Posts Tagged ‘hays’
Do you have a talent strategy?
It’s an interesting question to ask of any organisation but especially a recruitment agency. To be honest, it’s a question I’ve only given a lot of thought to recently because of the work I have been doing with two of my clients in helping them define their respective talent strategies and the research recently undertaken by Psylutions…
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 MoreGlobal profit up 12%: Inside the Hays financial results for 2011/12
As Australia comes to the end of the 2012/13 financial year reporting season, the recruitment sector is digesting the flat market performance of its few remaining ASX –listed companies (my annual review of the performance of the publicly-listed recruitment companies will be out in early October). Overall it’s been a pretty uninspiring year for those…
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 MoreAustralia’s recruitment profit king takes on massive new challenge
Undoubtedly the biggest piece of Australian recruitment industry news of the past week has been the announcement from Hays of the move of Hays Asia Pacific MD, Nigel Heap, to the very challenging job of MD of Hays UK & Ireland. When Heap arrived in 1997 to take over the top local job, Hays was…
Read MoreExpertise, Capability, Good Corporate Citizen, New Markets and Profit: The Hays juggernaut rolls on
On 28 October 2009 in InSight #105, the lead article was The Best Run Recruitment Companies in Australia (part 1): Hays which listed the reasons I believed Hays was so highly regarded by other recruitment industry owners and CEOs. Although no comments were posted to my blog about this article, I received a few emails…
Read MoreWhat 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 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 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…
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