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How CEOs are approaching talent issues in 2012Earlier last year, global professional services firm, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, released their 14th Annual Global CEO survey, Growth Reimagined. Across 69 countries, 1201 business leaders responded to a range of questions about issues impacting and expected to impact their business. In response to the question ‘How concerned are you about the following potential economic and policy/business Follow this link:
Tags: business, ceo, global, Industry Chat, leaders, professional, result, services The FOT Interview: RIM/Blackberry’s Kat DrumFOT founder Kris Dunn recently sat down with Kat Drum , Head of Global Employment Brand and Social Media Strategies at Research In Motion , which most of you know as “RIM”, the maker of the Blackberry. We wanted to do this interview because in connecting with Kat, we were intrigued by the passion Kat has for RIM, especially in the face of all the media focus on the RIM product line, the attack on RIM market share by the iPhone and Android product line and all the naysayers who claim no corporate drones will be holstering a Blackberry in two years due to the aforementioned competitive forces. Additionally, it's always interesting to see kids with blackberry's and wonder what's up with that. We didn't have to ask Kat to defend the brand. She did that from the jump, which made us believe in RIM. Passionate employees and leaders within a company have a way of doing that. Let's roll the tape : 1. Kat Drum, aka “KD”. Why is it that all the great ones have the initials “KD” (Kevin Durant, Kelly Dingee, and of course… um… Kris Dunn)? Even better Kris, why do two cool people change the traditional spelling of their name and use a K vs C? 2. How has all the press about RIM impacted you on the recruiting trail? What are candidates saying? What are candidates asking in regarding to the ongoing business prospects of the company? The press immensely impacts candidate's confidence in Research In Motion as employer of choice. Candidates want to know what we’re doing next to be innovative and stay competitive. Quite frankly, there is a lot that Research in Motion is doing great. We shipped 10.6 million BlackBerry devices in Q2 FY12. Service revenue surpassed $1 billion for the first time in Research In Motion’s history reflecting the over 40% growth in our subscriber base over the past year. The company is going through a transition but is still providing our 70 million customers globally and recently launched 7 new products in 36 days. BB7 marks our largest and most successful global launch of BlackBerry smartphones in our history. We are continuing to innovate with BBX as our future OS and for app non-believers over 1 billion apps downloaded to date and over 4 million daily downloads. There is a huge story to share. We tell our candidates, if you want to help build and shape the future of the global smartphone industry, Research In Motion is where you need to be. Research In Motion is here to stay this is a young and changing market and there is tremendous opportunity in it. 3. You’re so well regarded in the recruiting industry that everyone assumes if you wanted to flee RIM based on the recent press, you could do that at the drop of a hat. But when we finally had the chance to talk, I was awestruck regarding how personally you take your role at RIM and how much “fight” instead of “flight” instinct you have. What’s up with that? Why are you so ready to lay it on the line for RIM? Kris, for those that know me, I’m a loyal and dedicated being, I seize opportunities and I don’t go home without a fight, Go Big or Go Home is a favorite mantra of mine. I love working at Research In Motion. I work with some of the nicest, collaborative and smartest people in the world. Research In Motion knows what true collaboration means. No ego. No hidden agendas. Have an idea? Implement it. Not many companies can stand behind that. Maybe it’s the fact that I grew up close to the Canadian border that my values match those of Research In Motion. Whatever the reason, it works for me and I think Research In Motion’s company culture is one of North America’s best kept secrets. I get the privilege of building a world-class employment branding program and sharing that secret with the world. 