Check out the coolest recruitment office ever!

I remember it vividly. It was the darkest hour of the Covid-apocalypse in Australia. Mid 2020. Collapsing revenue. Staff losses. Lockdowns. WFH. WTF! At people2people, the pain was severe, as with all recruiters. However, more than 1,000 temps and a robust consulting team with deep relationships, combined with intelligent and swift cost-reduction, kept the business […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On May 4, 2021
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14 Agency Recruitment Metrics to run your business (Part 4. FULL SET!)

My previous three blogs (Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3) on this topic revealed ten of the critical metrics needed to run your recruitment agency efficiently and productively. Today, the final four! All supported by the excellent data from Nigel Harse at Staffing Industry Metrics, so I can provide you with updated metrics with bits […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 27, 2021
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Recruitment Agency ‘Job-Fill’ rates rising! Are yours?

Filling a high percentage of the Job-Orders taken is a key driver of Agency profitability, and a strong measure of the quality of the recruitment consulting in the business. This metric fell in Australia, to Agencies filling four jobs out of ten taken in Quarter 1 2020. Since then, the fill ratio has been climbing. […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 13, 2021
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14 Agency Recruitment Metrics to run your business (Part 3)

My previous two blogs (Part 1 and Part 2) on this topic revealed seven of the critical metrics needed to run your recruitment agency efficiently and productively. Today, metrics eight through ten for your reading pleasure. All supported by the excellent data from my friend Nigel Harse at Staffing Industry Metrics, so I can provide you with updated […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On April 1, 2021
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Agency Temp demand nosedives. Then soars!

In most downturns, we can rely on temporary and contract demand to hold up better than permanent hiring. Indeed, we usually see it come back much earlier than permanent. My experience is you can grow a robust Temp/Contract business long before the recession is officially over. The figures from JobAdder showing temporary & contract demand […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 23, 2021
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14 Agency Recruitment Metrics to run your business (Part 2)

In the last blog on this topic, I shared the first four of the fourteen critical metrics you need to run your recruitment agency effectively. You need these ratios and benchmarks to help you drive excellence and to make sure you don’t drive your business into the ground. With brilliant data from my friend Nigel Harse at Staffing […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 11, 2021
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14 Agency Recruitment Metrics to run your business

I have highlighted the ‘Sacred Agency Recruitment Metrics’ before. But right now, they are more critical than ever. You need these ratios and benchmarks to help you drive excellence and to make sure you don’t drive your business into the ground. But now, here they are updated! With brilliant data from my friend Nigel Harse […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 2, 2021
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Thinking about starting your own Recruitment Agency?

You are thinking about starting your own recruitment agency? It could be exactly the right time. Huge opportunity. (Read how my Agency start-ups worked after a recession!) But you need a plan! And lots of moving parts can go wrong. Many who try are ill-prepared. Some have a chance of making it. All need help. […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 24, 2021
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Recruitment Agencies see massive job bounce-back!

We all know what happened to Recruitment demand from March onwards last year. It was disastrous. In Australia and New Zealand at least, we have seen massive improvements. Many Agencies are in growth mode. Anecdotally, despite everything, pipelines were filling up in the last Quarter of 2020. But where is the empirical data? Is it […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On February 23, 2021
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Agency Recruitment. Five Brutal Truths.

Recruitment agencies must move with lightning speed to stay ‘recession-fit’, but also agile enough to take advantage of an upturn. Precisely the same applies to individual recruiters. Laggards and dinosaurs won’t make it. It’s as simple as that. Here are the five big brutal truths agencies must tackle, with pace, persistence and courage. Also, ideas […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On September 30, 2020
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