Posts Tagged ‘Atlassian’
Another insipid piece of lazy recruiter-bashing hits the web
The recruitment industry is one that is an easy target for the knockers. I have written about this topic a few times before. The (supposed) quality broadsheet media, use incomplete facts to paint our industry as enjoying a taxpayer-funded ‘bonanza’. ‘Internet entrepreneurs’ looking for a bit of free publicity, engage in a recruiter-bashing by accusing…
Read MoreThe F Word: To use or not to use? The sequel
Well, didn’t last week’s blog The F Word: To use or not to use? cause a stir. Within hours of the blog going live, I had a lively social media exchange with Vend’s Talent & Innovation Manager, Troy Hammond and various other interested parties, all with something to say on this (clearly) polarising topic. Troy wrote a blog in…
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 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…
Read MoreAtlassian32 – the story (and lessons) so far
In August 2009 I blogged about the innovative recruitment campaign of Australian software company, Atlassian. This campaign invited open slather recruitment agency participation … with a catch. The Atlassian32 campaign was launched with the purpose of hiring 32 software engineers for their Sydney head office. After I posted the article on my blog…
Read MoreNow Hiring 32 Professionals: All Agencies welcome to submit candidates*
*Conditions apply Sounds fabulous, doesn’t it? Surely it can’t be true? But it is! There really is a hiring boom in one organisation, in contrast to the hiring hibernation occurring almost everywhere else in the recruitment forest. And you don’t have to have ANY previous relationship with the company to submit candidates. …
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