4. You keep mentioning a new term that I like a lot – “Candidate Confidence”. What does that mean and what considerations do companies have to make to grow “candidate confidence” over time? What special considerations and action do struggling companies have to take to combat neutral or negative candidate confidence? I’ve been in the employment branding space for over 12 years. So much time is spent on maximizing the hot new channels. First it was the print movement to job boards in the 90s, the continued social media movement and now recruiting in the mobile space. Everyone wants to make the most of the upcoming new channels. What people don’t spend enough time is nailing the right message for candidates to believe in a company. I’ve been through 5 layoffs in 4 years during my time in Seattle. I started thinking differently about the power of employment branding when Starbucks reputation took a hit and Starbucks gossip blog was killing it even more, the stock was down to $8.00 a share. Every company has ups and downs. The fun part of a true employment branding professional is to turn around a company’s’ image to candidates through global PR initiatives. Rebuild candidate confidence first. Then play with the new shiny objects in our space. 5. What’s interesting to you in the recruiting and employment branding world these days? What’s played out? What’s the recruiting brand equivalent of a pair of stone-washed jeans from the 80’s? Segmented messaging is important to me. Targeted value propositions to candidates. People have different motivations to work for a company. There is no one size fits all message anymore. I personally think Facebook recruitment is played out. Richard Cho of Facebook recently shared with an audience at Mrec2011 that more people are accessing Facebook via their smartphone versus a desktop, which to me, means candidates aren’t seeing your ads and they aren’t wasting their time on a company’s Facebook page. They are in and out to check out photos and correspond with their friends, not to find a job. I also think mobile apps are where it’s at. Apps are stickier than a mobile web experience and can provide job updates at a candidate's fingertips. Fast, targeted and convenient. Of course, what better comparison to the 80’s than a huge Sunday print ad. Editor's note – The chart below is the global downloads split of the new RIM app JobsInMotion , which underscores the global diversity of RIM, and some of the mobile themes Kat refers to in #5. Thanks to Kat for her time and to RIM for allowing a internal leader to speak openly and honestly. We'll be watching the smartphone/device wars and as a result of hearing from Kat, rooting for RIM more than we were before. Originally posted here:
Tags: blackberry, corporate, drones, employment, focus, global, iphone, market, motion, Naysayers, research, result, strategies How your recruitment process annoys candidatesLast month, global recruitment company Robert Walters released the results of a survey conducted with 800 job seekers. Three significant, although unsurprising, findings of the survey were the following: 1. A large majority of job seekers (79%) were turned off by a lengthy recruitment process with 77% agreeing that the job process from application submitted to offer letter received should take no See the article here:
Tags: global, Industry Chat, interviewing, job, result, robert, robert-walters, seekers, walters The global job market – what’s happening right now?Today’s Savage Truth post is a little different, in two ways. Firstly, it is in fact a Vlog , rather than a blog, and I encourage you to watch the video, focusing more on the content than the plain visage of your faithful blogger! Secondly instead of a recruitment tip, I am focusing today on the global job market. Is it improving? I travel a lot. Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and the UK just in the last 5 weeks, for example. And that gives me the privilege of speaking to CEOs and top HR people all over the world. Watch the “Firebrand Sparks!” vlog for up to the minute assessment of the global job market in marketing, digital, creative, media and design. Read the original here: Tags: global, hiring trends, Industry Chat, job, market, Recruitment Agencies, recruitment trends, result Inside June 2011Global Talent Transition. At least half the team here at recruitment extra are ‘global transitioners’ and a good percentage of our regular contributors also have a non-Australian heritage. We like to think that our international experience is beneficial and widens our reach and understanding of the recruitment industry worldwide! The ebb and flow of global employment will always continue, particularly amongst younger workers who can easily obtain visas, but in the face of an acute skill shortage in Australia is it set to escalate and escalate one way only? The government is releasing greater numbers of 457 working visas in order to fill some gaps but is it enough? Continuing to up the numbers of skilled immigrants and sending more and more work offshore might help in the short-term but what long-term economic consequences will it have? One aspect everyone seems to be in agreement with is the need to upskill and train out current workforce and get the long-term unemployed back to work. It is time we all started to take a greater responsibility to develop our employees, candidates and even ourselves. The government are preparing to invest in this area and I believe it is our duty to do so too. Click here for a selection of articles from this June 2011 edition of recruitment extra .
