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RHI sheds 15% of its staff; Asian growth offsets Australian slowdown for TMS  4:24pm Friday 30 January 2009 - Shortlist News RHI sheds 15% of its staff with more to come, profit halved.... Asian growth offsets Australian slowdown for TMS. |
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Maximise the Value of Your Recruitment Database 3:38pm Friday 30 January 2009 - Recruitment Directory Recruitment Systems http://www.recruitmentsystems.com.au aims to make recruiters more effective through intuitive technology and great advice. Each week the recruiters and technology experts that make up their team and client-base will post some clear and simple tips to help you become a remarkable recruiter. I was recently quoted in the latest newsletter below on "Maximise the Value of Your Recruitment Database". You can sign up to the weekly free newsletter here http://www.recruitmentsystems.com.au/effective-recruitment-tips.aspx |
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Long service leave needs to change 3:14pm Friday 30 January 2009 - Capital Jobs News Corp newspapers on the weekend reported that independent member of Parliament Bob Such has called for a review of long service leave, believing it to be outdated and out of reach for many employees who change jobs. According to the report, Such has written to the Federal Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard requesting that [...] |
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Global recovery will start in late 2009: Randstad; Ombudsman launches first sham contracting prosecution; plus more 1:53pm Friday 30 January 2009 - Shortlist News Randstad picking late 2009 for beginning of global recovery.... Ombudsman launches first sham contracting prosecution.... Analyst calls for national jobs conference.... One in four wants a pay rise in 2009: survey. |
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Friday Funny 1:26pm Friday 30 January 2009 - Geoff Jennings Someone reading this owns a CD of Andrea Rue or John Farnham. Shame on you… |
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Job ads down, applications sky high 12:03pm Friday 30 January 2009 - Jobadder I am just looking at January's stats in JobAdder and it makes for interesting reading. Most notably this: - Job ad numbers are down 26% compared to November 08. - Total job applications are up 11% compared to Nov 08. Get those ads up folks - the fi [...] |
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Things to extreme, including interviews 11:19am Friday 30 January 2009 - Michael Specht Today is day 3 or 4 of the heatwave here in Melbourne, by heatwave over 40 degrees Celsius, up to 44 a couple of times (that is 104 & 112 Fahrenheit respectively), things are a bit extreme at the moment. To match the extreme weather it is time to learn about Extreme Interviewing. Extreme Interviewing is a [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Things to extreme, including interviews", url: "http://specht.com.au/michael/2009/01/30/things-to-extreme-including-interviews/" }); |
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Does your workplace surveillance breach privacy laws? 8:49am Friday 30 January 2009 - HR Daily Employers should develop workplace surveillance policies to avoid the risk of breaching privacy legislation and copping heavy fines - whether they intend to monitor staff or not, according to Harmers Workplace Lawyers senior associate, Bronwyn Maynard. |
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Top Recruiting/Recruiters on Twitter 7:35am Friday 30 January 2009 - Michael Specht Twitter seems to be the flavour of the month. Every day I hear Twitter this and Twitter that, many times from mainstream press outlets. It has taken the recruiting community a while to come to terms with Twitter. This is not a bad thing as the business value needed to be understood. I first blogged about [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Top Recruiting/Recruiters on Twitter", url: "http://specht.com.au/michael/2009/01/30/top-recruitingrecruiters-on-twitter/" }); |
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Internal recruiters: It's time to become strategic 6:51am Friday 30 January 2009 - Recruiter Daily There are seven key areas in-house recruiters should focus on this year to ensure they add value to their employers and keep their jobs safe, says specialist recruitment trainer Martin Warren. |
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Excelior appoints new GM, sales 6:32am Friday 30 January 2009 - Recruiter Daily Contact centre management, recruitment and training group Excelior has appointed Geoffrey Dutt to the role of general manager, sales. |
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In Plain English please 11:40pm Thursday 29 January 2009 - Recruitment Directory Sometimes its hard to explain technology using words. Many people enjoy watching short, interactive videos. I have stumbled across the makers of these videos a number of times, and I thought I would share their cool videos http://au.youtube.com/user/leelefever RSS, Social Networking, Social Media, Twitter and Phishing Scams in plain English. |
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Talking with the Recruiting Animal 10:03pm Thursday 29 January 2009 - Michael Specht Yesterday I was lucky (or unlucky depending on your point of view) to be invited onto the Recruiting Animal Show. The Recruiting Animal is Michael Kelemen from Canada. Michael holds a weekly live show for people to call in to talk recruiting. I was on the show with Australian recruiters Dan Naroo, and Ross Clennett. There were others [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Talking with the Recruiting Animal", url: "http://specht.com.au/michael/2009/01/29/talking-with-the-recruiting-animal/" }); |
