A new US study reveals that 57% of large American employers are developing and investing in in-house recruiting teams which will work in partnership with their outsourced recruiters. read more
Employers are leaving themselves open to receiving poor quality candidates and bad service by encouraging recruitment companies to compete to fill roles, says one of Australia's most experienced recruitment executives, Greg Savage. read more
Employers and the recruitment industry should be preparing for a fundamental shift in the Australian workforce over the next decade, with more than half the workforce demanding flexible working arrangements, according to leading HR consultant Avril Henry. read more
A senior bench of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission has questioned the value of psychometric testing in assessing candidates' capacity to do the job. read more
Westpac has renewed Hudson's contract as exclusive provider of low-level staff to the bank while it continues a full-scale review of its recruitment processes. read more
Improving quality-of-hire is the number-one priority for US employers, according to the comprehensive annual Staffing.org Recruiting Metrics and Performance Benchmark Report. read more
"The war to grab IT talent that can add value has begun," said Ambition executive chairman Nick Waterworth when launching the company's Winter 2004 Technology Report this week. read more
Of the four key steps in recruiting, candidate sourcing is by far the most important, says HR advisor Dr John Sullivan, but most recruiters are failing to adequately identify their best sources. read more
Suncorp's re-engineering of its recruitment processes moves to phase 2 in September when Alexander Mann, which designed and oversaw the transition, hands back management to Suncorp. read more