Browsing: Managing recruiters

Recruitment consultants are now billing more and - in further good news for the Australian industry - staying with their employers longer than they were a year ago, according to new research. read more

Putting alternate development pathways into high-potential talent management plans will help recruitment companies move only the right people into leadership roles, says Hudson Asia-Pacific talent management executive general manager, Simon Moylan. read more

Recruitment company executives don't have to change the behaviour of every employee to fix a toxic culture, and should instead focus their efforts on "rapport leaders", says leadership and performance coach Peter Keith. read more

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Clearly communicating company direction and strategy to staff is one of several initiatives that have led to an improvement in Adecco Australia's retention rate this year, according to HR director, Erica Page. read more

A recruitment company's upcoming NSW Supreme Court case should help clarify the legally ambiguous issue of LinkedIn contact ownership, but in the meantime businesses must take action to protect themselves from similar disputes, says a workplace lawyer. read more

High-performing consultants require different incentives to run-of-the-mill recruiters, and keeping them in the loop with business strategy and direction will help retain them long-term, according to industry trainer John White. read more

An award-winning recruitment start-up is shunning experienced recruiters in favour of graduates, who it says more willingly embrace the HR-consultancy model agencies now need for sustainable success. read more

A data-driven HR function will transform the way companies recruit, but businesses don't have to hire "a bunch of PhD data scientists" to build an effective analytics team, according to global talent management expert Josh Bersin. read more

The Australian market's distinct lack of recruitment blogging presents an opportunity for agencies to get a step up on their competitors, according to industry trainer Ross Clennett. read more