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Social Recruiting. What Is It? 9:18pm Thursday 29 January 2009 - 2vouch Last week Riges Younan (2Vouch CEO) posted about the presentation he is preparing for ATC in Auckland on social recruiting and employee referral programs. He asked for help to prepare the presentation, interesting the post has not had any comments but did generate some discussions. Following these discussions Riges has decided to take things a little further [...] |
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Benefit of employee engagement 7:03pm Thursday 29 January 2009 - Michael Specht I have written lots of times about employee engagement. Today I saw a great video from Box of Crayons, here it is. Now give all of the doom and gloom around it is very easy to lose sight of the productivity benefits you receive when employees are happy. The secret is once employees are happy your customers [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Benefit of employee engagement", url: "http://specht.com.au/michael/2009/01/29/benefit-of-employee-engagement/" }); |
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New PSAs for Talent International; action needed to alleviate job losses: ACCI; plus more 4:35pm Thursday 29 January 2009 - Shortlist News New PSAs for Talent International.... Action needed to alleviate job losses: ACCI.... Constructive Recruitment enters defence market.... MyCareer ramps up HeadHunter promotion.... Freelancing on the rise in US: Kelly.... RecruitMeNow to launch NZ site. |
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Spring Group bullish; LINK celebrating successful year in NZ 2:46pm Thursday 29 January 2009 - Shortlist News Spring Group bullish as RPO business grows.... LINK celebrating successful maiden year in New Zealand. |
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Chit-chat with Alison Monroe from Adage 2:39pm Thursday 29 January 2009 - Recruitment Directory Earlier this week, I received a media release from the niche job board Adage http://www.adage.com.au that the Directors have decided to put the job board up for sale, and concentrate on their other businesses. I spoke with Alison Monroe, one of the Directors of Adage, offering some advice (having gone through a sale of my own recently) and here is the summary from our discussions. |
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Sell your friends emails to MyCareer 12:09pm Thursday 29 January 2009 - Recruitment Directory MyCareer http://game.mycareer.com.au have followed Careerone and SEEK http://www.seek.com.au/seasonsgreetings in creating interactive games for the job seeker. The concept is good, but I doubt that it will really take off. My initial reaction was WOW, then I actually started playing the game (it really should be called - sell us your friends to win 50k). It must have cost $$ HEAPS to create this game, and then the cost to advertise the promotion. |
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One man's Facebook nightmare 11:32am Thursday 29 January 2009 - Jobadder Have you ever wondered what could happen if your Facebook account was hacked in to? I have never given it much thought and as a rule I don't spend time worrying about such things. That was until I read this story... "It started with a phone call around 7. [...] |
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Mycareer - Playing Games 10:37am Thursday 29 January 2009 - Geoff Jennings Okay, so MyCareer has this new promotion for Headhunter. Deal is, you set up a store and earn money for the business by “recruiting” employees to your store - kinda like a virtual popularity contest. The shopkeeper earning the most money at the end of the day gets “a trophy of the character”. [...] |
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Effective talent management: look to the future and hold executives to account 8:36am Thursday 29 January 2009 - HR Daily Effective talent management involves thinking more than two years ahead, aligning talent strategies with the organisation's long-term goals, and holding executives to account, according to a new study from Hewitt and the Human Capital Institute. |
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The 5W1H Formula 7:30am Thursday 29 January 2009 - Top Margin Have you ever heard of the 5W1H Formula? It’s especially helpful in planning your resume and job search. Rudyard Kipling, the great poet once wrote: I keep six faithful serving men Who teach me well and true Their names are What and Where and When And How and Why and Who. Journalists call this the “5W1H” formula and while it’s great [...] |
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10 reasons to prioritise immediately available candidates 6:58am Thursday 29 January 2009 - Recruiter Daily Immediately available candidates might not always be the very best quality but recruiters should prioritise them over currently employed jobseekers, according to recruitment trainer Ross Clennett. |
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New 2IC at Respect Search 6:30am Thursday 29 January 2009 - Recruiter Daily IT recruitment specialist Respect Search has promoted Stewart Church to 2IC in its Sydney branch. |
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HR is a strategy 12:49am Thursday 29 January 2009 - Destination Talent Booz Allen Hamilton brought together some of the sharpest minds and biggest names in HR and complied a book, titled – Capturing the People Advantage, which explored the various challenges of human capital management and development. Some money quotes: “ The real story in HR is not of a monolithic shift, or even generational shifts, in [...] |
