Posts Tagged ‘recruitment industry’
How the Six Degrees Executive back office team drives their culture
(Photo: The winning SDE team at the 2016 Recruitment International Awards. Co-founders Nick Hindhaugh (pictured second from right) and Paul Hallam (third from right). At the Recruitment International Awards (Australia), held in Sydney on 28 April 2016 Six Degrees Executive won two awards: The Best Company to Work For (Medium) and Best Back Office Team .Six Degrees Executive is…
Read MoreMichael Page employees go skiing … downhill all the way
Michael Page International has been operating in Australia for around 30 years. When I was a temp accounting recruiter in the Sydney CBD, back in the 1990s, Michael Page together with Morgan & Banks represented my strongest competition. I respected the company’s competitive nature and the skills of their consultants. Until this past weekend, I…
Read MoreHays: Still a force but Japanese invaders pose new threat
Last week I wrote about the recognition Hays Australia recently received as a top performing business (using the measure of return on shareholders’ funds). This week I have a closer look at the trends of the local Hays business over the past five years. The information I have listed below is for the combined Australia…
Read MoreMeet the new CEO of the RCSA (Aus & NZ): Charles Cameron
Last month the RCSA announced the appointment of a new CEO; Charles Cameron. Charles replaces Steve Granland, who resigned in late 2015. Charles took some time out from his very busy first month in his new job to answer a few of my questions. Ross: Welcome Charles, tell me a little about your background prior to joining…
Read MoreHall of Fame acceptance speech by John Plummer Jnr
Last Thursday I attended the Recruitment International Awards (Australia) in Sydney. The last award for the night was a Hall of Fame award. This year the joint recipients were V. John Plummer and John Plummer (Jnr). The latter accepted the award on behalf of himself and his father (you can read about the contribution of the…
Read MoreRec-to-recs: Where to from here?
Two weeks ago on LinkedIn (thanks Greg Webster from Cox Purtell Staffing Services), I was reminded of one of my blogs from the distant past; Rec-to-recs: What should they deliver? When I read the blog again, I was surprised to find that it’s now six years old. In consulting my blog stats, I discovered…
Read MoreRIB Report 2014/15 Review: Temp/contract market surges to record high
Last week I wrote about the Recruitment Industry Benchmarking Report 2014/15 review, in which I analysed the vast drop off in drop that commonly occurs when an agency moves from less than 10 staff to 11 to 20 employees. This week I am returning to the same document to have a closer look at…
Read MoreThe predictable agency profit killer: ill-considered growth beyond 10 staff
The Recruitment Industry Benchmarking Report that Nigel Harse and Deb Charman compile each month is an invaluable resource for all its 126 subscribers across Australia and New Zealand. Of special interest to industry observers and pundits, like me, is the aggregated data released annually, and what this reveals about the effectiveness and productivity of our…
Read MoreASX-listed recruiters are now endangered: 2014/15 in review
When I wrote my first review of the ASX-listed recruitment agencies five years ago, there were nine companies I reviewed. One of those companies was generating a minority of its sales and profit via recruitment agency activities (Programmed). I overlooked H-Tech Group in that first review and I also did not include SMS, who have…
Read MoreWhat you may not know about recruitment’s Top 16 Influencers
Over the past two weeks I have highlighted the nominations (16 individuals) of those who were voted by my invited peer panel as the most influential people in the Australian recruitment industry over the past 60 years. Here’s some background that you may not know about each person (eight of the list are profiled this…
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