Live Event, Experiential and Brand Experience musings
Here you’ll find recruitment news, plus event and brand experience commentary
This is where I share my insights based on 20+ years observing and experiencing the sector’s recruitment challenges and opportunities.
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Disclaimer: I’m not the oracle, no one knows what’s really going on.
Joining the dark side is easy, saying NO is where it’s at…
I nearly crumbled. I very nearly joined the 80% of the industry I so desperately despise for ruining it for all us good uns. A new stakeholder from a client who’ve assigned me on a retained search before, asked me to look at a role that wasn’t my speciality (large...
if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem…
Recruitment isn’t broken, neither are recruiters, it’s the complete apathy clients have to ‘filling their vacancy’ that causes me the most concern. If you know a client is happy to take whatever crap you throw at them & basically recruit with one finger in the air...
Contingency recruiters will fill a vacancy ‘if’ they can, retained recruiters will complete an assignment ‘because’ they can.
It’s a fact of life you get out of it what you put into it. Same with recruitment. If you’re a business using an external recruiter and you give your vacancy to 4 agencies, you’re basically committing to each of them 25% as you don’t trust one of them 100%. So, with...
What is the value of added value?
How much is a recruiter worth? Some people say not a lot because of the time it takes against the size of the fee, however, let's be candid, most people would say not a lot as, well, let's not open that can of worms. I ask as last week I paid for a service on my car...
Right is right even if no one is doing it & wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
So, the latest C&IT’s state of the industry report has come out and obviously the dreaded ‘B’ word tops the agenda of the industry’s key challenges, however for the gazillionth year running, 'talent' is in the top 3. This is no surprise as attracting, selecting...
How conscious is your unconscious bias?
This is a big problem in #recruitment #HR #talent but also in a wider sense. Issue is, no one admits it as we’re all too busy telling people “we don’t see colour” “age is but a number” etc. etc. Here’s a real test for you. You receive a LinkedIn connection request...
