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Evolving roles in recruitment mean agency owners should be remunerating consultants more in alignment with their peers in finance, HR and IT, according to Safesearch and Envirosearch managing director Julie Honore. read more

The rec-to-rec market still has a bright future ahead of it but - as with regular recruitment companies - success will increasingly hinge on the quality of candidate relationships, according to Scott Recruitment Services founder Rosemary Scott. read more

Australian recruitment companies facing margin pressure must review consultants' base salaries, which are among the highest in the world and "unsustainable", according to Talent managing director Richard Earl. read more

Giving up defeatist attitudes toward new threats to the industry has strengthened many recruiters' client relationships, according to industry stalwart and ITCRA CEO Julie Mills. read more

Boutique recruitment agencies shouldn't add headcount just to meet growth objectives, because the long-term damage to culture isn't worth the short-term revenue gains, according to U&U managing director Craig Sneesby. read more

The loss of the lucrative Defence Force Recruiting contract combined with the GFC to create a "perfect storm" for ManpowerGroup Australia and New Zealand MD Lincoln Crawley, but equally challenging is leading an organisation across 12 Asia-Pacific countries, regardless of market conditions, he says. read more

Management lessons learned in a multi-national recruitment company helped ensure boutique agency Talentpath, which launched shortly before the GFC, safely made it out the other side, says director Hayley Crealy. read more

RPO can serve as a stepping stone to an in-house recruitment function under the right circumstances, but many employers aren't thinking long-term when they make that call, says Futurestep ANZ managing director Nick Simcock. read more

Recruitment leaders who connect a new hire's training to their on-the-job experience will go a long way to improving the company's retention rates, according to Randstad Australia CEO Frank Ribuot. read more

Investing in a team of advisors when selling a recruitment business is crucial, to prevent the owner's emotional links from clouding their valuation of the company, according to industry doyenne Sue Healy. read more