Posts Tagged ‘RCSA’
22 signs you are slowly going the way of the dinosaurs
The past four weeks have been a very productive period for my own professional development. I have attended the ATC Sourcevent , the RCSA Conference and Greg Savage’s Cunningham Family Fund fundraiser presentation, Old Skool v New Kool . I love hearing from a range of people about the sector I…
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 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 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 MoreAre you still stuck in the recruitment dark ages?
These days it is hard to imagine how little information was available about recruitment practices and competitors back in the early to mid 1990s. There was only one source of industry-specific public recruitment training available in Australia, and that was Rosemary Scott’s business in its original 1992 form as a training business.…
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 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 MoreMore madness in Canberra
March has been a less than stellar month for the recruitment sector in our national capital. The madness of Senator Conroy’s proposal for the Do Not Call Register to be extended to businesses was thankfully recognised by the Opposition, who last week announced their intention to block the legislation. Sensibly…
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