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Recruiter Daily Jobs market suffers big fall Login Required
6:44am Tuesday 09 December 2008 - Recruiter Daily

The jobs market suffered another significant hit in November, according to the Olivier and ANZ indexes.
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Destination Talent Is Australia’s workforce ready for global business ?
3:05am Tuesday 09 December 2008 - Destination Talent

A study by Accenture ranks Australia 7th in ‘skills readiness’, behind countries like Brazil, China and India. Only 47% of Australian, compared to 71% of Indians, who participated in the study, felt they are well equipped to face the challenges of a global business environment. With an overall score of 3.7 Australia is placed under [...]
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Capital Jobs CapitalJobs.com.au jobs now available by RSS
11:50pm Monday 08 December 2008 - Capital Jobs

We’re happy to announce that our entire jobs listing is now available by RSS Feed. So if you use an RSS feed reader, you can keep up to date by subscribing to our feed below: http://www.capitaljobs.com.au/rss addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.capitaljobs.com.au%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D105'; addthis_title = 'CapitalJobs.com.au+jobs+now+available+by+RSS'; addthis_pub = 'capitaljobs';
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Capital Jobs How A Career Objective Can Help Your Job Application Stand Out
4:26pm Monday 08 December 2008 - Capital Jobs

For high salary earners, having a Career Objective or some sort of statement that highlights to the reader what type/s of job opportunities you are interested in can be advantageous. It is very much the equivalent of the elevator pitch that can be used both in your application and when speaking with prospective employers. Your [...]
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Shortlist News Unemployment could rise much faster than we thought: ANZ Login Required
4:23pm Monday 08 December 2008 - Shortlist News

The latest job ad figures suggest that the unemployment rate could shoot up far more rapidly than current estimates indicate, says ANZ head of Australian economics Warren Hogan.
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Six Figures How to Assess If A Portfolio Career Is Right For You?
3:55pm Monday 08 December 2008 - Six Figures

Changes in the work-world and new definitions of what is a career are challenging us to make sense of and re-assess meaning in our careers. Employers are distracted by restructuring, e-commerce, mergers, acquisitions, managing outsourced work, global marketing, and much more to the extent that the message to their staff is clear. We are now [...]
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Shortlist News No transition time limit in new RCSA code; ITCRA names next CEO; plus more Login Required
3:13pm Monday 08 December 2008 - Shortlist News

No time limit for transitions in new RCSA code of conduct.... Senior IT executive joins ITCRA as CEO.... Ex-Charterhouse director joins new Kelly division.... Financial services recruiter launches into tough environment.... Adlogic introduces Facebook service.... ICT report drawn from public information: Intermedium.
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Geoff Jennings Seek Feeding The Hippo
2:46pm Monday 08 December 2008 - Geoff Jennings

First it was Linkme, see article here, now it’s Hippo. Hippo is now advertising, see job ad here, for sales staff…on Seek. I say, back yourself, Hippo. Put your ads. on your own board. Jeez, Louise.
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Shortlist News Big PSA win for M&T Resources Login Required
2:37pm Monday 08 December 2008 - Shortlist News

M&T Resources has gained sole tier-one position on one of the largest IT recruitment preferred supplier deals to be awarded this year.
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Geoff Jennings MyCareer Come Back Soon…
2:32pm Monday 08 December 2008 - Geoff Jennings

Is this a purposeful action, or a glitch in the system?  Taking the site off-line seems like a radical decision in light of the fact that Monday is peek job search day.  Also, how are advertisers feeling about their ads being taken down?  Imagine missing out on that one golden candidate…the very idea sends shivers [...]
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2vouch Growing your social network
12:04pm Monday 08 December 2008 - 2vouch

A social recruiting services such as 2Vouch relies on the fact that people know other people who might need a new job. But what happens if your network is small? How do you go about growing the network? There are lots of ways to grow your network. Even if you have a large network your network [...]
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Destination Talent Presentation on IT remuneration trends in Australia
11:28am Monday 08 December 2008 - Destination Talent

In May, I spoke on IT remuneration and recruitment trends at the IIR’s ICT Skills Shortage Conference. (Representing my previous employer).  The first half of my presentation hovers around one central theme - money is important, but the IT workforce wants more. Accordingly, employers are migrating towards ‘total rewards’, including paying more attention on intrinsic [...]
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Jobadder Sometimes you just have to describe a job the way it is
11:14am Monday 08 December 2008 - Jobadder