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thatnbspimprove, unlocking, value, vertex Monash UniversityMonash University Monash University Skip to the content Change text size Monash University The worldis your campus Global Navigation About Monash Faculties Campuses Courses Contact Monash Global Utilities Staff directory A-Z index Site map Search Quick links Library Semester dates my.monash portal Jobs at Monash Payments online Double degrees nbsp Information for Future students courses and information for local and international students Current students ask.monash study resources careers and employment Staff employment resources and contacts Alumni events privileges and networks for Monash graduates Industry commercialisation collaboration and partnerships Information about Research experts achievements and commercialisation International engagement collaborations and profile Education quality support and resources Giving to Monash support research teaching and learning through philanthropy Services and administration 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Accessibility information Tags: australian, careers, cells, collaboration, commercialisation, concerns, Contacts, courses, deliver, employment, ethical, events, facing, fights, findings, global, human, infertility, information, innovative, international, issues, living, monash, monashoxfam, opinions, oxfam, Partnership, people, poverty, research, researchers, resources, solutions, staff, students, study, support, swedish, university NBN will face serious skills shortage; LinkedIn to pass SEEK as biggest global recruitment site business: plus moreNBN to face serious skills shortage…. LinkedIn to eclipse SEEK as biggest global recruitment site owner…. Australian employees optimistic about job mobility: Randstad…. Lake Macquarie Council looking for temp provider. Read more from the original source: Tags: council, global, Industry Chat, job, lake, macquarie, result Digital Ministry – Which social media monitoring tool should I buy?Remember that this is a long term investment because as ‘learning a dash in the first place isn’t the easiest task in the world, most tend not digress too much from their dash of choice unless they have a truly awful experience . … Visible Technologies, truCast Suite – Claims to be assisting Global 2000 companies and leading PR and creative agencies with their social media implementations for the past 5 years. Cited as a leader by Forester among listening platforms … Read the original post: “Please note – this post was scraped from the original site as indicated above in the “read more about this article URL” and is in no way reflects the views, opinions or values of the team at Review Recruiter. More specifically, Review Recruiter is in no way connected with, associated with or involved with the original author or the original authors content. If you are interested in reading more about this article, please visit the original authors site as mentioned above.” Tags: creative, Forester, global, Industry Chat, investment, Platforms, result, term G4S social careers OR G4S normal careers OR G4S confused careersG4S have launched their “social career site” so having seen Jon Ingham’s post yesterday and as an ex Securicor employee and one time boss of current Global Head of Resourcing Colin Minto, I thought I’d take a look to see what Colin’s done this time! First impressions I went to www.g4s.com as my start point which is a nice looking corporate site. I clicked on Careers had a look around but could not find any jobs or see anything that special. But, in amongst the pages are some links to another career site. Confused? Yep, I was too especially when… See the original post here:
Tags: boss, career sites, communities, global, impressions, resourcing, social media, social recruiting Ambition in recovery mode after being "smashed" by the GFCAmbition was “smashed” by the global financial crisis during last year, say its founders, but the company achieved its main goal – surviving. Read this article: Tags: during-last, financial-crisis, global, its-main, say-its, the-global Your CV and Cover Letter… How important are they really?Sales and Marketing blog. With more than 6 years of recruitment experience in the Sales and Marketing vertical, I’ve helped hundreds of job seekers at levels ranging from junior sales administrators right through to Global Sales Directors find that “ideal job”. My personal strengths include a keen eye for talent and a capacity to filter through large Read the original here: Tags: directors, filter-through, from-junior, global, helped-hundreds, ideal-job, keen-eye, personal-strengths, sales, seekers-at-levels Australian Recruitment Industry StatisticsOver the past 18 months ProShortlist has been building a database of every Australian recruitment agency and all the staff that work at each agency. To give you an idea of the pace the industry is recovering post GFC there are currently 12 new agencies being launched every day of the week. I took some time today to compile some interesting statistics which you can browse through below: Top stats: * 2,969 recruitment agencies operate in Australia. * 15,284 staff work at these agencies. * 122 agencies have no website. * 49% of recruitment consultants have no LinkedIn profile. * Only 85 consultants publish their Twitter link in their LinkedIn profile. * If your first name is Mark or Lisa you have the greatest chance of leaving the industry and not returning. * If you launched a new agency 12 months ago you only had a 12.3% chance of still being in business today. What happened during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC): 207 agencies went out of business. 