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Inside the mind of Australia’s best recruiter

Recently I was one of 4 judges asked to select “Australia’s Best Recruiter 2013”. The calibre was high, drawing responses from all over Australia and New Zealand. The judging panel interviewed a shortlist of 4, and Peter Murphy, from Davidson Recruitment in Brisbane, was selected as the worthy winner. Peter has an exceptional record in [...]

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Need to fire a deadbeat client? Here’s how…

Last week I argued that service providers need to fire clients who are uncooperative or unprofitable. Plenty of ‘The Savage Truth’ readers agreed, but many asked, “How do I actually do it?”. And the truth is that it is not easy. But there are two guiding principals I have found are fundamental for this to work out well.

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Fire these clients. Now!

I talk to a lot of recruiters. And it is tough for many of them right now. That we know. Everybody is scrambling for a dollar, chasing every client. A bit like that sad, desperate guy in the bar at 2 am, harassing every one of the last few women left standing. But there is [...]

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Start 2013 in ‘heavy billing mode’!

Most of us will have some kind of break in the next month or so. Christmas, New Year, summer holidays, Chinese New Year. You, your clients and your candidates are going to have some well-deserved downtime. But what about the cost? We won’t bill while we are on the beach or in the pub. And [...]

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The very best recruiter I have ever known

Graham Whelan is the best recruiter I’ve ever met. And he has been that way since before most of you reading this article got to high school. Last week I went to lunch with Graham, and 2 other long-standing recruiting colleagues, all now competitors, all significant achievers in our industry. After the usual banter, and [...]

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The Global Recruiter Asia Pacific Recruitment Summit – Special discount for Savage Truth Readers!

Hello to all Asia-based subscribers of my blog. I wanted to advise you that I am Keynote Speaker on both days of The Global Recruiter Asia Pacific Recruitment Summit, and I would love to see you there. Better than that, the other speakers are a fantastic collection of global specialists including Deb Loveridge, the Asia Pacific [...]

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