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Comment on: Topic 'Looking for dutch recruitment experience ?': g in the digital space. My company www.onrec.com.au is four-years-old and our work comes mainly from Australasia. I am also author of a blog on online recruitment news in Australia. www.geoffjennings.com My wife's Dutch heritage inspired a visit to Amsterdam and we have decided we'd like to spend a longer period in your country (the appeal of this is made stronger by the strength of the Euro compared with the Australian dollar). Have you any advice for a company in the early stages of considering such an extension? Kind regards Geoff Jennings…; Added by Geoff Jennings to Australian Recruiters & Search Professionals at 8:23pm on November 18, 2008

Blog Post: Rock em, Sock em, and Knock em!: On Wednesday I rocked at an Interview I had with a small recruitment firm that has been in business for 15 years, has a great company culture and offers a opportunity to hit the ground running! My…; Added by Shennee_Rutt at 10:56am on November 20, 2009

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Blog Post: Professional Organizations Boost Job Search Success: Groucho Marx once famously quipped, "I'd never join a club that would allow a person like me to become a member." However, joining organizations in your chosen career with like-minded professionals…; Added by Patrick Richard at 9:57pm on March 18, 2012

Blog Post: 7 Mistakes Job Seekers Make

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Comment on: Topic 'Attention Corporate Recruiters!!!': e making car and rent payments way too stressful, and considering the high-stress job I had, it was adding up to be too much. In addition to variable pay, the method of pay by my previous employer was unpredictable as well. They had a habit of withholding commission checks for an extra month if they hadn't received enough payment from the customer yet, so there were times when the money I earned (and needed) was deferred an extra 30 days. With this combination the 'limitless earnings potential' of TPR recruiting wasn't even close to worth it. Experience: The firm I worked for was very segmented. Recruiters did nothing other than recruit. Salespeople did nothing but sell. On the whole, recruiters were supposed to have nothing to do with the customer. This lead to information regularly slipping through the cracks or being lost in translation. Despite promises of growth additional responsibility, and the ability to get out from behind the desk, it never really came to fruition. For this reason the corporate world was very appealing. I now run the full process from sourcing to orientation, and I continue to have responsibilities once the candidate is hired. I have been able to get involved in diversity, retention, and talent management initiatives, and considering how much I love learning, I'm very happy to be broadening my horizons. Growth: There was literally no career ladder or path in the agency I was at. The only 'growth' I could aspire to was making more placements, thus boosting my income. There was no development plan there, and nobody seemed to mind except those of us who feared stagnation. Now that I'm on the corporate side I have the freedom to move upward into any one of several groups within my own company. Team: There was little to no sense of 'team' in the agency I was employed by. There was a very distinct line drawn between sales and recruiting making it difficult to feel as though we were working together. Despite having the same end goal of a placement, there was an element of things being cut-throat even inside our own four walls. Now I have a much better sense of ownership over what I do, who I do it for, and get a much better sense of cooperation from those in my organization. I can actually partner with management to fill a position and notice much less bickering amongst my peers and management. Benefits: The benefits were not exactly comprehensive, let alone affordable with my previous employer. My current monthly contribution to health insurance is only 10% of what it previously was, plus I now enjoy a better 401K match, additional retirement contributions, tuition reimbursement, and more paid time off (not that I take much of it). Work/life balance: The hours are actually somewhat similar, and I may even work longer days now, but the balance is better from a couple of perspectives. Although I tend to contact candidates in the evenings, I am able to set my schedule further in advance. Previously if a new assignment came in my evening plans were likely going to be disrupted or forgotten altogether. The biggest difference, though, comes in the form of my ability to actually take time off of work. While working on a highly variable income it was difficult to justify taking time off work. Every day I was not in the office making calls was a day that I was foregoing income. Now that my pay is consistent I do not have the same level of guilt and worry when taking a day or two off.…; Added by Gino Conti at 3:27pm on March 31, 2009

Blog Post: The Joys and Challenges of Working Abroad: Nowadays, more and more people decide to move abroad for work related reasons.…; Added by Investigo Ltd at 6:00am on May 22, 2015