Over the last couple of weeks I have been thinking a lot about The Ladders, a US$100K plus jobs site that mainly charges job seekers not recruiters (yes I know they have Recruit Ladders where recruiters pay for additional services). and the potential in Australia for such a service. I have been thinking about theContinue reading “Thoughts on recruiting at the high end”
Category Archives: Recruitment
Lack of skills in Canberra push up contractor rates
The Australian Government has a problem, in a recent article in the Australian IT it was stated that they can’t find enough contractors at the right rates in the nation’s capital. SURGING contractor costs in the nation’s capital are straining federal government projects worth more than a billion dollars and forcing a rethink of employmentContinue reading “Lack of skills in Canberra push up contractor rates”
Dying technology skills
I love lists that state concretely what is going to happen, cause they are usually wrong. However this list of dead or dying technology skills from ComputerWorld looks like it might be on the money. Cobol Non-Relational Databases Non-IP Networks cc:Mail ColdFusion C Programmers PowerBuilder Certified NetWare Engineers PC Network administrators OS/2 To test outContinue reading “Dying technology skills”
In the future we will…
I find futurists fascinating. From their wild ideas to which I think “no way” or their ideas which seems so obvious that I go “of course that will happen” they stretch my understanding of what the future holds. One such is Ian Neild who is visiting Australia at the moment to attend Borderless World Conference,Continue reading “In the future we will…”
Top 25 Recruiting Blogs
Just got an email from Jason Davis (ex-Recruiting.com now RecruitingBlogs.com), that I made the top 25 recruiting blogs according to Alexa rankings, #16 actually. Very flattered and surprised given the waiting Alexa seems to have to US based sites. There are some very good blogs out there and if you having anything to do withContinue reading “Top 25 Recruiting Blogs”
Gen Y in the Workforce
I was surprised to see Shannon Seery Gude mentioned in the local IT press, CIO Magazine’s May issue, not surprised that she has been quoted in a magazine, but more that our IT press found her, kudos to the CIO Mag guys! The May issue covered a very topical area on Gen Y in theContinue reading “Gen Y in the Workforce”
Google searching trends
The Google Australia blog has an interesting post on the searching trends/patterns of Australians, the post provides some insight into what make Australian’s tick. The way we search is in some ways not surprising. Proportionally, Australians do the most searches for meat pies, Aussie Rules, sunshine, sunburn, sea change, air conditioning, beer, Torana, snake, waterContinue reading “Google searching trends”
Is the IT job marketplace expanding or contracting?
There are 3 related articles in this week’s Australian IT on the state of the IT job market in Australia. First up it seems since Easter IT jobs adverts have decreased across all IT sectors:- Olivier Group director Robert Olivier said vacancies in all IT&T job categories fell last month, with the exception of desktopContinue reading “Is the IT job marketplace expanding or contracting?”
Interesting Letters
I Stumbled Upon a great rejection letter sent by a candidate who did not get the job they were applying for, who knows if it is true but is funny. Have a read of the full letter but the first paragraph cracked me up! Thank you for your letter of March 16. After careful consideration,Continue reading “Interesting Letters”
More on the sale of jobs.com.au
In an interesting turn of events in the sale of the jobs.com.au domain. The original post on the Now Hiring blog has been taken down, however the post is still available in Google’s cache. In an email from Brett Iredale this morning he indicated that the post was removed at the request of a coupleContinue reading “More on the sale of jobs.com.au”
Michael Specht 