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Monster hacked again plus information on security terminology 9:58pm Wednesday 28 January 2009 - Recruitment Directory It has been widely reported online and readers would have known by now that Monster http://www.monster.com websites have been hacked. Confidential information has been downloaded, maybe malicious scripts have been uploaded, who knows what else has been done. But the question is... WHY? Why has the site been hacked in the first place. We understand that Monster has recently undergone a site upgrade - but still, thats NO EXCUSE for not protecting confidential information. Lets look at common terminology on the types of computer security incidents, and computer security evaluation methods. |
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RCSA warns against hasty workload changes; new rec-to-rec offering guaranteed billers; plus more 4:20pm Wednesday 28 January 2009 - Shortlist News RCSA warns recruiters against hasty workload changes and retrenchments.... New rec-to-rec offering guaranteed billers.... Lack of communication will destabilise your workforce: Sefiani.... Adage goes on the market. |
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In-house and RPO teams facing major cutbacks: TalentQuest 3:28pm Wednesday 28 January 2009 - Shortlist News Many internal recruitment teams and RPO arrangements have reduced their staff by up to a third, and more cuts may be coming, says Gareth Flynn of internal recruitment consulting firm TalentQuest. |
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CareerTweeter 11:30am Wednesday 28 January 2009 - Geoff Jennings Honestly, if I were a chic, I think I’d have a major creepy crush on Charles Darwin. Forget Freud & Einstein & the woman with the short hair from The New Inventors. These are all low-hanging fruit compared to CD. The man challenged the way we view the world. And all [...] |
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Identify What You Want To Change In Your Career 9:55am Wednesday 28 January 2009 - Six Figures When you are less than satisfied with your job or career the following may help you pin down what it is you really want to alter in your work situation. For some it may not be the right time for you to make a job or career change however it will may help you to [...] |
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Making tags work for you! 9:19am Wednesday 28 January 2009 - 2vouch By Riges Younan. There is something that makes 2Vouch different from existing job boards and career sites you may have used before… The difference is that we try to expose your jobs to the top performers that are still currently employed. We know these “passive candidates” are working away doing a great job but would usually [...] |
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Wellbeing programs: 10 tips to keeping employees engaged and boardrooms happy 8:59am Wednesday 28 January 2009 - HR Daily Maintaining employee interest and participation in a health and wellbeing program is one of the HR manager's greatest challenges, and key to ensuring not only the success of the individual program but the viability - in the board's eyes - of similar future initiatives. |
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Set meaningful targets for your consultants 6:39am Wednesday 28 January 2009 - Recruiter Daily Recruitment leaders shouldn't shy away from targets as a way to motivate their consultants, but at the same time targets must be reasonable and achievable, says coach Sophie Robertson. |
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New hire for Sales Staff Australia 6:21am Wednesday 28 January 2009 - Recruiter Daily Sales and marketing specialist Sophie Lowe has joined Sales Staff Australia. |
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Andrew Johnson joins Link Recruitment 6:12am Wednesday 28 January 2009 - Recruiter Daily Link Recruitment has hired accounting recruiter Andrew Johnson in its Sydney office. |
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Search engine strategy for recruiting talent 2:32am Wednesday 28 January 2009 - Destination Talent The vast majority (81%) of Internet users across the globe used search engines. Online behaviour in Australia is similar. Each month close to 2.3 million searches, with the keyword ‘jobs’, are performed on Google. In other words, your employment brand is oblivious to the world, unless you are listed on the top of search [...] |
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TribeHQ is coming 1:08am Wednesday 28 January 2009 - Recruitment Directory TribeHQ http://www.tribehq.com is set to breathe social networking life into the static world of job boards. It is currently gearing up for the public beta release next week (2nd Feb 2009). I was lucky enough to be sent some screenshots and pre release information from Tim de Jardine, one of the co-founders of TribeHQ (Tim is also the founder of Hirewall ATS I interviewed a few weeks ago). |
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How to help your clients avoid failed new hires 12:53am Wednesday 28 January 2009 - Ross Clennett [...] |
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NSW government job board hacked; security breakdown at Monster 3:51pm Tuesday 27 January 2009 - Shortlist News NSW jobs website hacked.... Monster security breaks down. |
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