Caltex Australia took stock of its gender diversity in 2010 and decided it wasn't doing enough to bring women into the business, but concerted efforts since then have driven a substantial increase in job applications from women, says head of employee relations and diversity, Marie Irwin. read more
The brutal legal war between HRX and Talent2 has opened on a new front, with HRX seeking to claim legal costs from Talent2 for expenses HRX incurred in its case against its former business development manager Stuart Scott. read more
CareerOne lays down the gauntlet to SEEK.... AiG boss rebuts "bogus" insecure work claims.... SKILLED required to spend $200k on client safety improvements.... RPO uneconomic for less than 70 hires a year: Informatica.... New technologies not designed to eliminate agencies: SuccessFactors. read more
Recruitment companies that demonstrate concrete value in their tender submissions will have more room to negotiate on price, say leading procurement specialists. read more
Allegis Talent2 has closed its employment marketing division Brighter, and outsourced that part of its business to a global network of agencies, says Asia-Pacific RPO and managed service managing director Caleb Baker. read more
Baskus joins Harrier.... RBA subsidiary running on-hire tender.... VMA Group launches in Australia...."No sign" ageing workforce will cause skills shortage: IBISWorld founder.... Secure employment linked to productivity: ACTU. read more
Business information company LexisNexis has more than halved its cost-per-hire in Australia and New Zealand since switching to an RPO, says regional HR director Josephine Simeone. read more
Moving its contingent staffing function to a vendor management model has helped Vodafone make big cost savings in its European business, says global head of HR procurement David Bell. read more
Senior recruiter returns to industry to head Locher.... Asia-Pacific drives Hydrogen gross profit growth.... HP signs up to use Fieldglass VMS.... Humanis shares in trading halt…. Australian candidates making international moves: Robert Walters.... Randstad launches HR handbook. read more
Revenue, profit growth for Empresaria Asia-Pac.... Humanis appoints former CMG chair.... Industry super fund performs despite "challenging" market.... FastTrack hires ex-CMG manager.... Top line growth, new faces at Itcom.... US company tops RPO Baker's Dozen. read more