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50 (half) smart, or (vaguely) controversial things I said at the RCSA Conference (Part 1)

Apparently my presentation at the RCSA Conference caused consternation, irritation, and even inspiration, in equal part. A success then, by my measure. I have had a lot of requests for summaries of the content, so here are 50 things I said that day. Although, in Part 1 we start with the first 25. The rest [...]

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‘Candidate care’ clichés and other corporate codswallop!

‘Candidate care’ in recruitment. “It’s like inviting 100 people to a party at your house and then leaving 95 of them outside in the rain” ‘Candidate care’ in our crazy industry normally means one of two things. Either it’s a series of platitudes and clichés on recruiter websites, or it is part of a grand [...]

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Client or not, behaving like a jerk… means you are a jerk!

The Savage Truth now has a Facebook page. ‘Like’ it now for fresh recruiting brain-food. ****************************************************************** Recently I was asked by one of our Sydney Talent Agents to join her on a client visit to a high profile Ad Agency group. I jumped at the chance because I love speaking with clients, and we were [...]

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My biggest ever recruitment stuff-up!

It’s quite a few years since I worked a desk as a recruiter. But I did, for many years. And I was a pretty good recruiter too. Not great mind you. Just good enough to have a lot of fun, and make a bit of money. At Firebrand we have hired 25 new recruiters in [...]

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No, you are not ‘running late’, you are rude and selfish

This post may offend some readers, recruiters or not. But only because it’s going to cut close to the bone for many. And I don’t care if I sound old-fashioned, because actually it’s nothing to do with ‘fashion’ or ‘generation’. It’s got everything to do with basic good manners and respect for other people. So [...]

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Recruiters, this is what competition in our industry really means

Last week I blogged on why so many recruiters have a shallow understanding of what ‘competitive’ in our business actually means. And so how do we thrive in a competitive world? What is the way to differentiate in 2010 and beyond? Well it’s not cool to say it out loud, but as far as I [...]

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