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Two new Recruitment Conferences worth attending
12:41pm Friday 23 April 2010 - Greg Savage Over the past week I have committed to presenting at two RCSA conferences in Australia, which by the sound of the program and the quality of the other speakers, will be well worth attending. Below are details of the two presentations I will be giving, in Sydney and in Hobart, as well as links to the [...] | View Full Article  |
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Talent management will be the key as the market recovers
10:38am Thursday 08 April 2010 - Greg Savage As the market recovers, one of the first impacts on our industry will be a revival of the temp and contract market. Temp-to-perm will be huge. Employers will see increased work volumes as the economy recovers, but will “dip their toes” into the labour market at first, hiring flexible solutions initially. But then, as [...] | View Full Article |
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Timing the recovery. When to invest in staff and marketing
8:50am Monday 29 March 2010 - Greg Savage Most staffing markets around the world have stabilised. Some have definitely started growing, while others are clearly showing signs of increased optimism. For recruiting firms, it seems the dark days of 2009, where demand virtually collapsed, are behind us. Many business owners and managers are thinking about growth, reinvestment and hiring staff. However, these strategic and [...] | View Full Article |
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Kill off the Bikers. Fire unprofitable clients now!
10:24am Monday 22 March 2010 - Greg Savage I have nothing against bikers. I had a motorbike myself, until I drove it into a hedge at 60 mph on the way back from the rugby club. Bikers are only an analogy in my tale today so Rev Heads… take no offense please. But to the business at hand. Consider this and then run the figures [...] | View Full Article |
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Aquent ‘Exclusive Selection’ strategy starts to pay off
2:37pm Thursday 18 March 2010 - Greg Savage Regular readers of ‘The Savage Truth’ will remember that in January 2010, Aquent launched a new strategy for engaging with clients on permanent hiring assignments. Realising that multi-listed, contingent arrangements with clients are to the detriment of all parties concerned, Aquent now only accepts permanent assignments in Design, Digital, and Marketing on a retained [...] | View Full Article |
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Managing a Prima Donna in your recruiting team
8:22am Monday 15 March 2010 - Greg Savage If you have ever managed a team of recruiters for any length of time, this topic will resonate with you, I am sure. Inevitably, within a group of recruiters, one, maybe two, will rise to the top. These “Big Billers” either inherit a great desk or, less often, they build it themselves, and soon they are [...] | View Full Article |
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Leadership is action! It’s what you do that counts, not what you say
1:11pm Monday 08 March 2010 - Greg Savage Managers have subordinates, leaders have followers. That short statement took me many years to learn. When I was young, and thrust into a management role way before I was ready, I thought leadership meant “getting people to do things”. And maybe, in the end, that is what it is. But it’s not by telling, or coercing [...] | View Full Article |
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Kiwi Recruiters. Linked In or left out?
9:20am Tuesday 02 March 2010 - Greg Savage During my recent RCSA speaking tour around Australasia I spoke to over 500 Australian and 150 New Zealander recruiters, on the upbeat topic of ‘Riding the Recovery’. I have to admit it was refreshing to talk about positive ideas and strategies to ensure we take advantage of the opportunities presented by an economic revival. One of the [...] | View Full Article |
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Forget the hype. New Zealand Recruiters do not use Twitter!
12:46pm Thursday 25 February 2010 - Greg Savage Over the past week I have conducted RCSA seminars for over 150 New Zealand Recruiters in Auckland and Christchurch. The topic was “Riding the Recovery” and part of my session was on Social Media and how we need to build that technology into our talent sourcing strategies. Well, I grabbed this opportunity to conduct a little mini-survey [...] | View Full Article |
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It’s not me, it’s you! Why I won’t follow you on Twitter.
11:53am Thursday 18 February 2010 - Greg Savage I am no social media expert. I am not even that familiar with the ‘ins and outs’ of Twitter, although I have built up 1500 followers during my six month as a Tweeter. Truthfully, I only plunged into the social media world, including this blog, because I am a recruiter, and I run a business [...] | View Full Article |
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