Up before lunch was Naomi Simson, CEO of RedBalloon, and CEO means Chief Experience Officer. RedBalloon vision, we are changing the face of giving in Australia, the goal is to change employee engagement in Australia by 1%. Given lack of engagement costs Australia $21billion that is a lot of savings. Some thoughts: How can you spendContinue reading “ATC: Naomi Simson, RedBalloon”
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ATC: Russell Kronenburg from Pacific Brands
Next up was Russell Kronenburg, Group People and Performance Manager, Pacific Brands. Wow want a fantastic session. Russell provided us with some amazing insights into what Pacific Brands are doing to attract key talent. Pacific Brands had an issue with finding designers, who could take up to 180 days to hire! Russell introduced us to the BarrettContinue reading “ATC: Russell Kronenburg from Pacific Brands”
ATC: Dr John Sullivan
So much was covered in the morning session at ATC I will try and summarise some of my thoughts in a few posts. First for the summary was Dr John Sullivan, and like always he provided a massive amount of information and stirred up the crowd. Here is a summary of his one hour informationContinue reading “ATC: Dr John Sullivan”
CRM in Recruiting
The first session I attended at ATC Sydney 2009 was Master Burnett’s workshop (with the occasional interjection from Dr John Sullivan) on how organisations can benefit from using CRM for talent management. He started by introducing the audience to social media and the changes this is having to the relationships that organisation need to developContinue reading “CRM in Recruiting”
Heading to ATC Sydney
Today I head up to Sydney to attend the Australasian Talent Conference. During my 4 day stay in the harbour city I will be catching up with Phillip Tusing from Destination Talent to discuss our Talent Sources survey (watch this space), attending ATC, speaking for http://inspecht.com.au/speaking/ in the workplace and running the first Sydney JobSeekr Mixer. TheContinue reading “Heading to ATC Sydney”
Key Australian Influencers
John Sumser over at Recruiting Blogs is trying to find the top 100 key influencers in Recruiting, Staffing, HR, HCM and HRTech globally! A big ask I say. John puts forward an interesting point of view: Some people go to a lot of conferences and exert their influence through pure networking. For these folks, influence andContinue reading “Key Australian Influencers”
JobSeekr are you one?
Over the last few months one of the side projects I have been working on is JobSeekr. The idea come about while working with Jeremy Samuel and Riges Younan on their products 2Vouch and JobGenie. While 2Vouch and JobGenie are focused on finding the best people for a role we recognised that there was not a good place forContinue reading “JobSeekr are you one?”
Social Recruiting and Social Media ROI
It is said in business you measure what matters. The same can be said for the implementation of social recruiting/social media. Basically its use is designed to positively impact your business. The only way to ensure that this is in fact the case is through clear and focused measurement. Measurement also allows you to adjustContinue reading “Social Recruiting and Social Media ROI”
Unlock the social graph of candidates
First you need to know what a social graph is, simple put by Brad Fitzpatrick the “social graph” is “the global mapping of everybody and how they’re related”, therefore your social graph is a mapping of everyone and how they are related to you. So what does this have to do with candidates? Well I amContinue reading “Unlock the social graph of candidates”
Chandler Macleod Group says employment opportunities still exist
During February 2009 the Chandler Macleod Group (CMG) conducted a survey of 5,250 candidates in the Australian workforce and found some interesting but not surprising results. I have summarised some of the highlights from the press release below, or you can read it in full online. 30% of all candidates have been affected directly orContinue reading “Chandler Macleod Group says employment opportunities still exist”
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