Posts Tagged ‘Future of recruitment’
Popular, profitable, cashed up: LinkedIn’s unstoppable momentum
Last week LinkedIn announced their September 2012 results. Here’s my summary of the most significant and relevant results: Area June – September 2012 (USD$ millions) June – September 2011 (USD$ millions) Period-to- period change Total revenue $252.0 $139.5 +81% – Talent solutions $138.4…
Read MoreIs your recruitment business model sustainable?
The employment market in Australia continues to be robust. In July a further 14,000 new jobs were created and unemployment dropped by 2,500 people to leave the unemployment rate unchanged at 5.2%. Recruitment agency business has, generally, been slightly less robust. Owners I have spoken to have had a very uneven past 6…
Read MoreFull steam ahead: A conversation with Hays Aus/NZ MD, Nick Deligiannis
Just over three months ago, long-time Hays Aus/NZ Managing Director, Nigel Heap was announced as the new MD for the troubled Hays (UK & Ireland) business. At the same time it was announced that 19 year Hays veteran, Nick Deligiannis would be moving from his regional directorship position into Heap’s old role. Deligiannis gave me…
Read MoreSocial Media: The future’s so bright, you gotta wear shades
The benefit of consistently attending a range of recruitment conferences is that, among other things, you hear different things from different experts at different times and patterns start to emerge. Many people at these events make public predictions which are just that … predictions. What happens down the track, months or years after these predictions…
Read MoreRPOs: agency threat or opportunity?
The Recruiters’ Hub Conference (Rhub), held two weeks ago, provided lots of food for thought for the recruiters who attended. I was especially interested in the presentations by the respective representatives of Telstra , Lend Lease and Sanofi-aventis . Each of these companies has undertaken a complete shift in the way…
Read MoreRecruitment agencies: Where the bloody hell are you?
My experience of attending both the ATC Social Media in Recruitment event last Thursday and TRU Australia last Friday (both held in Melbourne), left me scratching my head as to what might be going on inside the heads of leaders in our sector. Here are two events where a majority of the attendees are…
Read More“I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord”
*This article was originally published in InSight 93, 5 August, 2009 With apologies to Phil Collins, who was singing about the collapse of his first marriage after his then-wife ran off with their painter and decorator, I can definitely feel something coming in the (recruitment) air right about now. Do you feel…
Read MoreWho are your stakeholders and what do they REALLY want?
Two weeks ago I wrote a summary of the 2011 RCSA Conference, held in Port Douglas. I compiled a list of what I regarded as useful and insightful quotes that were uttered by the various presenters. Today I return to one of those quotes for a greater examination of it because as the…
Read More22 signs you are slowly going the way of the dinosaurs
The past four weeks have been a very productive period for my own professional development. I have attended the ATC Sourcevent , the RCSA Conference and Greg Savage’s Cunningham Family Fund fundraiser presentation, Old Skool v New Kool . I love hearing from a range of people about the sector I…
Read MoreLinkedIn trumpets aggressive grab for recruitment agency market
The most significant event for the recruitment industry for 2011 so far has undoubtedly been the announcement by LinkedIn that they intend to ‘go public’ at some stage this year. They did not set a date for the listing or a target price for their shares but they did reveal a lot of very interesting…
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