02 May 2012 4:16pm
Jane Beaumont
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Rubicor
I refer to the on-line article published by ShortList on Monday, 30 April 2012 titled "Big damages bill after on-hire worker injures back". In that article ShortList mentions that the action is against "Choice HR (Maitland) Pty Ltd, which is owned by Challenge Recruitment, itself a Rubicor subsidiary". For the benefit of your readers I wish to clarify that this is a very old common law claim and is still ongoing, and does not in anyway impact on Rubicor, as the injury occurred prior to its acquisition of Challenge Recruitment. Any OH&S issues that might arise from this case are referable to the previous owners of Choice (Maitland). I would be grateful if you would publish this note of clarification.
20 April 2012 9:56am
Daryl Stewart
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Real TimeAustralia
Excuse my cynicism but I imagine contract & casual workers do not generally join unions. Since union membership is on the decline & the ACTU is unwilling to engage all stakeholders, is increasing union membership their true intention?
Contract workers are essential for productivity as they can quickly move to where their skills are needed and wanted.
29 March 2012 4:27pm
Andrew
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Executive search
Greg, If recruitment companies are making recommendations based purely on LinkedIn data, they probably deserve to run into trouble.
LinkedIn might have some value as a preliminary sourcing and research tool, but that's as far as it goes.
Any good recruiter will be adding a lot of judgement, research, verification and assessment before making recommendations.
29 March 2012 2:01pm
David
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Santos
I have been using LinkedIn for many years now and have never come across this so called issue. It is a proven fact that people are more likely to represent themselves more honestly in a digital media format as opposed to a resume sent directly to a employer as it is easier to be exposed by peers, colleauges and friends etc. This is not the first time nor the last time a recruitment agency will try to put fear out there in the market to protect there interists and "old ways of working" Agencies need to embrace change instead of always doing what they have always done or they will become even less relevant than they are now.
It only takes 10 of seeks largest clients to club together and agree that they are going to cancel their subscriptions. Seek will change their prices then.
29 March 2012 10:00am
Daryl Stewart
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Real Time Australia
I agree with the sentiments in this article. It is hard to avoid the conclusion that Seek are using their dominant position to gouge their clients. They are creating significant resentment which will come back to bite them eventually.
10 February 2012 7:32am
Johnothan
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Naiman
The results of the Seek survey need to be put in context by examining the research methadology. Bearing in mind the fact that the respondents were chosen from Seeks database it is hardly surprising that a high percentage of respondents would say they are looking for work - that is after all why they visited a job board website - this does not mean the results of the survey can be generalized to the whole Australian workforce.
31 January 2012 1:21pm
Emily Wheeldon
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Apex Resource Solutions
Fantastic work from Ambition Recruitment in raising such a huge amount of money for Starlight, an inspiration to all in the recruitment world.
24 November 2011 4:25pm
Tim Bartley
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TRILITY
Justin - I think the point Trevor was making was that those Agency Recruiters lacking the influencing skills (and hence tended to be the ones who naturally lacked in the sales area) and looked for internal roles as a means of avoiding this, were generally unsuccessful in the corporate in-house environment too. So, you're in agreement on the same point.
22 November 2011 12:47pm
Justin Babet
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Xpand Group
Sorry Trevor, don't agree with you on this one. My experience has been the best in-house recruiters are those who also made (or would make) great agency recruiters, quite simply because they absolutely do have the right "type of influencing and persuading skills". There will always be exceptions but I don't think you can draw the generalisation you have.
16 November 2011 3:14pm
Craig Ransley
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Humanis
Maybe as competitors we should be checking to see if, as a Business Chamber they are afforded any not for profit status and jointly puting in a submission for that to be removed if they are, so the playing field is leveled.
Craig Ransley
Chairman
Humanis
21 October 2011 10:24am
bede ashby
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momentum
I read the article reporting the comments from Deloitte. Knowing Murray Jack, the CEO of NZ of Deloitte, I believe he will be mortified at the arrogance and dismissive nature of the comments about our industry.
We as an industry should be very proud of the value we add in people's lives. We are involved in processes that change the way people feel about themselves. We impact positively their self-worth, their families and their communities and add tremendous value to companies looking for great talent to help them prosper.
Just ask your clients and candidates about your value and I'm sure you will be pleasingly reinforced that what you do each day is very worthwhile.
I urge all recruiters to ignore the ignorant arrogance that we occasionally encounter from some clients and keep believing in the value we add.
20 October 2011 4:47pm
Alexander
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Well written, Niall.
Aside from the antagonistic and disparaging nature of the various comments made by Deloitte's internal recruitment executives (new headhunt site, anyone?), what interested me was the following statement:
"at Deloitte Australia, he said, 75% of employees were under 30."
Aside from bordering on ageism, this struck me as a somewhat naive statement from a company who makes a living from charging out their 'specialists' at a small fortune.
I appreciate Deloitte may no longer have the "hassle of dealing with recruiters", but at least with 75% of our staff over the age of 30, we can look ourselves in the mirror and know we are hiring based on merit and experience, not Facebook.
20 October 2011 4:39pm
Andrew Cross
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Ambition
I couldn' t agree more though was struggling to find the words to express my own disappointment, particularly since we use the services of and have provided services to Deloitte. I'm an admirer of their social media practices but hope to hear a response to clarify the intent of these comments.
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