Posts Tagged ‘PSAs’
Recruitment tenders and PSAs: Please get out of your own way!
I’m right! Yes, it does happen occasionally. I now have substantial evidence from a highly credible global consulting firm that supports one of my more common rants; the ludicrous waste of time and money that a vast number of tenders and PSAs prove to be . Wasteful recruitment tender and PSA processes are…
Read MoreRecruitment industry used as easy scapegoat, yet again
Yet again we see the recruitment agency-bashing focus of the mainstream media is alive and well in Australia. Witness a recent a one-sided non-story in Fairfax Media’s Canberra Times entitled Public sector employment freeze proves a jobs boon for private recruiters. Writer Noel Towell decided that the new Abbott Government’s use of recruitment agencies while…
Read MoreGuarantees: Stop letting clients penalise you for their stuff ups
As I checked back into ShortList for the New Year, I was greeted with the first headline of 2014 ‘Impossible to predict length of Australian downturn: PageGroup CEO’. The article goes on to detail the period-on-period declining results for not only PageGroup but also Hays , Robert Walters and Data 3 . You don’t need…
Read MoreNo temp-to-perm fee? You’ve got to be kidding!
One of the more odious internal recruitment practices being seen with increasing frequency around the country these days is the inclusion in recruitment PSAs or tenders of the ‘no temp-to-perm fee’ condition. I saw it again this week when industry news service ShortList brought attention to the Glenorchy (Tasmania) City Council’s current recruitment tender document including such…
Read MoreDo you have an ‘almost pathological need to confront brutal facts’?
Acting on the urgings of Jonathan Holmes during his final episode of ABC1’s Media Watch, I decided to make a commitment to pay for quality journalism by subscribing to Business Review Weekly. The most recent cover story features US business author Jim Collins, who is most famous for his books Good to Great (2001) and…
Read MoreCity of Sydney Council PSA ‘win’ equals a loss for most recruiters
Another pointless waste of time concluded last week with the announcement of the 39 recruitment agencies that were ‘successful’ in winning a place on the City of Sydney Council Temporary Staff Recruitment Panel. Industry news service, ShortList, reported that the Council’s process opened in February this year with submissions closing on 13 March 2012. It’s…
Read MorePlease stop the PSA madness in Canberra – it’s a joke!
I’m sorry if I’m going to sound like a stuck record but can someone remind me, again, why all levels of government persist with recruitment panels and PSAs? I need reminding because recent news reports would appear, yet again, to raise the obvious question ‘do all these very lengthy processes deliver benefits that exceed their…
Read MoreFederal Government recruitment: A very big pie indeed
As I wrote two weeks ago, the current New Zealand AoG recruitment panel tendering process is currently open. Many New Zealand recruiters are sweating about what pricing structure they will submit and how low they will need to go to be in with a chance of securing a coveted panel spot. At the Recruiters’ Hub…
Read MoreNZ Government Recruitment: It’s game on
Just prior to Easter, my New Zealand source, Tweet Throat, provided me with a spot of significant NZ recruitment news. The AoG (All of Government) recruitment tender was formally launched on Tuesday 3 April 2012 at the Ministry of Economic Development. Lead mandarin, Daniel Craig look-alike, Mark Ansell told the assembled eighty recruiters…
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…
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