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Top 5 On-Boarding Mistakes made by Recruitment Companies

Remember that time as a kid you got invited to your little school buddy’s birthday party? He was bragging about it all week long at school. The invites had been sent out and they had glitter on them. The party was going to be held at the local leisure centre…

Jonathan RiceMarch 17, 2011

Job Boards Recruitment

Croquet and Pimms at the SEEK Estate

SEEK did something quite unexpected yesterday. They hosted a very pleasant, convivial, civilised and not-at-all-brash garden party at Alberton House the “SEEK Estate” to host a range of clients, recruitment and corporate, to say thanks for our business. How jolly decent of you SEEK and thanks for having us all…

Jonathan RiceMarch 10, 2011

Employment Recruitment

Giving Candidates the Uncomfortable Truth

Recruitment, as we all know, can be a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. Periodic highs from making placements and securing a new client can be swiftly expelled by savage lows and doubting introspection when things don’t work out so well. The longer you spend in the recruitment industry the better…

Jonathan RiceMarch 3, 2011

Employment Job Boards Recruitment

A Poor Sense of Timing from Manpower Professional

For a change I don’t have a lot to say this morning, other than to gather your thoughts on this job posted on SEEK at 1.18pm yesterday: Engineering opportunities across the ditch Get paid to move away Great career progression opportunity Excellent travel opportunity for the family Our hearts go…

Jonathan RiceFebruary 24, 2011

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Is Recruitment the Real Barometer for Economic Recovery?

This week I made a placement into a recruitment firm that came with a $5k signing-on fee for the candidate. I felt a little bit like how Fernando Torres’ agent must have felt when he negotiated a £50 million signing-on fee from Chelsea (ok ok…I said “a little bit”) But…

Jonathan RiceFebruary 17, 2011

Human Resources Recruitment

Why Bother Typing Up Candidate Reports?

I met a recruitment client this week who has done a very nice job building up an Executive Recruitment business over the last few years. Being an Executive recruiter he obviously has high standards, he is an accomplished recruiter and he recognizes that he has to provide a service that…

Jonathan RiceFebruary 10, 2011

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Recruitment

The Future of Recruiting? Predictions from 2004 vs. Realities of 2011

Last night I had an interesting chat with Dave Thomas who is the Chairman of CXC Global Board of Directors, ahead of his visit to New Zealand next week to make some presentations to our recruitment community and leaders. Dave is an affable, straight-talking South African / Australian who founded…

Jonathan RiceFebruary 3, 2011

Employment Job Boards Recruitment

How Effective is Linked In for Recruitment?

I clicked over that holy grail of social media targets this week when my Linked In network exceeded the 500+ mark. I was quite chuffed with myself. Social media is a key part of my marketing and branding strategy and, particularly as a recruiter, Linked In is a critical tool…

Jonathan RiceJanuary 27, 2011

Recruitment

Sharpen Your Sales Pitch by Explaining Recruitment to Your Parents

Do you remember when you first tried explaining recruitment to your parents? I can still picture that glazed look of befuddlement now. I’d been with Hays in Australia for about 6 months when they came over to visit from the UK and see how their son was coping over here…

Jonathan RiceJanuary 20, 2011

Recruitment

10 New Year’s Resolutions for the Modern Recruiter

Welcome back to a sparkling, shiny, brand new world of recruitment in 2011. All across our region the fair knights and damsels of recruitment are once more donning armour of designer suits, wielding handshakes and smiles and brandishing the shields, otherwise known as black folders, that identify you as…

Jonathan RiceJanuary 13, 2011

Top 5 On-Boarding Mistakes made by Recruitment Companies

Croquet and Pimms at the SEEK Estate

Giving Candidates the Uncomfortable Truth

A Poor Sense of Timing from Manpower Professional

Is Recruitment the Real Barometer for Economic Recovery?

Why Bother Typing Up Candidate Reports?

Sharpen Your Sales Pitch by Explaining Recruitment to Your Parents

10 New Year’s Resolutions for the Modern Recruiter

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