Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
The leadership difference: why effective leadership pays and how
Those recruiters who attended the RCSA International Conference in Port Douglas a few months ago, were fortunate enough to witness Steve Vamos speak on the last afternoon. Given Steve’s background in technology companies, you would be forgiven for expecting that his presentation would be hi-tech in format and tech-heavy in content. In fact it…
Read MoreThe ‘gravity of success’ prevents innovation: Summary of the 2011 RCSA Conference
The RCSA delivered another excellent annual conference last week at the Sheraton Mirage in Port Douglas, Queensland. Over 300 attendees were treated to a varied and high quality program which ensured that recruitment agency owners and managers departed Far North Queensland with just as many questions about the future of their respective businesses as they…
Read MoreMotivating recruiters: Who’s responsible?
Professional sport can be brutal. Two weekends ago in the AFL the Melbourne Demons travelled west to play the Geelong Cats in Geelong. The Demons were just outside the Top 8 and the Cats were second from the top. The Demons were not expected to win but nobody could have predicted the humiliation that was…
Read MoreOne year on: Interview with RCSA CEO, Steve Granland
Welcome back to InSight Steve and congratulations on your one year anniversary with the RCSA. How different, or similar, has your experience of the role been compared to your expectations of the role when you started on 7 June last year? Hi Ross and thanks very much. It is amazing how…
Read MoreAustralia’s most productive companies: what can recruiters learn?
A couple of weeks ago, daily news service, HR Daily, published a summary of the recent Profiles International publication Australia’s Most Productive Companies 2010. The report is a summary of recent research (150 of Australia’s public companies) into the factors that drive high revenue per employee. Further research, including interviewing executives within each high-performing company,…
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 MoreMeet the new CEO of the RCSA (Aus & NZ): Steve Granland
As many of you would know, the long serving CEO of the Recruitment and Consulting Services Association (Australia & New Zealand), Julie Mills, resigned earlier this year and after a thorough search, the RCSA Board recently announced the appointment of Steve Granland to the CEO’s role. I managed to meet Steve at the…
Read MoreWhat’s the Standard of Your Marketing Communication?
I recently received the following email via a recruiter who had it forwarded to her from one of her clients, who had it sent to her from a recruitment agency. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t read it. I have cut and pasted the email, exactly as it was forwarded to…
Read MoreAre you Opportunity-Minded?
This article originally appeared in Issue 65 of InSight published 21st January 2009 After his elevation from semi-retirement to the Tasmanian Parliament in June last year, I wrote about my Uncle Ross (Butler) in InSight 37 as an example of the new career possibilities available to Australia’s seniors. This New Year’s…
Read MoreGihan Perera interviews Ross Clennett: 12/11/08
After significant feedback from clients and subscribers, I have decided to offer membership to RossClennett.com which will provide members-only access to a range of professional development products and services, currently unavailable to the general public. One of main features of membership includes expert interviews with leading recruitment figures, available in audio format to…
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