Every Agency recruiter in the world must see these numbers.

Recruiters cop a lot of flak. Criticising agency recruiters seems like a global sport sometimes. Just peruse LinkedIn on any given day. And right now there is not much good news of any kind. Let alone for recruiters. Till now. Agency recruitment is booming. Forget those ignorant, clapped-out doomsayers sitting on the sidelines without a […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 10, 2020
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Some recruiters are history. Others will thrive. How about you?

My 250-word blog on Artificial Intelligence and its impact on recruitment and recruiters generated a lot of banter. So I decided to look more closely at how the job of the recruiter will change. Will they exist at all? Let me say right now I am very confident about our industry. I am investing in […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On July 17, 2018
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The Future of Talent. Free webcast

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand recently launched a new paper on ‘The Future of Talent’, produced by the CA ANZ and PwC. The results were launched in Auckland to an audience of 350, and Greg Savage was the keynote speaker. Here is a recording of the event, with the MC introducing Greg at the […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 5, 2018
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Recruitment. The best it’s been for a decade!

Three years ago, in response to a barrage of predictions that the recruitment industry was on the verge of destruction, I wrote a piece called ‘Agency recruitment is not dying. It’s growing.’ And it was. And it is now too. I have done a quick review of recent recruitment company results (mostly published in industry […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On May 8, 2018
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Another loudmouth ‘recruiter-hater’ falls from grace

I take zero pleasure when someone fails in business. I know too well the risk, stress and hard work it takes to start and build a business, and admire anyone who tries, regardless of the outcome. However it’s always important to be humble as you go about your work, focusing on what you can do […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 6, 2017
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Is Agency recruitment going to be ‘uber-ised’? The answer here.

At least twice a month I am approached by an HR Tech startup with a ‘new’ idea to ‘disrupt’ the recruitment industry. Plenty of these guys (and occasionally, gals) are super-smart, and all are earnest, (sometimes fanatical), in their belief that they have found ‘the holy grail’. In many cases, indeed I think most cases, […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 15, 2016
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