High-growth staffing firms have certain characteristics in common, but they do one thing particularly well, the recent World Employment Conference heard. Also in this article: the practices of leaders who drive peak performance in their teams. read more
New research suggests recruitment agencies are potentially losing hundreds of thousands in revenue by providing a poor candidate or client experience, and it highlights specific areas ripe for improvement. read more
Recruitment has a "Tinder problem", with technology training employers to rely more on algorithms than personal service, a behavioural psychologist warns. read more
The most important trait recruiters can have at the moment is agility, as employers scale up and down their workforces at pace, says ManpowerGroup managing director Richard Fischer. read more
The most important trait recruiters can have at the moment is agility, as employers scale up and down their workforces at pace, says ManpowerGroup managing director Richard Fischer. read more
Employers remain reluctant to consider talent that doesn't 'tick all the boxes', with more bravery required of recruiters in the face of intensifying talent shortages, says Six Degrees Executive CEO Suzie McInerney. read more
Ongoing uncertainty about casual worker definitions has prompted staffing providers to shorten temporary engagements, threatening employers' workforce planning, an industry advisor says. read more
Talent leaders will remain unable to create truly more agile, flexible workforces until finance teams evolve their thinking around headcount budgets, says Uber's head of recruitment. read more
"Irrational, uncooperative, unethical clients" are the biggest cause of stress for agency recruiters, an industry advisor says in calling out which ones should be "fired". read more