Browsing: Managing recruiters

Heidrick & Struggles' Asia-Pacific business has posted a revenue and operating profit increase for the 2013 calendar year, despite its performance weakening in the December quarter. read more

Recruitment companies have a duty to consult with certain classes of employees before making their roles redundant, and the timing of this consultation is key to avoiding unfair dismissal claims, advises an employment law specialist. read more

On-hire worker's unfair sacking case moves to next step.... Senior leaders key to retention.... RecruitLoop appoints Australian recruiter to new role.... Growth trend for national IT labour force. read more

Recruitment leaders must tackle performance management issues head-on with frank conversations, because allowing consultants to "meander on and fail slowly" has a much greater effect on business performance, says industry trainer Ross Clennett. read more

Recruiters' resilience is closely linked with their ability to succeed, and managers' efforts to improve consultants' technical abilities will be wasted if underlying mindset issues aren't addressed first, according to recruitment industry trainer Amanda Hector. read more

Base salaries for agency recruiters are returning to more sustainable levels, according to rec-to-recs, but in the meantime smart employers are finding ways to attract consultants without competing on salary. read more

Training consultants on how to adapt to shifting markets helps recruitment companies remain agile and respond to changes more quickly than their competitors, says Shane Little, managing director of Hydrogen Group Australia. read more

Segmentation will be one of the biggest in-house recruitment trends in 2014, with a growing number of employers already dividing their hiring strategy by employee group to more readily understand the ROI of talent acquisition teams, says Futurestep Australia and New Zealand managing director Nick Simcock. read more

Productivity can falter when consultants return to the office after a leisurely summer break, and the crucial time for preventing this "slowdown effect" is in the months and weeks before the Christmas shutdown, say recruitment agency bosses. read more

Recruiters tend to slip into poor candidate management habits during economic downturns when the market is awash with talent, so leaders should be on the lookout for shifts in behaviour and take action to ensure candidates are prioritised, says leadership and performance coach Peter Keith. read more