Over the last 18 months, we have seen 5,348 consultants leave the recruitment sector, however at the same time we have seen an increase in active recruitment agencies. There are currently 1,720 recruitment consultant jobs advertised on seek alone. A question I believe is worth asking is how will these new and existing agencies bring…

No matter what happens from here on out, I know that I made a positive impact on a complete stranger. On those days when I question why bother with the phone calls? ‘Because’ now leads to concrete evidence that smiles, laughter and listening truly do matter and do make a difference.…

Wikipedia is many things to many people. For the intellectual elite, it is the diet version of actual information, for students it is the first port of call when researching a subject with which they are unfamiliar. For journalists and the casually interested it is an invaluable source of facts and figures that gives a broad, if sometimes inaccurate, overview of a popular topic de jour.

In the business world, Sustainability has been at the forefront of thinking for…

Oh the wonderful land of agreements between clients and recruiters...I am not sure the yellow brick road is paved in gold on this journey. To respect the identity of those involved no names will be used, but this story I am sure is more common then we recruiters like. The “fingers crossed behind the back” handshake on exclusive recruitment contracts – oh joy of joy!…

Recently a company that I know well went through an interesting hiring adventure. Their story is typical and companies of all types experience these same particulars every day. You’d think that the pain of having to endure wasted time, poor decisions, and missed opportunities would change the way we go about hiring, but we’ve been doing it this way for decades and change is hard. The interesting thing is that for quite some time we have had at our disposal the systems that can change the…

The connection between golf and leadership

Not a day goes by where I am not amazed by a new software solution that our team helps develop. From on-demand versions of our product to web-based staffing software, each bit and byte of data we work with is dedicated to helping staffing companies fill their client’s needs.

If only I knew it was as simple as offering 1% of a $100 billion stock.

This article from…

I recently finished reading John Jantsch’s best seller The Referral Engine –

Teaching Your Business to Market Itself. As you may know from reading my blog postings, I am an…

Does anyone know of an ATS that would meet the following requirements:

l. Sharepoint platform

2. Hosted

3. Interface wtih Outlook

4. Custom Forms

This is for a consulting firm, not a brick & mortar which is job driven, but one that is candidate/skill driven.

Any input is welcome and appreciated- well, Almost any input:-)

thanks all.

cj.

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if your recruitment message could remain the same when sourcing passive candidates from around the world? Life would be much easier…



I say this because I’m currently in the process of researching best practices for sourcing passive candidates. And, in all of my findings it seems that what works for one group of people, may not necessarily work for another. Solution: targeted messaging. I am sure you have heard…

I often stumble across innovative approaches that jobseekers take to woo employers.

Here are a couple of recent examples that caught my attention:

Graeme Anthony's video CV / resume - with embedded annotations / links:

employkyle.com campaign /…

All too often brands, celebrities and employers use the social web to pump out content, and race to grow fan numbers, with little regard to the true needs of their target audiences. This week my client Deloitte New Zealand launched a new initiative, Fan Showcase, on their award-winning Facebook page. This builds upon other elements of the firm's social recruiting strategy, like…

I’ll start this off by admitting that I am not an authority on job clubs. For some of you, this might be a good time to stop reading this blog because I just don’t get them. For those of you that are a part of job clubs, can you kindly (or not) explain to me:

- What value do you get from belonging to the group?

- What advantage have you achieved?

- How much time have you given?

- What has the group done for you lately?

- Is it just a big rah rah…