Posts Tagged ‘learning and development’
The 5 things I wish I knew when I started in recruitment
*This article was originally published on 9 October, 2007 in InSight #3 I started my recruitment career in February 1989 with Accountancy Personnel (now known as Hays) in London as a fresh-faced, innocent 22 year old from Hobart. I knew nothing about accounting jobs or qualifications, nothing about London geography, nothing about working in a…
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 MoreBuild or buy talent? What FC Barcelona can teach recruitment companies
One of the biggest sporting events of the past few months was the European Champions League Final, held at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 28 May, 2011. After months of pool and elimination matches, the two undisputed power clubs of world football faced off in the final. Manchester United, managed by the legendary Sir Alex…
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 MoreIgnorance is no excuse: Do you know The Code?
Risk is a topic I have returned to a number of times during the three and half year life of InSight. I was reminded of it again last week as I took my Rookie Recruiter Training Program participants through the eight principles contained in the RCSA Code for Professional Conduct. Whether you are a member…
Read MoreThe Perfect Employee … The Perfect Employer?*
So what do employers really want in an employee? Well the government thinks they have the answer and amazingly, I believe they’ve got it pretty right! How do I know? In my recent research I found this great publication, Australian Jobs 2008, which is prepared by the Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations. Page 26…
Read MoreSkills Shortage: The Sequel (Part 2)
In last week’s InSight lead article, ‘Skills Shortage: The Sequel’, I highlighted the recent flurry of publicity in the mainstream media about the skills shortage. Contrary stories have also made the news. Recruitment industry veteran, Bob Olivier, made headlines in the AFR (Friday 23 July, 2010, page 46) by stating he believed the skills shortage…
Read MoreHigh Achievers: Born or Made?*
Last week I was fortunate to be alerted (via Twitter) to a great article from FORTUNE (Why Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin) and I was given a fascinating book written by Malcolm Gladwell (Outliers: The Story of Success, Penguin Group, 2009). Both the article and the book examine successful people and they…
Read MoreWhat are you on about, Ross?
My editorial in last week’s InSight about the attendance at the RCSA Consultant Forum, generated plenty of positive email traffic for me as well as a phone call from the CEO of one of the ‘big players’ who wasn’t too thrilled about what I had written in that article. We had a frank…
Read MoreThe Hidden Profit Available Inside Your Recruitment Company
I wasn’t at the RCSA Conference last month on Hamilton Island, but from all accounts it was an excellent conference (well done Julie, Claudia etc, at the RCSA). As usual, Jo Knox from Recruiter Daily was pumping out newsworthy articles from the various presentations and one in particular caught my eye. It…
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