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Written by Greg Savage, The Savage Truth is a resource of insights and ideas for anyone interested in recruitment and staffing. Though his views are often controversial and contrarian, Greg Savage is a sought-after speaker and presenter and is regularly asked to comment on the industry, its challenges and its future. For more information, please visit http://www.gregsavage.com.au| Previous Next |  |
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Customer service in Recruitment. We need to put our money where our mouth is
5:32am Tuesday 02 February 2010 - Greg Savage Read the websites of any ten random recruitment companies. From any country. In the ‘About Us’ or ‘Our Services’ section, you will almost certainly find glowing and poetic prose about ‘customer service’ and the ‘customer comes first’ and ‘exceptional standards of service delivery’ and many other cliche-ridden phrases. But these claims were not written without [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Integrity. It’s a bit like virginity. Either you have it…or you don’t!
10:05pm Monday 04 January 2010 - Greg Savage I have been in business a long time. And all of that time has been in the rough and tumble world of recruitment and staffing. Having worked as a recruiter, manager, and owner of recruitment businesses all over the world, I have seen my share of dubious business practices. Indeed I have, sadly, been witness [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Employee engagement. Not child’s play, but we can learn from our kids
1:17pm Monday 14 December 2009 - Greg Savage In the world of managing staffing companies, I imagine the last 12 months are up there amongst the hardest ever. For us at Aquent, despite our market leading position, we have had to respond to declining demand with staff reductions, reduced hours and a range of spending cuts. Good commercial sense of course, and our [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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What future for recruiting? (Guest blog from Bill Boorman)
8:21pm Tuesday 08 December 2009 - Greg Savage For a while now I’ve been changing my views on the future of recruiting. I have a feeling that the market is going to look quite different once we have shaken off the shackles of recession. I didn’t always think this way, but over the last year I have been building a fantastic network via [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Yes Twitter and Face Book are cool…but recruiters, get real!
4:30am Monday 07 December 2009 - Greg Savage This year, in my capacity of International CEO of Aquent, (the only global staffing company dedicated to marketing and design) I was very excited to help launch our new website, which specifically promotes the ability of our talent and clients to connect with our Agents, via social networks, if preferred. You might think then, that I [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Yes Twitter and Face Book are cool…but recruiters, get real!
3:39am Monday 07 December 2009 - Greg Savage This year, in my capacity of International CEO of Aquent, (the only global staffing company dedicated to marketing and design) I was very excited to help launch our new website, which specifically promotes the ability of our talent and clients to connect with our Agents, via social networks, if preferred. You might think then, that I am [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Australian Recruiters: LinkedIn or Lucked out?
5:05pm Tuesday 01 December 2009 - Greg Savage During my recent RCSA speaking tour around Australia I spoke to over 500 Australian 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 key areas I covered [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Forget the hype. Australian Recruiters do not use Twitter!
4:32pm Wednesday 25 November 2009 - Greg Savage Over the past 10 days I conducted an RCSA seminar for over 400 Australian Recruiters in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. 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 [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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When it comes to public speaking, preparation saves perspiration
10:20am Monday 16 November 2009 - Greg Savage Currently I am speaking to large groups of recruiters at RCSA events around Australia and New Zealand, on the topic of ‘Riding the Recovery’. Feedback has been good I am relieved to say, and on several occasions people have remarked how ‘relaxed’ my presentation style is, and how lucky I am that public speaking ‘comes so [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Job Boards don’t find people jobs. People find people jobs
12:08am Tuesday 03 November 2009 - Greg Savage We are going to recover from this downturn, and when we do, the talent shortage is going to be more severe than anything we experienced a year or two ago. Finding talent, connecting with those talent and building talent communities is going to be what separates the winners from the losers in the recruitment industry, [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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