in InSight 93, 5 August, 2009 With apologies to Phil Collins, who was singing about the collapse of his first marriage after his then-wife ran off with their painter and decorator, I can definitely feel something coming in the (recruitment) air right about now. Do you feel…
Read MorePre-GFC acquisitions fail to deliver for ASX listed recruiters: 2010/11 in review
My review of the 2010 results of the ASX-listed recruiters proved popular enough last year for me to invest the significant number of hours required to do the same exercise for this past financial year. One thing is very clear from both this year’s and last year’s results; most of the ASX-listed recruiters…
Read MoreRecapping 4 years of blogging
Today marks the 200th issue of InSight, my weekly e-zine. It’s also the 4th anniversary of the first issue of InSight which means of have been blogging for four years. Apart from a brief break over Christmas/New Year,each year, InSight has been emailed out to subscribers every Wednesday morning (or Tuesday afternoon/evening…
Read MoreWho are your stakeholders and what do they REALLY want?
Two weeks ago I wrote a summary of the 2011 RCSA Conference, held in Port Douglas. I compiled a list of what I regarded as useful and insightful quotes that were uttered by the various presenters. Today I return to one of those quotes for a greater examination of it because as the…
Read More22 signs you are slowly going the way of the dinosaurs
The past four weeks have been a very productive period for my own professional development. I have attended the ATC Sourcevent , the RCSA Conference and Greg Savage’s Cunningham Family Fund fundraiser presentation, Old Skool v New Kool . I love hearing from a range of people about the sector I…
Read MoreThe ‘gravity of success’ prevents innovation: Summary of the 2011 RCSA Conference
The RCSA delivered another excellent annual conference last week at the Sheraton Mirage in Port Douglas, Queensland. Over 300 attendees were treated to a varied and high quality program which ensured that recruitment agency owners and managers departed Far North Queensland with just as many questions about the future of their respective businesses as they…
Read MoreRecognition and trust: Alive and well in the recruitment agency world
In the world of agency recruitment, it’s very rare that a recruiter or a leader can land the trifecta of leaving at the top of their game, leaving on their own terms and leaving with a level of acknowledgement and recognition appropriate for their contribution to their colleagues and employer. When I left…
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