Posts Tagged ‘candidates’
Rely 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 MoreCV fraud on the march: What are you doing about it?
Another week and another reminder about the lengths some candidates will go to in order to fool employers and lie their way into a job. The Sydney Morning Herald reported last Monday that in late 2009 an Australian ‘doctor’ had conned his way into a senior lecturers’ position at the London School of…
Read MoreHow hiring mistakes are made
For those of us who follow the AFL version of football in this country, you couldn’t help but know that last week, perennial bad boy Brendan Fevola was in trouble, yet again. Fevola is alleged to have exposed himself to a Brisbane mother at a Club Family Day. Fevola’s club, the Brisbane Lions, responding by…
Read MoreAre you leaking candidates?
It was the middle of week four in my new job. I was the third consultant on a three person temp accounting desk team. My Manager Bronwyn, and Michelle, the Senior Consultant, were finishing their weekly working temp calls. Bronwyn smiles at Michelle and says, ‘Time to call the sleepers!’ I…
Read MoreThe power of saying ‘No’
One of the many memorable (and valuable) conversations I had in my recruitment life, occurred when my recruitment career was a bare 2 months old. I was a very ‘green’ 22 year old, living away from home for the first time, trying to make a go of working life in London. I was…
Read MoreRaising the bar – what recruiters need to dramatically improve
It’s been an interesting week of reading on the Recruiter Daily website. Job seeker advocate website EvenItUp! has been very public in countering the opening of voting in the SARA awards with their own job seeker survey as well as publishing a 10 point job seeker charter. The RCSA has hit back with a…
Read MoreCandidate assessment and selection – the rusty skill
This article orginally appeared in InSight issue 74, published on 25 March 2009 Six years ago, in the twilight months of my recruitment career, I recruited the role of Human Resources Director for a large ASX listed retailer. I reviewed over 150 resumes of which a large number were very well credentialed for…
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