Posts Tagged ‘high performance’
What you may not know about recruitment’s Top 16 Influencers
Over the past two weeks I have highlighted the nominations (16 individuals) of those who were voted by my invited peer panel as the most influential people in the Australian recruitment industry over the past 60 years. Here’s some background that you may not know about each person (eight of the list are profiled this…
Read MoreThe 15 most influential people in the recruitment industry in past 60 years
In last week’s article, I listed the top five nominations in the peer vote of those in the Australian recruitment industry that have been the most influential people over the past sixty years. Those nominations were: John Plummer (Senior), Greg Savage, Geoff Morgan and Andrew Banks, Geoff Slade and Julia Ross. These five nominations (6 individuals)…
Read MoreThe 5 most influential people in the recruitment industry in the past 60 years
To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the founding of one of Australia’s pioneering recruitment agencies, Centacom, I selected over one hundred people from the Australian recruitment industry and asked them to nominate the most (up to 10) influential people (based on their subjective view) from our industry over the past sixty years. I asked…
Read MoreHow probation should be assessed
Last week Greg Savage spoke at the RCSA 2015 International Conference on the topic of ‘The DNA of the Recruiter of the Future‘. Greg finished with two key messages: Always be hiring The people with the best people will win. Do you have the best people? I agree strongly with both of these points. The…
Read MoreLessons in success: Do the work; the hard work most others won’t do
I am on Hamilton Island for the 2015 RCSA Conference as I write this. Speaking at the conference will be a person I know very well: Sue-Ellen Watts. Attending the conference, but not speaking (as she has done previously), will be Nicole Underwood, a person I also know very well. Sue-Ellen and Nicole were my first two clients,…
Read MoreQueenstown’s #2 rated place to eat: A lesson in focus
I have just returned from a family holiday in Queenstown. I enjoyed my five days in Queenstown at the 2014 RCSA Conference so much that I committed to return as soon as I could, with the family in tow. Amongst the many adventure pursuits of the trip (I still have a bruised backside from my…
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 MoreWhy crap interviewers don’t know they are crap
Most people who conduct recruitment interviews have never been trained in how to interview effectively. Yet this lack of training doesn’t stop these interviewers from believing that they have good interview skills and don’t need any training. It’s called confirmation bias eg ‘I hired Gavin and he turned out to be a winner’. A view…
Read MoreFocus: Your future depends on it
Twenty four years’ ago I was in my fourth month of employment at Temporary Solutions in Sydney. I was an accounting temp consultant. Unemployment (7.9%) was continuing to rise, eventually peaking at 11.2% in November 1992. The market was tough. Jobs were hard to come by and good candidates were plentiful. One of the few…
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