4,241 consultants left the industry. What is happening post GFC ?: 12 new agencies are being launched every day of the week. 368 consultants who left the industry during the GFC have returned so far. What are the biggest industries by agency number* ? 1. 447 in sales and marketing 2. 408 in administration and office support 3. 385 in accounting 4. 287 in IT & T 5. 261 in engineering * note that many agencies recruit across multiple industries. Which industries have the least number of agencies ? 1. 21 in primary industry 2. 37 in government and defence 3. 42 in community service 4. 58 in consulting and corporate strategy 5. 61 in science and technology Number of agencies in each state by head office: 911 in NSW 656 in VIC 365 in QLD 242 in WA 103 in SA 41 in the ACT 20 in TAS 9 in NT 622 kitchen table agencies who have no physical address specified Most popular first name for current recruitment consultants: 1. 303 called David 2. 232 called John 3. 222 called Andrew or Michael 4. 213 called Paul 5. 211 called Peter If you have any statistics you are interested in post in the comments below and I will see if we can include them in this post. The database is available for purchase. If you are interested please email sales@proshortlist.com Read the original post: Tags: 241-consultants, 368-consultants, 969-recruitment, australian, crisis, during-the-gfc, global, happened-during, industry, linkedin, over-the-past, twitter, week Australian Contractor Management or Payroll Outsourcing ListI recently compiled a list of every Contractor Management or Payroll Outsourcing company in Australia. Some recruitment agencies also appear as I believe they will take on external contractors who are not contracting with one of their recruitment clients. If you know of a company that is not on this list please post it in the comments. Update 16-04-2010: This blog was previous titled Australian Contractor Management or Payroll Tax Exempt Companies List but was changed to its current title after the CEO of Entity Solutions (Matthew Franceschini) rang me and clarified the myth around Payroll Tax Exempt status. Basically if your payroll is under a certain level you are below the threshold for payroll tax in many states but you are not technically “exempt” in the same way a charity would be. Many contractor management companies will set up numerous umbrella entities with 5 or so contractors in each company to remain below the threshold. Anyway it was a worthwhile phone call as I was under the incorrect assumption that contractor management companies had some special legal status that enabled them to avoid payroll tax due to the nature of their business but in reality they are no different from anyone else. The list below contains a group of companies that do various services around contractor management, sponsorship, compliance, and payroll outsourcing which are related only in the sense that these are services contractors and recruitment agencies would use as part of their salary and contractor management. More information on this can be found in their blog post here Astute Group AyersManagement Books Sorted CAL Consulting CMS Global Conquest EnterpriseConsulting Consortio Contract1 CXC Global Deakin Alliance Entity Solutions Freelance freespirit GRIP Global i.contract Innovative Business Computing ITG Job Capital Lester Associates MercuryACT Offbeat Ventures OneVendor Payme Payworks Power Pays Remunerator SDP Solutions Selectus SmartSalary SMB SymbionHR The Pearson Corporation TotalPay Read the rest here: Tags: australia, australian, books-sorted, contractor-management, deakin-alliance, global, incorrect, parolling, Payroll Management Companies, payroll outsourcing, payroll umbrella, Recruitment Agencies, salary, threshold Investors in PeopleI saw a really interesting tweet today from one of my favourite blogs READWRITEWEB – a blog I really recommend for the latest news and developments in technology and communications. Jobvite a new start-up venture has secured $8.25m in venture capitalist funding. ‘The company pioneered social recruitment with the first on-demand application that enables the whole company to participate in hiring and allows recruiters to tap employees’ existing professional and social networks to increase referral hiring.’ “This recession is fundamentally changing recruitment, pushing companies to become more cost-effective, innovative and strategic. Companies are looking to the technology industry to make this possible,” said Dan Finnigan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Jobvite. Technology, social media and a companies best ambassadors – employee’s – sounds like a great combination. Speaking of which, I’ve been pretty busy lately – working on the global social media strategies for one of our global clients… Follow this link: Tags: chief-executive, companies-best, drnf, favourite, global, president, recession, sinead bunting, social media, tap-employees, technology, the-technology |
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