A couple of beauties currently live on SEEK.  I have always said that a good job description should outline exactly when the toilet breaks are. Maybe SEEK should consider licensing MyCareer's profanity checker?  &# [...]
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Geoff Jennings Let The Games Begin…
11:13am Monday 08 December 2008 - Geoff Jennings

Seek have got the Christmas cards thing off and running for ‘08. Sticking with their theme of ‘SEEK & you shall find’.  Eddie, Santa’s right hand Elf has been elfnapped and he needs your help to be rescued. Click here to play.
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Jobadder Online job ad numbers have fallen off a cliff
10:38am Monday 08 December 2008 - Jobadder

If you needed any evidence of the effect of the market downturn then look no further than the job numbers of the major job boards. In October I wrote about SEEK ad numbers dropping to 191,000 from 220,000.  That felt like a big drop to me at the time I wrote the blog [...]
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Capital Jobs Index shows more skills shortages
9:51am Monday 08 December 2008 - Capital Jobs

A new skills index suggests that there will be ongoing shortages in the areas of information technology, building and engineering, marketing and accountancy and finance. Recruiting organisation Clarius group has linked with KPMG-Econtech to launch a new national skills index which will be released on a quarterly basis, according to a report in Recruiter [...]
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HR Daily Why are your employees leaving? Login Required
9:47am Monday 08 December 2008 - HR Daily

Conducting exit interviews online and anonymously reaps the best information about an employer's retention issues, says organisational psychologist Matthew Neale.
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Michael Specht Conference update
9:06am Monday 08 December 2008 - Michael Specht

Plans are in place for the Inspecht HR Futures Conference on 26 February 2009 in Melbourne. The site is up and the program is 99% complete, just awaiting confirmation on one speaker. There is a downloadable program overview you can use to convince management that the event is worth attending.  The program summary: Keynote - Thoughts from TED 2009 - [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Conference update", url: "http://specht.com.au/michael/2008/12/08/conference-update/" });
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CareerMums New employment standards grant EXTENSION of Parental Leave and the right for employees to request flexible work
9:03am Monday 08 December 2008 - CareerMums

The imminent introduction of the new National Employment Standards signal significant changes concerning parental leave, carer’s leave and flexible work requests. Is your organisation aware of their new obligations? New changes include (and are not limited to):•Extension of parental leave beyon [...]
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Recruiter Daily Are you networking on the treadmill? Login Required
6:53am Monday 08 December 2008 - Recruiter Daily

A dedication to networking at all hours, and a focus on making temps feel rewarded, lie at the heart of Carolyn Ezzy's success in the recruitment industry.
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Recruiter Daily Two new consultants join Recruitment Partners Login Required
6:17am Monday 08 December 2008 - Recruiter Daily

Two new consultants have joined Recruitment Partners in Perth - Jenny Tana and Natalie Szkraba.
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Recruitment Directory Social Media Optimisation (SMO) Say What...?
11:03pm Sunday 07 December 2008 - Recruitment Directory

So you may have heard about Seach Engine Optimisation (SEO) but do you know what Social Media Optimisation (SMO) is?
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Geoff Jennings Job Board Price War Shake Up?
8:53pm Sunday 07 December 2008 - Geoff Jennings

I received this letter indirectly. A plea from Recruit Me Now.  I can’t call it a media release.  It’s a confusing piece of communication which flits from third-person to first-person (and I’ve offered in past blogs to write your bloody publicity for you - but continue to be witness to the circulation of shite). Deep breath, [...]
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Recruitment Directory Recruitment Agencies on YouTube
7:51pm Sunday 07 December 2008 - Recruitment Directory

I have been following a number of Recruitment Agencies who have been creating and publishing videos for youtube. Consultive http://consultive.com.au has stood out from the rest, and have used this new medium to produce a number of effective recruitment videos.
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Recruitment Directory What Thomas is reading - 7th Dec 2008
4:06pm Sunday 07 December 2008 - Recruitment Directory

Jobs ads fall for fifth successive month... Sydney Talent... Recruiting and Restructuring in a Downturn... Start-up wonders... Are your job advertising dollars well spent?... Does Social Networking = LinkedIn for Most Recruiters?...
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Engage Social networking sites - 2008 demographic stats
3:29pm Sunday 07 December 2008 - Engage

