Social media – it’s a tool, not a strategy

I was very reluctant to write this post initially. There has been so much noise about social media, and how it’s going to impact our industry, do we really need another blog on the topic? Probably not. But the rhetoric and hyperbole about social media has been bugging me lately, and it will make me […]
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Leading a recruitment business in tough times

Trust me on this. You have never had a test of your leadership until you have managed a recruitment business through a recession, or a prolonged period of subdued demand, such as right now. It’s beyond tough. Balancing falling revenues while trying to retain key staff. Communicating critical fee generation targets while at the same […]
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Two upcoming events!

In conjunction with an Australia-wide speaking tour for the RCSA, I am holding a one-off Tele-seminar hosted by Mark Whitby of RecruiterTrainingOnline.com The theme is “Riding the Recovery” and we will be addressing questions from listeners on how to profit from the eventual upturn in recruitment demand The seminar is on August 11 th at […]
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Get ready for a whole new world as the recruitment market recovers

Increasingly it’s becoming clear that a real recovery in recruitment demand is looming over the horizon. In Australia we are seeing little surges of temp demand, and in Asia our job order flow at Aquent is strengthening slowly but surely. Europe is more problematical for the moment, but certainly the RCSA (Recruitment industry body in […]
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Join my (zero-cost) Tele-seminar, “Riding the Recovery”

In two weeks I will begin an Australia-wide series of presentations for the RCSA, where I will address the challenging issue of how consultants and recruitment business owners / managers need to prepare for the eventual staffing market recovery. How can we expect demand to re-emerge? What are the right investments to make, and when […]
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  • By Greg Savage
  • Posted July 15, 2009
  • In Recruiter Training, Recruitment Consulting Skills

Your career. Invest in the ‘3Rs’

What can you do at an individual level to improve your chances of really thriving  as your career evolves? The fact is, each one of us needs to improve our skills, aim higher and deliver more. So how do we maintain our high standards? How does an individual recruiter take some control over their professional […]
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Self-belief and creating ‘recruiter equity’.

Want to know why some recruiters forge long and successful careers and other struggle and fade away? Want to know why a handful of recruiters survive, even thrive, during a downturn, and generate bigger returns in the good times? Why some love this industry while others leave bitter and damaged? Recruiter Equity. I believe that […]
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You tell me. How do we prepare for the recovery when it comes?

I am rather proud to be a Life Member of the RCSA in Australia, an accolade awarded to very few industry veterans who are judged to have made some contribution to the staffing industry in Australia and New Zealand. I often wonder how I sneaked in to this august group, and so I am delighted […]
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