What a Uni student taught me about morale and engagement at work

In the world of managing staffing companies, I imagine the last few years are up there amongst the hardest ever. Anyone who runs a business will be well aware of the challenge of morale, engagement and staff retention right through the downturn, but a little scenario  played a couple of years ago, close to home […]
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What future for recruiting? (Guest blog from Bill Boorman)

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 […]
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Yes Twitter and Face Book are cool…but recruiters, get real!

Please subscribe to ‘The Savage Truth’ for alerts on new postings, recruiting information and more. It’s free and takes no more than 20 seconds to do. Subscribe ************************************************************************************************** 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 […]
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Yes Twitter and Face Book are cool…but recruiters, get real!

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. (Note. The permanent and Search […]
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Australian Recruiters: LinkedIn or Lucked out?

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 […]
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Forget the hype. Australian Recruiters do not use Twitter!

Last year I conducted an RCSA seminar for over 500 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 little mini-survey […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted November 16, 2009
  • In Online brand, Public Speaking

When it comes to public speaking, preparation saves perspiration

As a long time public speaker and presenter to large groups of people all over the world, I often have people say how lucky I am that public speaking ‘comes so easily to me‘. Well, as the famous South African golfer Gary Player said, ‘The harder I practice, the luckier I get!’ So, even though […]
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Job Boards don’t find people jobs. People find people jobs

We are recovering 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, in my […]
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Why clients give out orders in competition… and why it’s wrong for everybody!

There is an elephant in the room when it comes to the basic business model of our industry. People don’t talk about it much, yet it’s a fundamental flaw in the relationship between client and recruiter, and it drives poor service and lack of satisfaction for all parties. Multi-listing of job orders across multiple agencies, […]
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What a total jerk on Twitter taught me about online brand

I have been reading quite a bit lately about creating a personal brand online. The subject fascinates me, not least because I see so many people making a total hash of it by the inane things they post on Facebook, Twitter, blog replies, and to a lesser extent, LinkedIn. But recently I had such a […]
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