Posts Tagged ‘recruitment’
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 MoreDo we really need recruiters on 457 visas?
The Federal Government has just released the latest 457 visa report. It makes for interesting reading. The headline statistics are: The number of subclass 457 primary visas granted , 51,940, in the 2013-14 year was 24.2 per cent lower than the previous year, 68 480. The number of primary visa holders in Australia on 30 June 2014 was 108,870, 0.8…
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 MoreDo you have a talent strategy?
It’s an interesting question to ask of any organisation but especially a recruitment agency. To be honest, it’s a question I’ve only given a lot of thought to recently because of the work I have been doing with two of my clients in helping them define their respective talent strategies and the research recently undertaken by Psylutions…
Read MoreWho intentionally hires a mediocre candidate?
I subscribe to a range of HR news websites. They all have some form of weekly or daily ezine that I peruse to a greater or lesser degree depending upon what other commitments I have. Last week one of these ezine articles caught my eye with the headline Forget the best: why…
Read MoreCelebrating 250 Issues of InSight
Wednesday 26th September marks the 250th issue of InSight. It’s also the 5th anniversary, to the day, of the first issue of InSight. Apart from my annual two week Christmas holiday break, InSight has been landing in your inbox every week since it was first published on 26 September 2007. I was the first regular…
Read MoreHow to spot exceptional talent before everyone else
Insight 210 carried a Ross Recommends that featured The Rare Find: Spotting Exceptional Talent Before Everyone Else by George Anders (Portfolio/Penguin, 2011). I gave the book my highest recommendation and since then I’ve been trying to work out how to expand about the book for a lead article. The reality is that…
Read MoreDefensive recruitment skills: overlooked and underrated
The stereotype agency recruiter is a fast-talking, cold calling, aggressive hunter. They make things happen by finding vacancies and filling them quickly. These skills are what I would call ‘offensive’ skills and activities. These are the skills of attack, where a recruiter is focused on finding opportunities, leveraging those opportunities and closing those…
Read MoreDual Desks: A drag on consultant productivity and company profit
When I first started as a recruitment consultant, back with Hays in London in 1989, I was a perm accounting consultant. I worked in a team with 6 other perm consultants. All of us only recruited perm jobs. When I returned to Australia and joined Temporary Solutions, I was one of a team of three…
Read MoreThe 5 characteristics of highly effective leaders
This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared in Recruitment Extra (October 2006 issue) The number of books on leadership could fill a small library. Leadership books by academics, biographers, motivational speakers, sports stars, military leaders, CEOs, ex-Presidents and the like, are pumped out in their thousands each year. There are…
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