Posts Tagged ‘Clarius’
Decent research shows talent is very far from a company’s #1 priority
In a recent blog, I tackled the ludicrous claim made by LinkedIn in their fancifully named ‘Australia Recruiting Trends 2017: What you need to know about the state of talent acquisition’ that Australian and talent leaders say that Talent is #1 priority at their company (79%). I suggested that you would be hard pressed to find one agency…
Read MoreASX-listed recruiters are now endangered: 2014/15 in review
When I wrote my first review of the ASX-listed recruitment agencies five years ago, there were nine companies I reviewed. One of those companies was generating a minority of its sales and profit via recruitment agency activities (Programmed). I overlooked H-Tech Group in that first review and I also did not include SMS, who have…
Read MoreOut-of-industry CEOs: A breath of fresh air or a cocky fish-out-of-water?
Recently installed Clarius CEO, Peter Wilson (ex-Datacom) wasn’t pulling any punches last week when he announced three recent senior level hires; new CTO Lee Bustin (ex-GroupM), new head of candidate management Leah Thode (self-employed leadership consultant and coach since 2010) and new director of on-demand and outsourcing services Stafia Giannakis (ex-Datacom). These three arrivals join new regional…
Read MoreOut-of-industry CEOs: A breath of fresh air or a cocky fish-out-of-water?
Recently installed Clarius CEO, Peter Wilson (ex-Datacom) wasn’t pulling any punches last week when he announced three recent senior level hires; new CTO Lee Bustin (ex-GroupM), new head of candidate management Leah Thode (self-employed leadership consultant and coach since 2010) and new director of on-demand and outsourcing services Stafia Giannakis (ex-Datacom). These three arrivals join new regional…
Read MoreASX-listed recruiters continue to decline: 2013/14 in review
he past year or so has been a particularly bloody one for the Australian publicly listed recruitment sector. Last September HJB Limited, after many years of unacceptable financial results, sank into administration. In August this year, Bluestone Limited, after only a handful of years of unacceptable results, went the same way as HJB, owing $86 million to a…
Read MoreHow serious is the recruitment industry about recruiting its own? 2013 update
Two years ago I decided to do some research to see how various high profile firms in the recruitment industry were approaching the job of attracting their own potential employees through a dedicated careers site. The results were embarrassing and I concluded: Based on this sample, I award the recruitment sector an overall grade of…
Read MoreWhich agencies are best taking advantage of their LinkedIn presence?
In preparation for my review of recruitment agencies’ career sites, which I will be publishing next month, I decided to have a look at how effectively recruitment agencies are using both their careers page (additional fee) and company page (free) on LinkedIn. For many recruitment agencies, having an effective presence on LinkedIn is part…
Read MoreASX recruiters on the southbound train: 2012/13 in review
Last month I wrote about the demise of ASX-listed recruitment agency HJB. This was the latest piece of a very long list of bad news for the Australian publicly listed recruitment sector. Having reviewed the eight remaining recruitment companies (that being very generous as both SMS or Programmed (PMS) aren’t recruitment companies as their respective recruitment brands, M&T Resources and Integrated each make…
Read MoreHow serious is the recruitment industry about recruiting its own? 2012 update
This time last year I decided to do a bit of research to see how effective various high profile firms in the recruitment industry were at the basics of recruiting their own staff, ie having an effective careers site. I rationalised it thus: Given most job seekers who want to find out about working for…
Read MoreNo silver-lined clouds anywhere for ASX recruiters: 2011/12 in review
Four months ago I blogged The ASX-listed recruitment sector: The end is nigh after Geoff Morgan and Andrew Banks announced their intention to delist Talent2 and take it back into private ownership spurred on, in part, by the hammering the share price took after Talent2 announced profit warnings late last year. …
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