The 2008 Social Network Analysis Report from United States-based Ignite Social Media provides some very enlightening demographic data.  I have taken some of the main social networking platforms relevant in a NZ context and pasted elements below.  Click on a graph to view it more clearly or go straight to the report for more comprehensive data.  I [...]
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Annemarie Cross Should I send a thank you letter for an internal promotion interview?
5:07pm Friday 05 December 2008 - Annemarie Cross

This fortnight’s question comes from Bob , when he asks: Hi Annemarie I am interviewing for a promotion. Following the interview, is a thank you appropriate? The two people who interviewed me know me well and have been my senior managers for a number of years. – Bob. Hi Bob, This is a great question, [...]
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Annemarie Cross Are you an entrepreneur?
4:41pm Friday 05 December 2008 - Annemarie Cross

Can you recall a time when you met someone who had a fantastic story about how they built up and developed their very own successful business and you thought “I want to do that!” The ability to start and grow your own business requires certain traits, and if you posses many [...]
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Shortlist News Forty jobs go at Chandler Macleod Login Required
4:30pm Friday 05 December 2008 - Shortlist News

Redundancies in the recruitment industry are accelerating, with Chandler Macleod making over 40 redundancies this week across its white collar recruitment business nationally.
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2vouch Run an Aussie Start-Up? 2Vouch is offering you a discount rate!
4:00pm Friday 05 December 2008 - 2vouch

Everyday we hear more and more about how the economies of the world are collapsing. Today 2Vouch has some positive news for you. Aussie start-ups get to use the JobGenie Referral Recruiting Engine to source candidates and only pay our cost price - which is just what we pay our referrers. The way that JobGenie finds people [...]
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Shortlist News Ex-finance staff becoming key talent pool Login Required
3:37pm Friday 05 December 2008 - Shortlist News

The big influx of newly unemployed financial services candidates will create a strong source of high-quality talent with easily transferable skills, as long as they're prepared to be flexible and adjust their salary expectations, say leading recruiters.
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Shortlist News MPI flags job cuts; Total Staffing Solutions in trading halt; plus more Login Required
1:41pm Friday 05 December 2008 - Shortlist News

MPI flags profit decline, job cuts as client jitters spread.... Total Staffing Solutions in trading halt.... LinkedIn the most-used social networking recruitment tool: survey.... Trades apprentices maintain high employment rates: NCVER.... Referrals scheme working for Norris & Partners.... RecruitMeNow offering free job ads.
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HR Daily IR changes could expose employers to more discrimination claims Login Required
11:12am Friday 05 December 2008 - HR Daily

The proposed national IR laws broaden employers' exposure to discrimination claims and might lead to bigger payouts in some jurisdictions, a senior workplace lawyer says.
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HR Daily Strong CEO brand improves candidate attraction, retention Login Required
11:08am Friday 05 December 2008 - HR Daily

A CEO with a strong personal brand improves a company's prospects of attracting and retaining employees, new research shows.
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Geoff Jennings Network Your Way Through Christmas
9:33am Friday 05 December 2008 - Geoff Jennings

For the jobseeker and employers, Christmas is a quiet time. Thoughts of changes and restructures (and all those jazzy keywords that mean positions are available) are put on hold until post-festivities. job boards continue to exhibit their wares, of course, but activity tends to slow a little. Sites like Hoojano and 2vouch will help [...]
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Top Margin Seasons Greetings and Holiday Schedule
9:30am Friday 05 December 2008 - Top Margin

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY NOTE: Seasons Greetings to all our clients — past and future! Please note: the last day for new orders is Sunday December 7 2008. Until Christmas, we will be finishing existing orders only prior to taking a two-week break in January. We will be up and racing again on January 12, 2009.
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Recruiter Daily Are your job advertising dollars well spent? Login Required
6:41am Friday 05 December 2008 - Recruiter Daily

Getting the best return on investment from your advertising dollars requires some careful consideration of which job boards to use, says online recruitment expert Thomas Shaw.
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Recruiter Daily M&T Resources expands Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra teams Login Required
6:00am Friday 05 December 2008 - Recruiter Daily

Management and technology recruiter M&T Resources has added new staff to its teams in Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra.
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Recruitment Directory What Thomas is reading - 4th Dec 2008
9:39pm Thursday 04 December 2008 - Recruitment Directory

IT employees work hard to keep their jobs... FREE job ads to rec2rec's on Recruit Me Now... ACCC to authorise recruitment code... Sailing ship not a recruitment tool, says navy... 52 ideas on using social media within HR... How important is your career site in 2009?... Social networking etiquette...
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