Posts Tagged ‘RCSA’
Global staffing industry sales top $400 billion
The recent RCSA International Conference held in Queenstown had a variety of industry speakers and one of the most interesting was Barry Asin, the President of Staffing Industry Analysts who, as the name suggests, compile data and undertake research on the staffing (recruitment) industry on a global basis. There was so much of interest that Barry shared, I thought I…
Read MoreA call to recruitment industry women to speak
The RCSA International Conference 2014 was a resounding success. The conference was sold out, the speakers were varied and educational, the social events were a lot of fun and the host city, Queenstown, New Zealand was simply spectacular. The only dampener on the whole event can be seen from the following summary that I presented to…
Read MoreAustralia confirmed as New Zealand’s poor jobs cousin
Earlier this year I wrote about New Zealand’s improved economic performance and how it was putting Australia in the shade. The official data released since that blog only further highlights the strengthening of New Zealand’s position. Consider the following comparative data: Area New Zealand Australia* June 2014 total employment 2.328 million (+3.8%) 11.578 million (-0.7%) June…
Read MoreMeet the new President of the RCSA (Aus & NZ): Robert van Stokrom
Late last year the RCSA announced that DFP Recruitment CEO, Robert van Stokrom would succeed Lincoln Crawley as RCSA (Aus & NZ) President. Robert has very kindly agreed to answer my questions about himself and the plans he has for the RCSA in 2014. Ross: Tell me a little about your background prior to joining…
Read MoreQualitative data: The profitable future for the recruitment industry
I have reflected further on the two recruitment conferences that I attended late last month. The thoughts I documented straight after the conference were about the direct threat that I saw being posed to the traditional recruitment agency business model (last week’s blog was an analysis of the downfall of one of those traditional agency businesses, HJB, that…
Read MoreRecruitment business model crisis: RCSA and ATC conferences summary
Four days of conferencing is full-on. It’s not just the formal sessions, it’s the networking and socialising that barely gives you a moment to stop and think about and process what you have heard. The contrast between the two conferences was huge. For the first two days, I was mainly surrounded by corporate recruitment and…
Read MoreThe Number 1 Trust Builder: Being Present
Dr Adam Fraser was the closing keynote speaker at the RCSA PEARL Consultant Forum last week and, as usual, he delivered an entirely appropriate conclusion to a fabulous event. Many within our industry will have seen Adam on stage and know what a dynamic and effective presenter he is. I have seen…
Read MoreWhat are you on about, Ross?
I am not sure whether to laugh or cry; be angry, sad, disappointed or bewildered. The RCSA PEARL Consultant Forum (March 20 and 21) is currently running in Melbourne and has a paid attendance of 47 people! Yes, you read that right, 47 people. Claudia, Christina and the fabulous team in the RCSA Events division…
Read MoreAre you developing your talent or just training your staff?
Yet again, I return to the excellent research recently undertaken by Psylutions and Curve Group, published as a white paper Best Practice in practice talent management, which I have written about twice recently; What’s in an effective leadership program? (and why it matters) and Do you have a talent strategy? On page 9 of the white paper there is a list of recommendations…
Read MoreRCSA Gala Ball 2012 Award Winners Announced
At the RCSA gala Ball with fellow Outstanding Contribution Award finalist, Rosemary Scott Two week ago the RCSA held the highly successful 2012 Gala Ball and Awards Night at The Regent Theatre Plaza Ballroom in Melbourne. The event was filled almost to capacity with recruitment agency owners, managers and consultants as well as industry suppliers…
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