Posts Tagged ‘recruitment industry’
Ten years of success: The Six Degrees Executive journey
I love recruitment done well and I especially love agency recruitment done well. One of the stars of the Australian recruitment agency world over recent times has been Six Degrees Executive (SDE). SDE was started in Melbourne by three ex-Michael Page recruiters, Paul Hallam (above, middle), David Braham (above, left) and Nick Hindhaugh (above, right,…
Read MoreRecruiters’ role critical in powering Australia’s future prosperity: Deloitte
I’ve just finished reading Deloitte’s Positioning for prosperity? Catching the next wave report, the third paper in their Building the Lucky Country series. This report includes the actions that businesses and governments can take to position their organisations, – and ultimately, Australia – for prosperity. It also introduces the full “Deloitte Growth 25”.…
Read MoreI’m calling it – the job market is back
The mainstream media are full of big job loss stories such as Alcoa, QANTAS and Toyota but out there in the SME sector, where the economy’s engine really hums, there’s signs of life. I have been speaking to a lot of recruitment agency owners over the past 6 weeks and almost without exception they…
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 MoreThank you recruiters, you’ve done a fantastic job (said me and many others)
My recent defence of the recruitment industry hasn’t been welcomed by all of my readers, including some recruiters (it would appear). I prefer not to have to invest energy in responding to the people having a go at our industry but sometimes a cheap shot can’t be left alone. To redress the…
Read MoreWho the #&%! does Gen George think she is?
What’s in the water Gen Ys are drinking right now? Last week I slammed the ham-fisted and unprofessional attack on the recruitment industry by a News.com.au Business Editor, barely out of her journalist nappies. This week we have more mud to contend with, coming from a person who has had about 5 minutes experience in the world…
Read MoreBusiness Editor botches recruitment industry exposé: trashes personal brand instead
The past two weeks has been filled with plenty of online comment about the Murdoch press’s pathetic piece of click bait Former recruitment agent spills details on what really goes on in the industry that was published on News.com.au’s websites around the country on 14 November 2013. Plenty of industry people leapt into the fray,…
Read MoreOptimism abounds in the UK Recruitment Market
After six years of relentless bad news coming out of the UK recruitment sector it looks like the tide has turned. UK-based Recruiter website has reported on information released from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s (The UK equivalent to the RCSA) Recruitment Industry Trends Survey 2012/13. Here are the major findings: Area…
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…
Read MoreNo silver-lined clouds anywhere for ASX recruiters: 2011/12 in review
Four months ago I blogged The ASX-listed recruitment sector: The end is nigh after Geoff Morgan and Andrew Banks announced their intention to delist Talent2 and take it back into private ownership spurred on, in part, by the hammering the share price took after Talent2 announced profit warnings late last year. …
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