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What I miss and don’t miss about recruiting
It’s a question I am often asked during a break in a training or coaching session; ‘Do you miss recruiting, Ross?’ The honest answer is ‘sometimes’. I loved almost every minute of my time when I was recruiting. For most of my 14 years running a desk (full time as a consultant, part-time…
Read MoreRecruiters perplexed: Elite performer is short, has a beer gut and is 51 years old
As a keen student of high performance and a casual golf fan, I was delighted when, last month, 51 year old Peter Senior won the 2010 Australian PGA title, ahead of runner-up, 33 year-old Geoff Ogilvy, the 2006 US Open champion. Both players finished the 72 hole tournament tied on 276 and Senior won on the second extra…
Read MoreInterview with Australian Association of Graduate Employers 2010 Recruiter of the Year: Hayley Warne
The Australian Association of Graduate Employers (AAGE) is the peak industry body representing organisations that recruit and develop Australian graduates. The current membership comprises over 340 organisations, including a variety of large and small employers across a wide range of industries in both the private and public sectors. Every year the AAGE has various awards…
Read MoreAgencies are far from dead: 2010 in review
Yes, I am pleased to confirm that the Australian recruitment agency sector, after a near-death experience in late 2008 and early 2009, is alive and well. Reports of the industry’s irrelevance were proven to be well off the mark as growth and profitability rebounded strongly in 2010. That doesn’t mean it was a year…
Read MoreRely on the shop or grow your own?
Last week I read with interest, an article on Recruiter Daily about candidate segmentation. The article details the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tactics recommended by two consultants who work for a recruitment outsource provider on-site at Ernst & Young, one of the ‘Big 4′ accounting firms. The article got my attention as providing…
Read MoreAre you still stuck in the recruitment dark ages?
These days it is hard to imagine how little information was available about recruitment practices and competitors back in the early to mid 1990s. There was only one source of industry-specific public recruitment training available in Australia, and that was Rosemary Scott’s business in its original 1992 form as a training business.…
Read MoreThe Skills Shortage (Part 3): Workers with a Disability
As I was going through the checkout at my local Coles today, I noticed a sign taped to the register. ‘I am a hearing-impaired person. Thanks for your understanding when I am serving you‘. It reminded me that this Friday, 3 December, is International Day for Persons with a Disability. Recruiters might be interested to…
Read MoreInterview with 2010 FEMA Recruiter of the Year: Neil Galvin from Talent2
Amongst the many awards available at the respective SARAs, FEMAs and REAs, there is only one individual award, and that’s the FEMA Recruiter of the Year . Last year Melbourne-based executive recruiter for McArthur Management Services , Darren Condon-Green took home the prize and this year Sydney-based recruiter for Talent2 , Neil Galvin …
Read MoreSkilled Migration – where are we at?
Recently, international professional services firm, KPMG , released the results of their survey into skilled migration (Class 457 Visas) in Australia. These survey results, combined with recent data releases from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) make for interesting reading. I’ve reproduced the most relevant data below: 1. There…
Read MoreAtlassian Recruitment: November 2010 update
Australian international software company, Atlassian , have provided me with plenty to comment on in the past 15 months. On 31 August 2009, I first wrote (see my blog) about the very different tactics Atlassian were adopting for a specific campaign they had just launched to hire 32 engineers for their Sydney head office. This…
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