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The Duncan Cunningham Family Fund Appeal
Seven years ago in Sydney I ran a small group coaching session for three senior leaders of multi-national recruitment agency, Aquent . In that session I met Duncan Cunningham , a likeable, cheerful English ex-pat who was responsible for the Aquent business in Hong Kong. We stayed in irregular contact for a year before he…
Read MoreExploding stereotypes: My recent breakfast with Sir Richard Branson
On Friday last week I had the good fortune to be a guest of one of my clients, On The Ball Personnel at the Business Chicks Melbourne Breakfast event featuring Sir Richard Branson. Could there be a more high profile, successful, and respected business person to address a gathering of 1700 of Melbourne’s, mostly…
Read MoreThe 5 things I wish I knew when I started in recruitment
*This article was originally published on 9 October, 2007 in InSight #3 I started my recruitment career in February 1989 with Accountancy Personnel (now known as Hays) in London as a fresh-faced, innocent 22 year old from Hobart. I knew nothing about accounting jobs or qualifications, nothing about London geography, nothing about working in a…
Read MoreThe Expert: Making visible what’s invisible
In broadcasting any sporting event via radio or television, most media networks will have two commentators on air at one time. One commentator (the ball-by-ball or action commentator) describes the play as it is occurring and the other commentator (the expert commentator) will provide an analysis and opinion of the tactics or overall trends of…
Read MoreBeyond ‘free’ LinkedIn: what your $ buys you
Earlier this year, after LinkedIn stated their intention to become a publicly listed company, I wrote a lead article about LinkedIn’s global aspirations and specifically, their intention to tackle the recruitment agency market. This intention was made explicit when they registered their S-1 Statement with the United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…
Read MoreOne year on: Interview with RCSA CEO, Steve Granland
Welcome back to InSight Steve 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 on 7 June last year? Hi Ross and thanks very much. It is amazing how…
Read MoreBuild or buy talent? What FC Barcelona can teach recruitment companies
One of the biggest sporting events of the past few months was the European Champions League Final, held at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 28 May, 2011. After months of pool and elimination matches, the two undisputed power clubs of world football faced off in the final. Manchester United, managed by the legendary Sir Alex…
Read MoreWhat I learned at the Australasian Talent Conference 2011
I have attended all 5 ATCs held in Sydney. They have all been very interesting in their own way and a valuable source of trends and case studies for my speaking, writing, training and coaching. I am still digesting everything I learned at the event, so before anything escapes my over-flowing brain, here’s a quick…
Read MoreCandidate sourcing and advertising: The sun rises on a new era
There were a number of significant announcements and events over the past four weeks that, from my reading, seem to be compelling evidence that the new era of recruitment advertising and candidate attraction has officially announced itself as serious and here to stay. Here’s the chronological sequence of announcements and events: …
Read MoreTraining, the tax system and immigration: The skills shortage response
In the past two weeks the words ‘skills shortage’ has only been matched for frequency of mention in the media as ‘Osama Bin Laden’. Firstly there was the release of the Skills Australia White Paper Skills for Prosperity with its headline-making conclusion that Australia needs an additional 2.4 million skilled workers by 2015, to replace…
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